Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) first opened in 1885. It is housed in a Grade II* listed city centre landmark building. There are over 40 galleries to explore that display art, applied art, social history, archaeology and ethnography.

 The art gallery is famous for its Pre-Raphaelite paintings, which are part of the largest public Pre-Raphaelite collection in the world.
The Birmingham History collections feature prominently in the 'Birmingham: its people, its history' gallery

 Art and objects spanning seven centuries of European and World history and culture. This includes Greeks & Romans and Ancient Egypt.
 http://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/bmag

 Birmingham Museums Trust holds the most important collection of Pre-Raphaelite art anywhere in the world, numbering over 3000 paintings, drawings, prints and examples of decorative art and design. The Pre-Raphaelite galleries bring together highlights from this extraordinary collection to tell the story of the Brotherhood, their associates and followers, and their revolutionary contribution to British art.

 The Ancient Egypt Gallery features artefacts from over 3000 years of Egyptian life, culture and religious belief - from the Predynastic period 4500-3000 BC through to the major pharaonic periods of Egyptian civilisation and into the Christian and Coptic era (around 200 AD). It includes pottery and items from daily life as well as Egyptian gods, amulets and mummies which illustrate attitudes to death and the afterlife.

Dramatic artistic styles appeared in 17th Century Europe against a backdrop of religious, political and cultural change. Exciting subjects like still-life, landscape and portraiture all developed during this period and an emerging middle-class created an entirely different market for painting.

Birmingham Museums Trust holds the one of the best collections of Baroque painting and sculpture in the UK and includes works by major artist such as Peter Paul Rubens, Peter Lely, Claude Lorrain and Guercino. The gallery display brings together highlights from this collection and unveils rarely seen masterpieces from the museum stores.

 Birmingham’s magnificent collection of Baroque art. 

Dramatic artistic styles appeared in 17th Century Europe against a backdrop of religious, political and cultural change. Exciting subjects like still-life, landscape and portraiture all developed during this period and an emerging middle-class created an entirely different market for painting.

Birmingham Museums Trust holds the one of the best collections of Baroque painting and sculpture in the UK and includes works by major artist such as Peter Paul Rubens, Peter Lely, Claude Lorrain and Guercino. The gallery display brings together highlights from this collection and unveils rarely seen masterpieces from the museum stores.

 Over 70 objects will be on display, representing six different faiths, including the iconic Sultanganj Buddha. The gallery focuses on the six main faith groups in Birmingham; Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Judaism. Over the next two years the displays will evolve to incorporate more voices and faith communities into the gallery.