Birmingham City Archives - Art Fund

About

Birmingham City Archives is based at the Central Library and contains more than 6,000 collections charting the history of Birmingham.

The Archives are designated as a collection of national and international importance.

Birmingham City Archives

Chamberlain Square, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, B3 3HQ

0121 303 4217

Opening times

Wed – Fri, 10am – 6pm
Sat, 9am – 5pm

Searchroom area by appointment only

Free to all

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Exhibitions nearby

Barry Flanagan, heap 3 '67 (Installation view),1967

Barry Flanagan

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
18 September – 24 November 2019
Free to all

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Old Woman Brooding by the Fire, c1846

Rossetti, pre the Pre-Raphaelites

Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton
Until 24 December 2019
Free entry with National Art Pass

Woven Forms: Breaking the Boundaries

Museum of Carpet, Kidderminster
Until 28 September 2019
50% of entry with National Art Pass

Ichtyosaur skull at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum

Heritage Storeys

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
3 October – 3 November 2019
Free to all

Art we’ve helped buy at Birmingham City Archives

Matthew Boulton Pattern Book

Acquired 2005