The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery was designed by Yeoville Thomason, with Francis John Williamson making the portico pediment. The article names no client or construction dates. Funding included a 10,000 pound gift from Sir Richard and George Tangye and 40,000 pounds from the council. The Prince of Wales opened the gallery on November 28, 1885, above the Gas Department offices in an extension of the Council House.
The article names no style. It describes a lofty portico, a pediment and a clock tower as the most conspicuous exterior features, and Hart, Son, Peard & Co. made the cast-iron columns in the main gallery. It gives no dimensions.
Seven galleries were rebuilt after bombing in 1940. The museum closed in October 2020, partly reopened in April 2022 and reopened again in October 2024. Entry is free, though some Gas Hall exhibitions charge. The article gives no hours.
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