Title: Schools
What's On - events, activities and tours

There are many events at Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery including tours, demonstrations, activities and more. All family activities are free and are run on a drop in basis, unless otherwise stated, and are suitable for children around the age of 7, though they may also be of interest to older or younger children.

Please select a museum location for more information on this months events:

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery – February Events

Thursday 28th January
1pm Guided tour - Creatures Great and Small - please meet in the Round Room.
   
Saturday 30th January
1pm – 4pm

Family craft activity in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - All You Need is Love - please meet in the Round Room.
   
Sunday 31st January
1pm – 4pm

Family craft activity in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - A New World - please meet in the Round Room.
   
Thursday 4th February
1pm Guided tour - Star Struck, with Cath Shotton, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Saturday 6th February
1pm – 4pm

Let's Focus on Landscapes – a drop in family activity in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - Pre Raphaelite Wives and Lovers, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Sunday 7th February
1pm – 4pm

Family craft activities in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - Sparkle and Shine, with Ann Maguire, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Thursday 11th February
1pm An Introduction to the Bridget Riley Exhibition with curator Tessa Sidey in the Waterhall.
   
Saturday 13th February
1pm – 4pm

Chinese New Year 'Welcome' Door Hangers – Design an eye catching door hanger to welcome in the Year of the Tiger! Drop in activity for all the family in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - A Grand Tour, a with Christine Moosavi.
   
Sunday 14th February
1pm – 4pm Make a fabulous Valentine's card – drop in activity for families in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - The Victorians, with Jane Howell.
   
Monday 15th February
11am – 4pm

Anglo Saxon style pendants and fridge magnets – a drop in family activity in the Activity Zone.
11am – 4pm Optical Illusion Artworks inspired by Bridget Riley – a drop in activity for families in the Waterhall Seminar Room.
   
Tuesday 16th February
11am – 4pm

Sparkly Spiral Window Hangers – a drop in family activity in the Third Floor History galleries.
11am – 4pm Jazzy Jewellery – a drop in activity for families in the Activity Zone.
   
Wednesday 17th February
11am – 4pm

Create an Anglo Saxon Village Collage - Recreate Life in the Dark Ages and give your village an Anglo Saxon name – a drop in activity for families.
11am – 4pm Optical Illusion Artworks inspired by Bridget Riley – a drop in activity for families in the Waterhall Seminar Room.
   
Thursday 18th February
11am – 4pm

Amazing Origami – make a paper menagerie of animals! Drop in family activity in the third floor History Galleries.
11am – 4pm

Fantastic Frames, a drop in family activity in the Activity Zone.
1pm Guided tour - Pick and Mix, with Karen Howell, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Friday 19th February
11am – 4pm

Make an Anglo Saxon style dagger or badge – drop in activity for families in the Activity Zone.
11am – 4pm Optical Illusion Artworks inspired by Bridget Riley – a drop in activity for families in the Waterhall Seminar Room.
   
Saturday 20th February
1pm – 4pm

Meet the Ancestors Tribal Art activity – Tipi Village Collage – drop in family activity in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - Treasures of the Museum, with Wayne Dixon, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Sunday 21st February
1pm – 4pm

Spring collage – a drop in family activity in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - Travel and Traveller, with Peter Bloore, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Wednesday 24th February
6pm – 8pm Artist Bridget Riley in Conversation with Michael Bracewell. Tickets £15 from 0121 303 1966. In the Waterhall.
   
Thursday 25th February
1pm Guided tour - The Private Lives of Artists and their Paintings, with Angela Hares, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Saturday 27th February
1pm – 4pm

Mini Masterpieces – a drop in activity for families in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - The Human Body in Art - Reality and the Ideal, with Gabriella Zavoli, please meet in the Round Room.
   
Sunday 28th February
1pm – 4pm

Family craft activities in the Activity Zone.
2.30pm Guided tour - Travelling through Time, with Kate Reid, please meet in the Round Room.

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery exterior

 

Two children with masks

 

A child making a mask

 

A child with a mask

 

A child drawing

 

A child at an art activity

 

A child at a art workshop

 

A child's hand picking a crayon

This programme is subject to change.
Please note we may be unable to accommodate large organised groups at family workshops due to space. For more information about the activities or other events visit www.bmag.org.uk or contact the Public Programmes Manager, Julia Kirby on 0121 303 2836.