Education

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Birmingham City Council Museum Collections Centre - Dollman Street

By Andy Doherty ⋅ May 5, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

As you would expect, over the years Birmingham City Council has built up some ‘overspill’ from its museums that it needed to put into storage.  However, with the closure of the Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry in 1997, considerable storage space was required for a large proportion of its exhibits as only some made [...]

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Birmingham & Midland Institute - Margaret St/Cornwall St

By Andy Doherty ⋅ April 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Birmingham and Midland Institute was founded in 1854 with a mission “for the Diffusion and Advancement of Science, Literature and Art amongst all Classes of Persons resident in Birmingham and the Midland Counties” and operated from a purpose built building in Paradise Street - a short distance from its present-day location - which was [...]

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Birmingham School of Art - Margaret Street

By Andy Doherty ⋅ April 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A striking and impressive structure, the Birmingham School of Art building in Margaret Street was commissioned in 1877 to house the then-independent School in a purpose built environment designed, with typical Gothic overtones, by John Henry Chamberlain (a contemporary of, but no relation to, celebrated Mayor Joseph Chamberlain).
During the 1970s the building became co-opted by [...]

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