Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BM&AG) is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local history and industrial history.[3]
Museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England
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  Location in West Midlands | |
| Established | 28 November 1885 (28 November 1885) |
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| Collection size | c. 800,000 objects[1] |
| Visitors | 644,100 (2019)[2] |
| Website | birminghammuseums.org.uk |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Designated | 25 April 1952 |
| Reference no. | 1210333 |
The museum/gallery is run by Birmingham Museums Trust, the largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom, which also runs eight other museums around the city.[4] Entrance to the Museum and Art Gallery is free, but some major exhibitions in the Gas Hall incur an entrance fee.