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Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Portfolio
If you could travel back in time to 23 March 1887, you would find the streets of Birmingham throbbing with excitement. Massive crowds gathered to catch a glimpse of Queen Victoria, who visited the city to celebrate her Golden Jubilee. As the diminutive monarch was driven along Colmore Row, she passed through the ‘Metalworkers’ Arch’,…
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Conformity and Subversion: the place of women in late-Victorian Children’s literature
In summer 2025, Leila Phillips researched books from Winterbourne’s collection as part of a University internship. Leila’s particular focus was the role of women in late-Victorian Children’s literature. In this blog, we delve into more of her fascinating research. Over the past few weeks, I have had the exciting opportunity to investigate Winterbourne’s collection of…
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Charity Shop Treasures
New additions to Winterbourne’s collections come to us in a fascinating variety of ways. Often, individuals generously donate family heirlooms and precious items they have discovered in their own homes and think may be of some historical interest to Winterbourne. But sometimes, I stumble across things in my own life that strike me as having…
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“A place of endless coffee and chatter”: Student life at Winterbourne
As the University of Birmingham celebrates its 125th anniversary, we’ve been delving into the different roles that Winterbourne has played throughout history. So far we’ve explored how the garden has been used as a space and resource for research and learning, as well as how the house became a central hub for the Extra-Mural Department.…
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‘A friendly place that hummed with life’: The Extra-Mural Department at Winterbourne
Throughout its long history, Winterbourne has had several roles – from a family home to a rich resource for research and learning at the University of Birmingham. As the University celebrates its 125th anniversary, we are delving into these different roles. First up is the time when Winterbourne was home to University of Birmingham’s Extra-Mural…