Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery houses one of the largest collections in existence of British paintings of all periods, including the world famous collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings. The 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are those most fully represented in the permanent collections.
Foreign pictures are fewer in number, but are of high quality.
Students can study the principal movements in the history of the Fine and Applied Arts in Europe through the major works in the collection, which represent the range of developments from the 14th to the 20th centuries. These include substantial groups of 17th, 18th, and 19th century foreign paintings. The Sculpture collection This includes good holdings of British early 20th century sculpture, with a few fine examples of earlier work. There are good examples of baroque sculpture, and an outstanding collection of Victorian and Edwardian sculpture. This includes one of the finest collections of the work of Sir Alfred Cilbert.