Britain’s top cities for museums & galleries – Birmingham

Birmingham’s museums & galleries

Birmingham isn’t best known as a tourist destination. Visitors often hurry past the city to get to Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, but in doing this they are really missing out on one of Britain’s most important cities.

Proud to be a ‘Brummie’

If you spend a bit of time in Birmingham you will soon discover that it is a city that its residents are really proud to be a part of. As well as being a great place from which to tour the Heart of England, the city has a vibrant cultural scene, great shopping, arts galleries, museums and great food.

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter Exhibit

Art and jewellery

The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (www.bmag.org.uk/) in Chamberlain Square is an imposing building now home to great Pre-Raphaelite works. Ikon Gallery (www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/) also features some impressive free exhibitions of modern art. Other culture hotspots include the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter (www.bmag.org.uk/index.php?type=element&maincat=1&subcat=2&subelement=3). You can even attend the School of Jewellery and create your own precious piece on a Jewellery Quarter weekend.

Interactive exhibit at Think Tank

Interactive exhibits at Think Tank

Don’t miss Think Tank (www.thinktank.ac/), Birmingham's science museum at Millennium Point featuring ten themed galleries of interactive and informative exhibits. Another must-see is the Barber Institute of Fine Arts (www.barber.org.uk/), a small gallery housing an outstanding collection of old masters and modern paintings including masterpieces by Rubens, Monet and Rossetti.

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