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Government Art Collection makes first trip outside London

Works from a Tudor portrait of Elizabeth I to Warhol's Queen go on show at the city museum.

16 November 2012 Source: GOV.UK

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Mittwoch aus Licht, the last of Stockhausen's Licht operas to be staged, includes a string quartet in the sky.

23 August 2012 Source: Wikipedia

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Birmingham Museums Trust now runs nine sites, from the Museum and Art Gallery to Sarehole Mill.

2 April 2012 Source: Wikipedia

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The station that gave the city Les Ross, Tony Butler and the Walkathon is losing its famous name.

10 January 2012 Source: Wikipedia

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Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward will record together for the first time since 1978.

12 November 2011 Source: Wikipedia

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The main structure of the new library is complete, two years before it is due to open.

15 September 2011 Source: Wikipedia

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Street artist Lucy McLauchlan brings colour to the concrete of John Madin's library.

15 July 2010 Source: Wikipedia

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The Anglo-Saxon treasure will be shared by Birmingham's museum and the Potteries Museum in Stoke.

23 March 2010 Source: Wikipedia

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The Station Street cinema showed its first silent film on 27 December 1909.

2 December 2009 Source: Wikipedia

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The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found was discovered by a metal detectorist near Lichfield.

25 September 2009 Source: Wikipedia