Renaissance in the West Midlands  On this page you can find contact details for the West Midlands Hub and its partners and MLA West Midlands. There is also information about Designated collections in the region and information about the support available to all the region's museums. Hub contact details Hub manager:
Carol Bowsher
Address: West Midlands Hub, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DH
Tel: 0121 303 6698
e-mail: carol.bowsher@birmingham.gov.uk
Website: http://www.renaissancewestmidlands.org.uk MLA West Midlands contact details MLA West Midlands
Address: Floor 2, Grosvenor House, 14 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham B2 5RS
Tel: 0121 631 5800
Fax: 0121 631 5825
e-mail: info@mlawestmidlands.org.uk Hub partner contact details Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery (lead partner)
Address: Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DH
Tel: 0121 303 2834
Website: www.bmag.org.uk Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Address: Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 1DU
Tel: 01902 552055
e-mail: info@wolverhamptonart.org.uk
Website: www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust
Address: Coach Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 435900
Fax: 01952 435999
Website: www.ironbridge.org.uk Coventry Arts and Heritage
Address: The Herbert, Jordan Wall, Coventry CV1 5QP
Tel: 02476 832386
Fax: 02476 220171
e-mail: info@theherbert.org
Website: www.theherbert.org.uk Potteries Museums and Art Gallery
Address: Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3DW
Tel: 01782 232323
Fax: 01782 232500
e-mail: museums@stoke.gov.uk Designated collections in the West Midlands In the West Midlands the following museums hold Designated Collections: Designated Collections held by Hub museums: - Birmingham Museums & Heritage: City Museum & Art Gallery, Aston Hall, Blakesley Hall, Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, Sarehole Mill and Soho House.
- Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust: Coalbrookedale: Museum of Iron & Darby Furnace, Blists Hill Open Air Museum, Coalport China Museum, Jackfield Tile Museum, Broseley Pipeworks and Darby Houses.
- Stoke-On-Trent Museum Service: Potteries Museum, Etruria Industrial Museum, Ford Green Hall and Gladstone Pottery Museum.
You can see the full list of Designated Collections, including those held by libraries and archives in the Designation section of the MLA website. The Renaissance Designation Challenege Fund (DCF) has provided funding for a number of designated collections held by museums. You can find out more in the DCF section. Support for all museums in the West Midlands The Renaissance Museum Development Fund (MDF) provides funding to MLA regional agencies to offer advice and support to non-hub museums in their region. The advice and support offered varies in each region. The West Midlands hub and MLA West Midlands have worked together to produce a statement of the support available to museums in the region.  West Midlands joint statement of support available (PDF 167KB)
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