The Research and Cultural Collections is one of five independently-managed museum structures at the University of Birmingham.  Along with the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, the Lapworth Museum of Geology, Special Collections and Archives, and Winterbourne Botanic Garden, we provide a breadth and diversity in cultural assets ranging from public museums to small specialist research collections.

The University displays and teaches from thousands of objects within several distinct collections in the Research and Cultural Collections. They are;

• The Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts

• The Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity Museum

• The Collection of Historic Physics Instruments

• The Biological Sciences Collection

• The Medical School Collection

• The Silver and Plate Collection

• The University Heritage Collection

• The Campus Collection of Fine and Decorative Art.

Since our beginnings, objects have been integral to teaching and research at the University of Birmingham, with the result that some collections are embedded within various academic departments.

The Research and Cultural Collections are a registered museum. If you would like to know more about the collections, please contact us at rcc@contacts.bham.ac.uk or make an appointment to visit in person.