Birmingham City University Art & Design Archives

Parkside Building, 5 Cardigan Street
Birmingham B4 7BD

bcu.ac.uk

Birmingham City University Art and Design Archives contains both art and archival collections. There are 16 different archives and collections in the archives.

Coventry History Centre

Jordan Well
Coventry CV1 5QP

theherbert.org

Coventry History Centre is the place to research local and family history, using large collections of historical material, including the city's archives.

Dudley Archives & Local History Service

Dudley Archives and Local History Centre, Tipton Road
Dudley DY1 4SQ

goo.gl

Our aim is to acquire, preserve and make available for public research any and all material relating to the present Dudley Metropolitan Borough area. This includes both manuscripts, such as parish records, council minutes and files, title deeds and maps, and also printed material, in the form of books, pamphlets, posters and newspapers, and audio visual material.

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Jordan Well
Coventry CV1 5QP

theherbert.org

We provide places for the people of Coventry and visitors to the City to meet, celebrate and explore their cultural and creative past, present and futures.

Library of Birmingham

Centenary Square
Birmingham B1 2ND

libraryofbirmingham.com

There are millions of individual items in the collections, dating from the 12th century to the present day. For safe keeping and preservation, these are stored in environmentally-controlled conditions inside the Library's 'golden box'.

Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Library

Modern Records Centre, University Library, University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL

warwick.ac.uk

The Modern Records Centre holds nationally important archives for the study of social, economic and political history, mainly from the mid 19th century onwards. The centre was founded in October 1973 with the principal objectives of locating and preserving primary sources for modern British social, political and economic history, with special concentration on the national history of industrial relations, industrial politics and labour history. The record centre contains the archives of national trade unions, employers.

Museum Collections Centre

25 Dollman St
Birmingham B7 4RQ

birminghammuseums.org.uk

The museums Collections Centre in Nechells has brought together 80 per cent of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery's stored collections under one roof. The 1.5 hectare site, close to Duddeston Station, holds hundreds of thousands of objects. Among the collections are steam engines, sculptures, an entire collection of Austin, Rover and MG motor cars, a red phone box and even a Sinclair C5.

Special Collections, University of Birmingham

Special Collections, Academic Services, Main Library, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT

bham.ac.uk

The Special Collections & Archives of the University of Birmingham have been built up over a period of 120 years and consist of approximately 120,000 pre-1850 books dating from 1471 and some 3 million archives and manuscripts, all of which provide a rich resource for teaching and research.

Walsall Local History Centre

Essex Street
Walsall WS2 7AS

walsall.gov.uk

The research room is open to all members of the public free of charge and you will receive a friendly welcome from helpful staff.

Wolverhampton City Archives

Molineux Hotel Building, Whitmore Hill
Wolverhampton WV1 1SF

wolverhamptonart.org.uk

Wolverhampton Archives keeps documents, maps, books, photos, newspapers and more relating to the history of areas now within the city of Wolverhampton.