Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery - Schools

New Bemused Website
Bemused about Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery and want to discover more then visit our new website www.bemused.bmag.org.uk for videos, activities and much more.

Soho House - Drawing on Tradition Competition
Fancy winning an entire class worth of tickets to a concert and backstage tour at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall or Town Hall? Entries for this competition will be taken during the Autumn term until the closing date of October 13th.

Download the flyer for more details and competition rules.

Soho House
For the latest news from Soho House please download the relevant flier:

• Primary School News (Acrobat format, 202KB)
• Secondary School News (Acrobat format, 286KB)

New Learning Zone for All
The Learning Zone, which is located close to the Great Charles Street entrance, 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. 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. For more information visit the Learning Zone page.

New Amaze Me Website
Explore Amaze Me for a taste of the history and heritage of the West Midlands-find out about the innovation that made the West Midlands the Workshop of the World, and discover stories of people's working lives in industry in History Makers. Want an exciting challenge? Try the Roman adventure Legionary or test your good taste in the Taste or Tat gameshow! We've combined fun and facts in these two interactive games.

Aston Hall Refurbishment
Aston Hall is undergoing a major refurbishment programme and Birmingham schools are offered a unique opportunity to engage with this historic house through the whole process. A variety of innovative educational sessions are available to suit all ages and abilities, and covering a range of subject areas.

New 'How Art Is Made' and 'In Touch' Galleries - now open
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery has two new art galleries that have recently opened, these are 'How Art is Made’ and ‘In Touch’ interactive galleries.
 

Gallery Closures
Essential roof works to the Great Charles Street side of the museum will necessitate the closures of some galleries throughout the year. These include the:

• Greek, Roman & Ancient Near East Gallery (32),
• World Cultures and Vibes Gallery (33),
• Egyptian Gallery (34),
• Birmingham Archaeology Gallery (35),
• Ways of Seeing Gallery (36)
• Wonderwall Gallery (37).

Other galleries – including those featuring our world-class art collections and Victorian and WW2 history displays – will remain unaffected.

To compensate for the loss of the Egyptian gallery, a new trail is being developed linking together small artefact displays – some newly-created - related to the Egyptian theme at various points around the museum. Our popular taught sessions will continue as before and where necessary adjustments will be made to their content in order to minimise the effect of the gallery closures. For example, classes requesting mask sessions will be unable to view the collection of mask in the ethnographic galleries, but will still be able to participate in mask-making sessions.

Schools Loans Relocation
The Schools Loans Collection has relocated to the Museums Collections Centre, click on the 'How to find us' link to find out more!