Research
Learn more about our research projects, and discover resources and study spaces to support your own academic enquiries.
This section of the website hosts work undertaken by the Barber which aims to shed light on colonial legacies in the museum’s collections.
Hear about the two-year project to research, reinterpret and redisplay our pre-1600 Italian paintings, housed in our Green Gallery.
Our library is a specialist research-level collection of books, exhibition catalogues and sale catalogues for reference.
Make an appointment to visit our coin collection. The Barber is home to one of the finest collections of Roman, Byzantine, Sasanian and Medieval Islamic coins in the world.
Our Prints and Drawings Study Room houses our fine collection of prints, drawings and watercolours. Available to visit by appointment.