Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

Adopt an Object

 Help care for your favourite collections!

Find that special and unique gift for friends and family!

If you love BMAG’s collections, we have many objects, artefacts and artworks available for adoption, all with suggested minimum donations ranging from £10 to £5,000

Please go to the Adopt an Object page where you can see all the objects available and adopt online. If you prefer you can download and print off an application form and post it to us.

As a thank you for your adoption, you will receive a an adoption pack as a permanent memento, containing a certificate of adoption, an information sheet on your object, and a fridge magnet photo of your object.

We'll credit you on our website and for larger donations you will also receive invitations to exclusive Private Viewings and a print of your image. Standard adoptions run for one year.

Thank you to the following individuals who have supported this scheme by Adopting an Object:

Mr Charles Derry - Rugby School Following up Cap

Pelham Gore - Anti-Demon Door Mask - T'eng Kou

Mrs Rosemary Purcell - John Hardman Studio Wages Scale

Miss Rachel Day - The Handtowel (A Woman of Good Character)

Dr Rob Ellis - Figurine of Hercules

Mrs Philippa Russell - Cuneiform Tablet

Mr and Mrs Ian and Pamela Hetherington - Red Cameo Glass Vase

Mr Ben Close - The Wally Birds

Dr Gareth Sears - Horse and Rider Figurine

Mrs Sarah Kingscote - Family Fairy Book

Christine Trow - Roman Flask

Miss Pat Tanesll - Design for an Interior

Mr Matthew A. J. Townsend - Sumerian Foundation Tablet

Dr Rosie Miles - Lantern Slides

Dr Rosie Miles - Female Figurine

Karen Strunks - Currency Necklace

Jason Bailey - Bronze Steelyard Weight

Dr Philippa Semper - Mediaeval Tile

Robin Hood School - Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase

Mrs Carol Yates - Funerary Stela

Sue Moore - Greek Stamnos

Charlotte Ansted-Jameson - 'Dr Samuel Wathen With His Wife And Children', painting by Knapton

The Falk Family - Punch and Judy Glove Puppets

Thank you to the following individuals who have renewed their Adoption for a second year:

Mrs Louise Neal - Second World War Teddy Bear

Ms Helen Watson - Cameo Glass Scent Bottle

Miss Jackie Swancutt - Chad Valley Teddy Bear

Miss Eleanor Smith - Nasca Vessel

Birmingham and Black Country Bat Group - Pottery Urn - Bat God

For further information please contact: