Birmingham City Archives - Art Fund

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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

John Newling, A Language from the garden (Nymans language) (2017) Engraved marble

John Newling: Dear Nature

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Until 31 May 2020
Free to all

Temporarily closed

Alfred Wallis, Two Boats, c1928. Photo: Jerwood Collection

Cornwall as Crucible: Modernity and Internationalism in Mid-Century Britain

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham
Until 17 May 2020
Free to all

Temporarily closed

Obverse of a gold solidus of Justinian II, second reign (705-711), struck at the mint of Constantinople © The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

FIFTY YEARS: A Celebration of the Barber’s Coin Collection

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham
Until 11 April 2021
Free to all

Lottie Davies, Quinn

Quinn: A Journey

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
Until 31 May 2020
Free to all

Art we’ve helped buy at Birmingham City Archives

Matthew Boulton Pattern Book

Acquired 2005