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

Hew Locke, Untitled, 2016

Hew Locke: Here's the Thing

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Until 2 June 2019
Free to all

Daniel Silver, Lilia, 2016

Daniel Silver

The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall
Until 2 June 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

WONDER - Where Reality And Imaginary Collide

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
25 June – 15 September 2019
Free to all

Art we’ve helped buy at Birmingham City Archives

Matthew Boulton Pattern Book

Acquired 2005