Welcome to Birmingham Archives and Heritage Service
Birmingham Archives and Heritage is now CLOSED until 3 September 2013 when the Library of Birmingham on Centenary Square will open.
Staff are working on our collections to check, document and repackage thousands of items ready for their transfer to the new building during this time. This work will be our major task and consequently we are not able to respond individually to enquiries until after September 2013.
However, if you are specifically requesting personal information held about yourself, a member of staff will contact you to discuss this further:
Email: archives.heritage@birmingham.gov.uk
For all other enquiries, please contact us again once we open in the new library.
We regret the inconvenience this is likely to cause to our users. Details of the services we will be providing from September will appear in due course on libraryofbirmingham.com as well ascontact details for the new Library.
Meanwhile to keep in touch with us, please follow our blog at: http://theironroom.wordpress.com/ and to follow the progress of the new library please see: libraryofbirmingham.com
See more information about changes in Central Library.
About Birmingham Archives and Heritage
We collect and preserve both original and printed records of historical significance relating to the city of Birmingham, its people, its businesses, institutions and societies, dating from the 12th to the 21st century.
Birmingham Archives and Heritage
Central Library
Chamberlain Square
Birmingham
B3 3HQ
Tel: 0121 303 4549
Email: archives.heritage@birmingham.gov.uk
Birmingham Archives and Heritage online catalogue - learn more
Useful Websites for Archives & Heritage
Archives & Heritage websites
Archives & Heritage websites
For information about Outreach and online heritage resources generated using our collections, please follow the links: Archives and Heritage Projects and Outreach.
What's New in Archives & Heritage?
'The Iron Room' - a blog from Birmingham Archives & Heritage
Written by the staff of Birmingham Archives & Heritage, the blog will reveal aspects from behind the scenes, showcase material from the collections, and keep you up-to-date with relevant news and information on events and projects connected to the city's heritage and its archives.The title of this blog comes from the name of a two-storey strongroom in the Old Reference Library, where the many treasures were safeguarded. The Iron Room was reached by a spiral staircase "up and down which... staff members charge each day in relentless search for knowledge" (Birmingham Post, 9 July 1966).
Lunchtime Lectures
Lunctime Local History Lectures - Every second Tuesday of the month between 1-2pm.