Learning
Covid–19 (Coronavirus)
The Barber is closed until further notice - please check this website for updates.
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4 - 12 years
Families: LGBTQ+ History Month
February half term 2020
Celebrate families of all shapes and sizes!
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For Adults
Painting Cornwall – Course
Saturdays 14, 21 and 28 March
Create a Cornish masterpiece in this three-day oil painting course.
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4 - 12 years
Animal-tastic Animation Video!
Animal-tastic Animation Video!
We became animators at our children's workshop in October half-term! Can you spot yours?
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4 - 12 years
Family activity packs
Family activities
Have some fun in the galleries with our brand new family packs!
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4 - 12 years
Creative Sunday Workshops
January to April 2020
Try out new ways to make art every Sunday!
Ages 4 to 12.
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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
Drawing Saturdays
First Saturday of the month
Explore the collection through an immersive day of drawing.
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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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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
Writing Workshops
Monthly Saturdays
Bring the collection to life through your own words.
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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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For Adults
Recovery Art 2020
First Monday of the month
The group provides an invaluable safe space for people recovering from physical or mental ill health.
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Preschool
Little Artists
Early years - now for under-fives
Monthly Saturdays
Explore art and new materials!
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16 - 21 years
THE BARBER COLLECTIVE
Every other Wednesday
Interpret, re-imagine and create
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Research & Resources
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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