Discover Birmingham - Page 4 - Art and culture
One of the world's premier orchestras - the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra -
happens to play in one of the world's finest venues, Symphony Hall.
Theatres include the Hippodrome (home to the Birmingham Royal Ballet,
the Rep, the Alexandra, and the Old Rep.
Galleries particularly worthy of note are the Ikon, the Waterhall,
the restored Gas Hall, the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
(with the world's finest collection of Pre-Raphaelite art) and the Barber Institute of Fine Art
which displays Renaissance and Impressionist art (Rubens, Gainsborough, Monet and Renoir).
You can find more information about Birmingham's history, geography and demography in the Wikipedia article on Birmingham.
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