Wonderful pictures from the 4am project’s early morning trip to the BM&G Collections store in support of the Birmingham UK City of Culture bid for 2013. You can visit yourself on May 3rd 2010.
Tag Archives: BM&G
Some links for April 2nd through to April 15th
April 15, 2010 – 3:02 pm
These are our links for April 2nd through April 15th:
Aston Hall in frame for awards double | birminghamnewsroom.com – Aston Hall is in the frame for two prestigious awards less than a year after the completion of a £12.5 million revamp. The Jacobean mansion reopened last summer following extensive restoration work has been shortlisted [...]
The long battle for the Staffordshire treasure hoard
March 15, 2010 – 8:14 pm
In the Sunday Times Magazine this weekend, Tony Robinson outlined the speculative history of the Staffordshire Hoard, from its Anglo Saxon origins through to why it was buried in the Midlands 1,400 years ago.
Is this hoard evidence of a massacre? Where are the coins, jewellery and ornamental objects we would normally find among [...]
The Anglo Saxon hoard is coming back to Birmingham
March 9, 2010 – 6:21 pm
This weekend the Staffordshire hoard returns to Birmingham. The Museum and Art gallery website says:
The Staffordshire Hoard attracted over 40,000 visitors to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery throughout its 19 day display in September and October last year and has attracted similar numbers at the Potteries Museum in Stoke on Trent with around 45,000 visitors [...]
Growing numbers of you volunteer for heritage in the West Midlands
October 30, 2008 – 11:39 am
The annual survey of the state of heritage in the West Midlands reports a significant increase in the number of volunteers. Do you volunteer to protect our built heritage – if so please tell us about what you do.
