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.