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

The Aerodrome

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Until 8 September 2019
Free to all

George Shaw, Scenes from The Passion: The New Star, 2002

The Aerodrome: An exhibition dedicated to the memory of Michael Stanley

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Until 8 September 2019
Free to all

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

Barry Flanagan

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

Vincenzo Leonardi, Head of a European or Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Rome, 1635

The Paper Museum: The Curious Eye of Cassiano dal Pozzo

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham
Until 1 September 2019
Free to all

Art we’ve helped buy at Birmingham City Archives

Matthew Boulton Pattern Book

Acquired 2005