Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3DH (map)
Telephone: 0121 303 1966
Web site:
www.bmag.org.uk
See also:
Heart of England
Background information
This magnificent building is home to one of the world's finest collections of Pre-Raphaelite art. With master works by French, Dutch and Italian Baroque artists, as well as contemporary paintings. The museum also houses extensive collections of silver, sculpture, ceramics, archaeology, natural history and social history.
General information
Facilities: Cafe, Shop, Disabled Access, Tours
Admission: 10.00-5.00 Monday to Thursday & Saturday; 10.30-5.00 Friday; 12.30-5.00 Sunday; Entrance to Museum free but variable charges for Gas Hall Exhibitions
How to find us: Follow signs to Birmingham City Centre. All buses that go to the City Centre. Birmingham New Street
Particularly interesting for
Antiquities
Archaeology
Ceramics
Coins and Medals
Costume
Drawings and Watercolours
Ethnography
Furniture and Woodwork
Geology
Ironwork
Jewellery
Local History
Metalwork and Goldsmiths
Natural History
Oriental Arts and Crafts
Paintings
Prints
Sculpture
Silver
Social History
Stained Glass
Tapestry
Listed under
Modern Art
Pre-Raphaelite
Museums with Web Sites
Highlights of the Collection
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Bellini, Giovanni
The Madonna and Child Enthroned with St P{eter and ST Mark and a Donor - The Cornbury Park Altarpiece
Blackband, W.
Silver
Blake, William
The Circle of the Lustful
Canaletto, Antonio
East and West Faades of Warwick Castle
Degas, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar
Roman Beggar Woman
Epstein, Sir Jacob
Lucifer
Gaskins
Silver
Gentileschi, Orazio
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Hodgkin, Howard
Gardening
Hunt, William Holman
The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple
Jones, A.E.
Silver
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Madox Brown, Ford
Pretty Baa Lambs
Madox Brown, Ford
The Last of England
; The Last of England
Martini, Simone
Saint Holding a Book
Millais, John Everett
The Blind Girl
Moore, Henry
The Warrior
Morgan, William de
Decorative Arts
Morris and Co
The Quest for the Holy Grail - tapestry panels
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Beata Beatrice
Rubens, Peter Paul
James I Uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland
Subleyras, Pierre
The Blessed John of Avila
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Other artists represented in the Collection
Bacon, Francis
Blake, Peter
Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley
Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto
Caulfield, Patrick
Cox Jr., David
Cox, David Sr.
Cozens, Alexander
Crespi, Giovanni Battista
Frost, Terry
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Gainsborough, Thomas
Gere, Charles March
Girtin, Thomas
Guercino
Hockney, David
Hughes, Arthur
Lanyon, Peter
Matisse, Henri
Meteyard
Payne
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Picasso, Pablo Ruiz y
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Rowlandson, Thomas
Sandby, Paul
Sickert, Walter Richard
Southall, Joseph
Spencer R.A., Sir Stanley
Strozzi, Bernardo
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
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Visitors Forum
For years, I have, along no doubt with thousands more, sought for a comprehensive Guide to the Art Collection. Is Birmingham alone amongst the great cities of Great Britain in not having such a guide? Why is this so?
Jackson-Cox, M.W. - 2008-03-18
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