Five-year strategy to reopen cultural gem

AMBITIOUS PLAN WOULD SEE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY FIXED BY 2031

- ALEXANDER BROCK

BIRMINGHAM Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) will be fully reopen by 2031 under an "ambitious" new vision for the city centre venue.

If the five-year strategy from the Birmingham Museums Trust succeeds, the city's cultural gem will have been either partially or fully closed for around 11 years.

BMAG, next to Birmingham City Council House, closed in 2020 for maintenance but partially reopened in 2022 for the Commonwealth Games.

It then reopened in phases last year, with a number of spaces such as the Round Room Gallery welcoming members of the public for the first time in years. But the majority of spaces are still not in use.