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Art in Bronte Country

Join us on this year's field trip, led by Professor Ann Sumner, Director of the Barber Institute
14 – 18 September 2010
(open to Non-Friends)
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Sacred and Profane


Come and see this amazing exhibition of Egyptian artifacts.
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Picture of the Month

Thomas Gainsborough's The Harvest Wagon

Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)
The Harvest Wagon,
about 1767
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Welcome to the Barber

The Red Gallery“one of the finest small art galleries in Europe”

The Observer

Monet, Manet, and Magritte; Renoir, Rubens, Rossetti and Rodin; Degas, Delacroix and van Dyck — not to mention Botticelli, Poussin, Turner, Gainsborough, Gauguin, van Gogh, Picasso, Hodgkin…


The Red GalleryYou can see major works by all these great artists in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, at the University of Birmingham. There’s also a stunning coin gallery and an exciting programme of exhibitions, concerts, lectures, gallery talks, workshops and family activities.

The Barber is also home to the University of Birmingham's departments of History of Art and Music, as well as the Barber Fine Art and Music libraries.

Exhibitions & Concerts
Now showing

Sacred and profane
Treasures of Ancient Egypt
18 June 2010 -
18 January 2012
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Behind the Barber Thumb

Behind the Barber
A Photographic Odyssey
13 August - 10 October
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April – September 2010 Events Brochure

Events April-Sept 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening Hours

Monday - Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm; Sunday: 12 Noon - 5 pm

University of BirminghamAdmission FREE
0121 414 7333

Closed: Good Friday, 24-26 December and New Year's Day

 

 

 

 

 

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