Stourbridge Glass Museum Visit and Tour

Stourbridge Glass Museum: at the heart of the community with a globally significant collection to educate and inspire. Opening early April 2022 the museum is housed in the Grade II […]

Shire Story – Live online event

An unexpected adventure into the beginnings of Middle Earth. How Birmingham and Sarehole shaped Tolkien’s The Shire. Join Sarehole Mill and Shout Out History's Ash Bayliss and explore the fascinating […]

A Gift to the City – Cannon Hill Park

A relaxed walking tour of Cannon Hill Park discovering original features and history of the park and people associated with it. Join a guided walk looking at the history and […]

Birmingham City Centre Heritage Walk – POSTPONED

DUE TO THE WEATHER FORECAST OF EXTREME HEAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED, A NEW DATE WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON. A leisurely guided tour of Birmingham city centre's heritage exploring […]

Women in the city – postponed – to be rescheduled

Female perspectives on the making and remaking of the urban environment. About this event Join this panel discussion about the experiences of women navigating and living in the city. When […]

Digitising Aris’s Birmingham Gazette

A symposium about the recently digitized Aris’s Birmingham Gazette (established 1741). 10 Sept; 1pm – 7.30pm Established in 1741, Aris’s Birmingham Gazette was described by Asa Briggs as one of the most […]

Free

Birmingham’s Early Maps 1731-1831

Local map specialist John Townley explores the growth of Birmingham through the first century of its town maps. About this event An exceptional opportunity to see a wide selection of […]

Free

Women’s History Walking Tour

Discover the untold storied of some of Bournville’s most significant women. 14 Sept; 7pm-8.30pm Discover the often untold stories of the trailblazing women who led the way for change and […]

£5 – £7.5

Birmingham Suffragettes & Northfield Library

Learn about the Birmingham women who fought to get the right the vote and the Northfield Carnegie library which was rebuilt after Suffragette direct action. The story of women’s struggle […]

Herstory Day

A day of art and activities, exploring the histories of forgotten women. From the Blue Stocking Society, to the suffragettes and suffragists of Birmingham and Dame Elizabeth Cadbury; we will […]

Free

Drawn in the Quarter

Join Ed Isaacs, RBSA member artist, for a journey of drawing around the Jewellery Quarter, sketching local buildings. About this event Ed will guide you to places and buildings of […]

£5

Blue Plaque Unveiling – Tony de Vit

The Birmingham Civic Society invites you to join us at the unveiling of a Blue Plaque to Tony de Vit.   Tony de Vit was a pioneering and hugely influential […]