Bronze Benefits Include:
Standard adoptions run for one year. But if you fall in love with your object, don't worry, you can renew your adoption for the following year for a 10% discount. Prices will be reviewed annually.
1870-1920. This intriguing object is a West African gourd rattle.
Suggested donation: £10.00
1800 - 1900. Netsuke can be of many designs, their function...
Suggested donation: £10.00
Late 19th or 20th Century This barkcloth beater, made from...
Suggested donation: £10.00
Peruvian, 1000-1400. This doll was made by the Chancay...
Suggested donation: £10.00
Late 19th/Early 20th Century Used as a form of currency on the...
Suggested donation: £10.00
Neo-Assyrian. A decorated shell ornament from ancient Western...
Suggested donation: £10.00
1900-1950. Anti-Demon Door Mask - T'eng Kou. Masks like this...
Suggested donation: £15.00
c.1915 - 1916. Cameo glass scent flask with a silver collar, cork...
Suggested donation: £15.00
Ancient Cypriot. An intriguing figure of a woman, possibly...
Suggested donation: £15.00
1644 - 1911. The term 'Famille Rose' refers to the glaze...
Suggested donation: £15.00
c.1915. A fine-looking example of cameo glass...
Suggested donation: £15.00
Lantern Slide of Women in Rational Dress. A square glass...
Suggested donation: £15.00
Roman, 100 AD - 300 AD. We have no idea what this strange...
Suggested donation: £15.00
1900 - 1905. Shorts like this were known as 'rational dress'...
Suggested donation: £15.00
This gas wash boiler/oven has a steel barrel with three legs. It is...
Suggested donation: £15.00
Cyprus, 600 BC - 475 BC. Figurines like this were left in...
Suggested donation: £15.00
Hardmans, c.1800. Hardman's were a Birmingham based...
Suggested donation: £15.00
City of Birmingham Beam Scale. W & T Avery, 1889-1900. These...
Suggested donation: £15.00
Mediaeval. This bronze steelyard weight was a heraldic decoration...
Suggested donation: £15.00
1800-1900. Netsuke (in English, root attachment) can be of many...
Suggested donation: £15.00
Pair of Pakistani Wedding Dolls. 1990-1997. This pair of...
Suggested donation: £15.00
Late 19th/Early 20th Century. A striking figure from Papua New...
Suggested donation: £15.00
c.1875-1910. An oval cast iron street sign, bearing a large...
Suggested donation: £15.00
c.1950. An unusual, articulated teddy bear made by Chad Valley...
Suggested donation: £15.00
1942. This teddy bear is made from army blankets, and was...
Suggested donation: £15.00
1905 -1910. These flannel tennis trousers were probably worn...
Suggested donation: £15.00
1877 - 1878. A free blown glass vase with a long neck and...
Suggested donation: £20.00
The Handtowel or Woman of Good Character. 1802 - 1804...
Suggested donation: £20.00
Love Leading the Pilgrim - Study of Birds: Finches. 1877 - 1897...
Suggested donation: £20.00
50AD - 250AD. This is a figure of the Roman god Hercules. He...
Suggested donation: £20.00
c.1910. This free blown glass vase by Daum Freres has a long...
Suggested donation: £20.00
Ming Dynasty, 1465 - 1487. This is an exquisitely decorated...
Suggested donation: £20.00
1866. This is a velvet 'following up' cap used during football...
Suggested donation: £20.00
Fiji, Central Highlands of Viti Levu, 1878. A Fijian female figure...
Suggested donation: £20.00
1870 - 1901. Rectangular woollen handbag decorated with tassels...
Suggested donation: £20.00
Ancient Western Asia, 2094 - 2047BC. A black stone tablet...
Suggested donation: £20.00
1860-1900. A brass and leather fireman's helmet which would...
Suggested donation: £20.00
Wallace Martin (1843 - 1924). This jug is full of character, decorated...
Suggested donation: £20.00
Ancient Greek. A two-handled ancient Greek vase, decorated...
Suggested donation: £20.00
1300 -1400. A colourful, mediaeval glazed floor tile which was found...
Suggested donation: £20.00
c.1915. Made in Stourbridge this Cameo glass vase is made from...
Suggested donation: £20.00
North American, 1910-1925. This sculpture was made by the...
Suggested donation: £20.00
Reginald Edgecombe, c.1948. Drawing on tracing paper of an...
Suggested donation: £20.00
Birmingham Housing Scheme, Washwood Heath Road. Reginald...
Suggested donation: £20.00
1911 - 1912, This hat, by Emilie Maison Francaise of Birmingham...
Suggested donation: £20.00
Frank Lockwood, c.1960. A topographical view showing the...
Suggested donation: £20.00
Ghanaian, 20th century. Kente cloths are a speciality of the...
Suggested donation: £25.00
These attractive floor tiles were rescued from the home of John...
Suggested donation: £25.00
1770-1800. This button is one of over 500 buttons collected by...
Suggested donation: £30.00
Blue Coat School Commemorative Medal. Thomas Ottley, c.1824...
Suggested donation: £30.00
J. Davis, 1928. One of a series of three medals produced by...
Suggested donation: £30.00
c.900 - 1000. The ring brooch was commonly used as a method...
Suggested donation: £30.00
22nd June 1914 - 26th June 1914. Almost certainly designed and...
Suggested donation: £30.00
1900. A beautiful Art Nouveau-influenced catalogue entitled...
Suggested donation: £30.00
c.1840. This brooch has a floral spray of coloured gold, with five...
Suggested donation: £30.00
Egypt, 1279 BC - 1213 BC. A funerary stone for an Egyptian...
Suggested donation: £35.00
Robert Stevens, c.1904. This smart grey two piece dress...
Suggested donation: £35.00
M. & E. Abbott, 1896. This striking dress in yellow brocade and...
Suggested donation: £35.00
Coventry Mint, 1792. A halfpenny token issued at Coventry...
Suggested donation: £35.00
c.1900. This imposing, wooden wheelchair dates from the early...
Suggested donation: £35.00
Singer Manufacturing Company, 1900-1910. Isaac Singer...
Suggested donation: £40.00
Birmingham Town Hall Commemorative Medal. J.Davis...
Suggested donation: £40.00
1857. Edward Burne-Jones illustrated 'The Fairy Family...
Suggested donation: £45.00
1823. A fascinating object, depicting a balloon ride...
Suggested donation: £50.00
Hill Street Looking Up Towards the Town Hall. George Warren...
Suggested donation: £50.00
Reginald Edgecombe, 1943. A topographic view of Duddeston...
Suggested donation: £50.00
A rectangular wooden cupboard with a lid on the top which opens...
Suggested donation: £50.00
Parlophone. A wooden case with hinged lid that opens to...
Suggested donation: £50.00
1891. The people shown enjoying the fresh air in this painting...
Suggested donation: £50.00
1590 - 1610. This vase is older than it looks. It is an...
Suggested donation: £50.00
Bath Row Redevelopment Scheme. Reginald Edgecombe, 1948...
Suggested donation: £50.00
1885 - 1900. A splendid Toby Jug in the form of the head...
Suggested donation: £50.00
1815-1835. This large ornamental japanned metal tray...
Suggested donation: £50.00
Edmund Nye, 1800-1850. This beautiful wooden writing box...
Suggested donation: £50.00
1850 - 1925. Three colourful Punch and Judy puppets...
Suggested donation: £50.00
Triplex, c.1929. A black cast iron kitchen range with green...
Suggested donation: £55.00
1603 - 1625. Gold coin struck during the reign of James I...
Suggested donation: £60.00
1797. Struck at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint, this pattern...
Suggested donation: £60.00
Mexican, AD500-800. Originating from Oaxaca in Mexico...
Suggested donation: £75.00
F & C Osler, 1858. Group of three exquisite glasses made in...
Suggested donation: £75.00
Hubcar Ltd, 1963-1965. This mode of Hubcar pram, in which...
Suggested donation: £100.00
Dante's Dream - Earthenware Dish. Dante Gabriel Rossetti...
Suggested donation: £100.00
Framed Watercolour of the Interior of Birmingham Town Hall...
Suggested donation: £120.00
Liberty & Co, 1891. This dress was worn as a wedding dress...
Suggested donation: £120.00
A Section of the Translantic Cable. c.1865. A short length...
Suggested donation: £140.00
William de Morgan, 1888. A gorgeous blue dish featuring...
Suggested donation: £150.00
Jennens & Bettridge, c.1840. This beautiful pair of papier...
Suggested donation: £150.00
Mediaeval English. Uncovered at the ruins of Weoley Castle...
Suggested donation: £150.00
c.1530. The beautiful blue colours on this bowl were a speciality...
Suggested donation: £190.00
Each object or artwork has a minimum suggested donation for you to make - from £10 to £5,000. As a thank you for your donation, you will receive a variety of benefits including a certificate of adoption, an information sheet on your object, and a fridge magnet photo of your object as a permanent memento. We'll credit you on our website and for the larger donations you will also receive invitations to exclusive Private Viewings and a print of your image.
And, of course, you can come and visit your object at the museum whenever it's on display.
Within each category you can see the benefits that apply.
Have a look around…and enjoy