4 - 12 years
Family activity packs
Family activities
Have some fun in the galleries with our brand new family packs!
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For Adults
Working Clasp
Thursday 6 June
Create unique jewellery in a workshop with local maker Working Clasp
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Preschool
Little Artists
Early years sessions (age 3 - 4)
Monthly Saturdays
Explore art and new materials!
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4 - 12 years
Creative Sunday Workshops
April - August 2019
Every Sunday try out new ways to make art!
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13 - 15 years
Barber Art School
Monthly Tuesdays
Love art and want to work with real artists to try out new ideas?
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16 - 21 years
THE BARBER COLLECTIVE
Every other Wednesday
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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Learning
Lunchtime Lectures
Wednesdays 26 June & 3 July
Curious about Cassiano?
Find out more in these lunchtime lectures.
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Learning
Wednesday Walk & Draw
12 June, 10 July, 12 - 12.30pm
Take a 30-minute walk across campus and make speedy sketches along the way of its landscape, buildings and people.
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For Adults
Landscape Painting Course
Saturdays 11 & 18 May
Join tutor Adrian Clamp to paint landscapes at Winterbourne Garden.
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For Adults
Drawing Saturdays
First Saturday of the month
Get drawing with Adrian Clamp - experiment and explore the gallery's works on paper.
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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
Recovery Art 2019
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For Adults
Writing Workshops
Monthly Saturdays
Create prose and poetry based on works in the Barber's collection and exhibitions. For all ages.
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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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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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For Adults
Memento Mori: exploring death and dying through art
Friday 17 May
Part of A Matter of Life and Death Festival & Dying Matters Awareness Week.
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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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