West Midlands local peer support group
This Local Peer Support Group provides a welcoming, safe and friendly opportunity for people to meet up to share experiences, tips and information.
We are pleased to invite you to join group facilitator Perm Bhachu for our first in-person West Midlands peer support group meet up of the year where we will be visiting the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery for their Victorian Radicals Exhibition.
The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery is housed in a stunning Grade II* listed landmark building that has watched over the city’s Chamberlain and Victoria Squares since 1885, welcoming millions of visitors over the years.
Selected from the city of Birmingham’s outstanding collection, Victorian Radicals presents vibrant paintings and exquisite drawings alongside jewellery, glass, textiles and metalwork to explore their radical vision for art and society.
Fresh from an award-winning tour of the US, Victorian Radicals is the first comprehensive showing of the city’s Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts collections in Birmingham for over five years. Discover the story of the Pre-Raphaelites themselves and their influence on artists and makers well into the twentieth century – especially in Birmingham itself. Paintings made by artists including Kate Bunce, Joseph Southall and Arthur Gaskin combined the poetry and intensity of the Pre-Raphaelites’ work with a distinctive identity all their own.
Venue
The Gas Hall
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Edmund Street, off Chamberlain Square
Birmingham
B3 3DH
Telephone – 0121 348 8000
Website – www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/exhibitions/victorian-radicals
Admission Costs
- Adult – £7.00 (Please bring proof of disability such as registration card, CVI, DLA or PIP certification as this may be required).
- Essential carers – Free of charge (please note that this is limited to a total of 16 for this visit)
Meet up Point & Timings
Please meet up with Perm outside the entrance to The Gas Hall at the museum at 10.45am where you will all enter together to purchase your tickets.
How to get there
The Gas Hall at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is on Edmund Street. If you approach from the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery front entrance (currently closed) on Chamberlain Square, walk past the entrance with it on your right and turn right. It is a short distance to the Gas Hall entrance on the building on the left side.
By Rail
Gas Hall at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery is conveniently located near major railway stations including New Street and Snow Hill stations. Both are served by frequent West Midlands Railway services covering the wide geography of the region.
New Street Station
New Street station is 10 minutes walk away. From New Street Station main exit walk up Lower Temple Street and turn left onto New Street. Walk down New Street until you arrive at Victoria Square. Turn right at the end of the Council House building into Chamberlain Square, where the main entrance to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is located on the right. For the lift entrance, walk to the end of the building turn right onto Edmund Street, the Gas Hall entrance is on the left.
Snow Hill Station
Snow Hill station is 10 minutes walk away. Turn right upon leaving Snow Hill Station onto Colmore Row. Walk down Colmore Row until you arrive at Victoria Square. Turn right at the end of the Council House building into Chamberlain Square, where the main entrance to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is located on the right. For the lift entrance, walk to the end of the building turn right onto Edmund Street, the Gas Hall entrance is on the left.
Please check the West Midlands Railway website for Station Accessibility information.
By Bus
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is located within a short walking distance of Colmore Row where a number of city centre buses terminate. All buses have links to their timetables on the National Express West Midlands website.
The closest bus stops to the museum are for the following buses.
- Number 9 Stourbridge to Birmingham, via Bearwood, Quinton and Halesowen
- Number X10 Gornal Wood to Birmingham via Russells Hall Hospital, Merry Hill, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & Bearwood
- Number 82 Bearwood to Birmingham via City Hospital & Cape Hill
- Number 87 Dudley to Birmingham via City Hospital, Smethwick, Oldbury & Tividale
- Number 101 Leveretts via Jewellery Quarter and Winson Green
Bus services are operated by National Express West Midlands.
Car Parking
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery does not have a car park.
The closest car park is Town Hall Car Park which is 5 minutes walk from the museum. It is operated by Birmingham City Council and is open 24 hours per day, every day except Christmas Day. Charges apply. Blue Badge parking is free with no time limits. For google maps and Sat Nav use postcode B1 1TA.
Upon parking and leaving the car park, exit and turn left onto Navigation Street, take the second left up Hill Street, continuing to Chamberlain Square. Walk by the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery front entrance (currently closed) and turn right onto Edmund Street. The Gas Hall entrance is on the left.
Blue Badge parking can also be found on Margaret Street and Edmund Street which are in close proximity to our Edmund Street lift entrance.
By Tram
Town Hall tram stop is the nearest to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, a few minutes walk away. This tram stop is on Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro and is located outside the Birmingham Town Hall. It is a 2 minute trip from the Grand Station tram stop outside New Street Station.
Please ensure you register via the form below so we know who to expect on the day, thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!