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Collections at University of Birmingham

Welcome to the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, the Lapworth Museum of Geology, the Eton Myers Collection and the Research and Cultural Collections at Birmingham University searchable database.  This web page gives you access to the database of their combined collections and provides links to their websites. 


A portrait in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

The Institute has one of the most outstanding collections of works of art assembled in Britain in the twentieth century.  It is among Birmingham's greatest cultural attractions.

The Mermaid Fountain sculpture; part of the University Collections.

Research and Cultural Collections

A cornucopia of extraordinary artefacts on campus, ranging from an ancient Egyptian coffin to twenty first century art.

A fossil in the Lapworth Museum of Geology

The Lapworth Museum of Geology

The Lapworth Museum has the most extensive geological collection in the Midlands with beautifully preserved fossils, stunning minerals and ancient rocks from around the world.

A canopic jar chest rfom the Eton Myers Collection

The Eton Myers Collection

This outstanding collection of Egyptian art was bequeathed to Eton College at the end of the 19th Century.  Some of the items have been digitised as part of a Birmingham University research project.