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List of Exhibitions

  1. Ozzy Osbourne.
    Exhibition

    Ozzy Osbourne (1948-2025): Working Class Hero , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Open daily, 10am–5pm. 25 July - 18 January 2026.
    Celebrating the global lifetime achievements of Birmingham rock legend Ozzy Osbourne.
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  2. Exhibition space with life size 3D woolly mammoth.
    Exhibition

    GIANTS , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Open daily, 10am–5pm. 2 August - 2 November 2025.
    A family-friendly exhibition, featuring life-sized 3D models, skeletons, hands-on activities and digital projections.
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  3. Black and white photo of an astronaut on the moon with USA flag next to him.
    Exhibition

    The Space Vault Exhibition , at Thinktank.

    Open during venue opening times
    Visit one of the UK’s largest private collections of space artefacts from human space exploration.
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  4. Watch us Lead. Christopher Samuel.
    Exhibition

    Watch Us Lead , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Open daily, 10am–5pm.
    Artist Christopher Samuel's exhibition about the missing stories from history.
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List of Events

  1. A child wearing lab coat putting liquid into a canister.

    Sunday Kitchen Science , at Thinktank.

    Every Sunday at Thinktank
    Hands on Science experiments for curious minds
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  2. A tour guide is telling a story and the visitors are standing listening to him. They are inside the mill and above them are the wooden beams and boards that make up the ceiling.

    Sarehole Sundays Guided Tour , at Sarehole Mill.

    Sundays
    Guided tour of Sarehole Mill
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  3. A staff member in a high vis vest with another staff member behind, an empty gallery is behind them.

    Hidden Spaces Tours , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Thursdays and Saturdays in September
    A unique behind the scenes tour
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  4. A group of people standing inside the Great Hall at Blakesley Hall, listening to a member of staff

    Discovery Tour at Blakesley Hall , at Blakesley Hall.

    Thursdays and Fridays
    A guided tour of this fascinating Tudor building.
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  5. Close up of a large collection of Staffordshire hoard fragments in individual display boxes on display in a display case.

    Staffordshire Hoard Guided View , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Selected Thursdays and Saturdays
    Guided access to the much loved Staffordshire Hoard Gallery. ​
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  6. Two sculptures of tall thin towers in the gardens surrounded by tress and bushes, a small building is in the background

    Origins of Middle-Earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and Sarehole Guided walk , at Sarehole Mill.

    Friday 12th September
    A guided walk introducing the scenery that inspired J.R.R Tolkien.
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  7. Dining room table surrounded by chairs and stools in front of unlit fireplace

    Explore Blakesley: Heritage Open Day and Birmingham Heritage Week , at Blakesley Hall.

    Explore Blakesley Hall for free.
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  8. A small group of people admiring something out of view in an art gallery

    Astonishingly Aston Guided Tour , at Aston Hall.

    Fridays
    A guided tour of Aston Hall with a changing schedule of exciting and interesting tours.
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  9. A staff member talking to two people

    Made in Birmingham Tour , at Thinktank.

    Selected days during 12 - 21 September
    Explore the city’s most iconic inventions and engineering marvels.
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  10. A family of one child and two adults are looking at museum toys on display in a cabinet. The child is pointing to an object in the cabinet that it out of view.

    Museum Collection Centre: Birmingham Heritage Week Open Day , at Museum Collection Centre.

    Family-friendly day with behind-the-scenes access to the Birmingham Museums’ storage warehouse.
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  11. Heiresses by Miranda Kaufmann: Talk and Book Launch , at Aston Hall.

    Join historian Miranda Kaufmann as she introduces her groundbreaking new book Heiresses.
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  12. Paper documentation with hand written annotations open and on display.

    The Manuals that Saved Apollo 13 - Planetarium Late , at Thinktank.

    13 Sept and 11 Oct
    An expert talk by The Space Vault Curator, Dr Michael Warner
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  13. Exterior view looking up at a Jacobean Hall.

    Explore Aston Hall on a Match/Event Day , at Aston Hall.

    Selected dates
    Explore Aston Hall on an Aston Villa Football Club match / event day.
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  14. Painting of farm animals in front of a spired church building and cottages

    Old Yardley Walk: Birmingham Heritage Week , at Blakesley Hall.

    Join a local historian on a fascinating walk around the village of Yardley in celebration of Birmingham Heritage Week.
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  15. Workshop with machinery, a workbench in front of a window and wooden shelves with a ladder

    Birmingham Heritage Week: Explore The Factory Floor , at Museum of the Jewellery Quarter.

    Saturday 20th September
    Explore the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter's Smith and Pepper Factory on a self guided tour
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  16. Close up of prehistoric fossil of a primate's jaw.

    GIANTS Late , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Explore Giants after dark.
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  17. The Industrial Gallery, a large ornate gallery with ironwork arches and large glazed roof windows showing a display based on Made In Birmingham.

    Birmingham Royal Conservatoire: Monthly Lunchtime Recitals , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Fridays in September - December
    Join students from Birmingham Royal Conservatoire in our Industrial Gallery
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  18. Railway 200 Celebrations , at Thinktank.

    Part of the nationwide Railway 200 celebrations
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  19. Movie poster for Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey. Featuring s close up of child's face and space beyond.

    Cinema Under the Stars: 2001 Space Odyssey , at Thinktank.

    A unique cinema experience in our Thinktank Planetarium
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  20. A black and white sketch of Ozzy Osbourne on a spiral notepad with pencils scatted around.

    Drawing Ozzy with Milan Topalovic , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Learn to draw our Working Class Hero
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  21. A portrait of Paul Sinha wearing a jacket, jeans and shirt on a white background.

    Comedy at the Museum ft. Paul Sinha & More , at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

    Comedy from your favourite acts at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
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  22. LEGO car

    Lunar LEGO Lab: Alien Edition , at Thinktank.

    Daily during October half term (Sat 25 Oct - Sun 2 Nov)
    Join our space-themed family LEGO coding workshop to create your own LEGO alien creature!
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  23. Pumpkins on the pond at Sarehole Mill , at Sarehole Mill.

    Saturday 25th October
    See pumpkins float on the Mill Pond at Sarehole Mill
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  24. Close up of hands doing a craft activity and sticking a feather to a piece of paper.

    Alien Creation Station , at Thinktank.

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    Get hands on designing your own alien life and the planet your creation lives on.
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