Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Trusted for 10 years

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) first opened in 1885.  It is housed in a Grade II* listed city centre landmark building. There are over 40 galleries to explore that display art, applied art, social history, archaeology and ethnography:

• The art gallery is famous for its Pre-Raphaelite paintings, which are part of the largest public Pre-Raphaelite collection in the world.
• You can also see art and objects spanning seven centuries of European and World history and culture. This includes Greeks & Romans and Ancient Egypt.
• A new gallery has opened at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery that tells the fascinating story of the Staffordshire Hoard. 
• The Birmingham History collections feature prominently in the new 'Birmingham: its people, its history' gallery, which opened in late 2012.
• The collections have been Designated as outstanding by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and have local, regional, national and international importance.