Curator Tour: Largely in Your Hands – Making and Shaping a University

Schedule

Thu Sep 18 2025 at 12:30 pm to 01:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

University of Birmingham, Great Hall, Aston Webb Building | Birmingham, EN

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For Birmingham Heritage Week, the University of Birmingham presents a special tour of a new exhibition celebrating 125 years of history.
About this Event

Tickets available from August 9, 2025, 12pm.

Join us for a special behind-the-scenes curator tour of Largely in Your Hands—a new exhibition exploring the people, movements, and moments that have shaped the University of Birmingham over the past 125 years.


From civic foundations to transformation in times of crisis, to student life past and present, explore over a century of history with University Collections. This guided tour offers an opportunity to explore key stories and hear further insights from the curators who brought it to life.

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University of Birmingham, Great Hall, Aston Webb Building, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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