 Local
School children are able to
benefit from a fantastic new ‘Learning
Zone’ at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
The Learning Zone was officially opened by Baroness Morris of Yardley on Monday
23 April 2007.
The Learning Zone is located
close to the Great Charles
Street entrance and has been
designed to both meet the
needs of school groups and
to also be enjoyed by general
visitors and lifelong learners.
The Learning Zone displays
work made by school children
together with a range of
fascinating artefacts from
the museum’s collections.
These range from a penny
farthing to an ancient South
American stone chair; a Venetian
stone plaque with a lion’s
head to Victorian stoves;
a head of the Ancient Egyptian
god, Osiris, to a Buddha
head; and from Pre-Columbian
pottery to Caribbean drums.
 In addition to a large new
reception and lunch area,
the Zone comprises two new
state-of-the-art learning
spaces, cloakrooms plus additional
office and storage space.
These facilities have enabled
the museum to expand its
overall capacity. Whilst
equipped primarily for schools’ use,
the main space is also ideal
for family activities, talks,
performances and other events.
The Learning Zone also features
a permanent new 'Visual Dialogues'
interactive looking at issues
of cultural identity, developed
in 2006 by ‘Cultural
Fusion’ - a group of
A-level students from Small
Heath School.
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