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- 23rd March 2026
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery are celebrating a 305 per cent increase in visitor numbers during 2025.
A major new creative campaign is calling on people across Birmingham to imagine what the city could look like in 2050.
- 5th December 2025
Children’s author and illustrator Duncan Beedie is hosting a special festive book-reading at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery – starring a badger who loves heavy metal music.
- 5th December 2025
Birmingham must utilise its economic potential to fix the stark inequalities that exist across the city.
Archaeological works have begun at Smithfield Birmingham, marking an important new phase of the £1.9bn regeneration project.
- 26th October 2025
Birmingham City Council’s Planning Committee have approved an outline planning application for the regeneration of Druids Heath.
- 12th October 2025
Work has started on a project to improve walking and cycling in the city centre.
- 19th August 2025
The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter will reopen to the public for guided tours from 21 August.
Bookings for the annual celebrations of Birmingham’s rich and diverse heritage will open at 12 noon on Saturday.
- 12th July 2025
Latest update on the Great Barr Conservation Area by Irene Henery