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Spring flowers: From garden blooms to botanical prints
Spring is one of the most exciting times in the garden, when our perennial plants start to poke their heads through the soil and flowers, such as snowdrops and early daffodils herald warmer weather. These gorgeous flowers are represented in our museum collections too. Archives volunteer, Claire Young, has curated a display of botanical prints
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Father’s Lines: Bringing together literature, art and nature
This year, we’re delighted to be part of an exciting combined-arts project by Saranjit Birdi, Father’s Lines. You may remember Saranjit Birdi from his 2023 exhibitions, Secret Life of Plants and Poiesis, which included paintings, prints and small metal sculptures based on Winterbourne’s Flora and Herbarium collection. In Father’s Lines, Saranjit once again draws on
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Introducing Much is Lost, Much Remains by Marian Edwards
Our exciting exhibition programme continues this year with a brand-new collection of work by artist Marian Edwards, which will open on 21 March 2026. Curator, Henrietta, has been talking to Marian about her life, her work and the serious challenges that she has faced and overcome. Where it all began Marian has always been enthralled
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Arts and Crafts features that make Winterbourne truly iconic
Winterbourne House and Garden isn’t just a beautiful place to spend an afternoon; it’s one of Birmingham’s best surviving examples of the Arts and Crafts movement in action. Built in 1904 for John and Margaret Nettlefold and designed by architect J. L. Ball, the house and gardens are rooted in the movement’s core ideals: craftsmanship,
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‘Winterbourne in the Frame’ exhibition
Winterbourne has been inspiring artists for decades. Our exhibition in the second-floor lift room, ‘Winterbourne in the Frame’ explores the wide variety of media that artists have used to celebrate the beauty of Winterbourne, from hand-dyed textiles to polystyrene. When the house was opened to the public in 2010, the lift room on the second