4 - 12 years
The Last Roman Family Day
Wednesday 30 May 2018
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4 - 12 years
Creative Sunday Workshops
May - September 2018
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13 - 15 years
Barber Art School
13 - 15 years Workshops
Monthly Tuesdays
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Preschool
Little Artists 2018
Early Years Sessions
Monthly Fridays
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4 - 12 years
Summer Art School 2018: Become a Master Papermaker!
14 - 16 August 2018
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16 - 21 years
THE BARBER COLLECTIVE
Interpret, re-imagine and create
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For Adults
HOW TO BOOK
Unless specified otherwise, booking for all our events is essential. Book online or call the University Box Office on 0121 414 4414.
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Research & Resources
COIN STUDY ROOM
The Barber Institute is home to one of the finest collections of Roman, Byzantine, Sasanian and Medieval Islamic coins in the world, numbering more than 15,000 items.
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For Adults
Introduction to Western Papermaking
Adult Papermaking Workshop
Friday 7 or Saturday 8 September 2018
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Schools & Colleges
ARTiculation 2017/18
ARTiculation 2017/18 at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
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For Adults Research & Resources
Bellows Exhibition Website
Bellows and the Body
The Barber's special microsite to accompany the exhibition Bellows and the Body: The Real, the Ideal and the Nude is still live!
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Learning
Families First
View and download your own copy of our Summer 2018 brochure
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Research & Resources Schools & Colleges
Teacher Resource Packs
For self guided tours of KS3, KS4 & KS5 groups
Resource packs to teach your school group about Portraits, Landscapes and Still Life. Available now!
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For Adults
Understanding Art
Thursday throughout June and July 2018
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For Adults
Art Appreciation
Thursdays or Saturdays throughout September to December 2018
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Preschool 4 - 12 years 13 - 15 years
Cocomad Festival 2018
Saturday 7 July 2018
Cotteridge Park, B30 2HF
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UOB
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
We work with academics, students and professional services teams from across campus to enhance teaching and develop students’ learning
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Schools & Colleges
COLLEGE VISITS
We welcome college students and groups to the Barber all year round to learn about our collections and history.
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Schools & Colleges
SCHOOL VISITS
Learn a new skill for your group with our specially tailored workshops suitable for all ages.
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Research & Resources
BARBER FINE ART LIBRARY
The library is a specialist research level collection of over 50,000 books, exhibition catalogues and sale catalogues on Western art covering most of the major European schools of painting from the early Renaissance to twenty-first century, the history of collecting, and also some Byzantine art.
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THE PRINTS AND DRAWINGS STUDY ROOM
Discover our Prints and Drawings Study Room, which houses our fine collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, comprising more than 1,000 works and six centuries of the draughtsman’s and printmaker’s arts.
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Research & Resources
Arts Award Supporter
Those who are already undertaking Arts Award can meet a range of criteria at the Barber Institute
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4 - 12 years
Summer Art School 2018: Marvelous Modroc and Glorious Gilding
31 July - 2 August 2018
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