Birmingham - City Museum and Art Gallery

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City Museum and Art Gallery Description

The Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, designed by H. Yeoville and opened by HRH the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, in 1885, is one of the finest in the country outside London. Its art treasures include a matchless collection of Pre-Raphaelites (Ford Madox Brown, Arthur Hughes, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and others), as well as paintings from the 17th to 19th centuries, among them Canaletto's picture of Warwick Castle (1748), Lely's portrait (1654) of Oliver Cromwell, Victorian works by David Cox, the Birmingham landscape painter, and modern art - pictures by Wendy Ramshaw and sculptures by Henry Moore, Rodin and James Tower.

There are also interesting displays related to the city's history, ranging from medieval

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Hobbies & Activities category: Significant work of art; Aviary, bird museum or exhibit; Coin collection; Crafts center or marketplace; Dinosaur collection or display; Ancient Egyptian art, artifacts; Fabrics, textiles, costumes exhibits; Folk art exhibit; Paintings, art collections; Glass, porcelain, pottery exhibit; Gold, silver, metalworking exhibit; Historical museum; Industrial attraction, factory museum; Jewels, diamond cutting; Journalism, printing museum or site; Military attraction or museum; Minerals, geology attraction, mining; Major world-scale museum; Oriental art; Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain; Toy, doll collection or museum

Address

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Chamberlain Square
Birmingham B3 3DD
United Kingdom

http://www.bmag.org.uk

Hours



Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:30	10:00	12:30
Closed	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Christmas - Christian (December 25) Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24) Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)