Online gallery
Our free, online gallery of images from our collections is available to view on Flickr. Curated albums include the history of the University of Birmingham, The Birmingham Qur'an, Black History, Women in the Collections, Art of Anatomy, First World War, Pugin's sketches, LGBTQ+ History in the Collections, and more.
John Baskerville: 250 Years
Selected material from the CRL's John Baskerville Collection and works influenced by the legacy of the great Birmingham printer.
Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon and former prime minister
Overview of Eden's life and career as seen through the Avon Papers. From his early life, WW1 service, marriage to Beatrice Beckett and 1938 resignation, to his role as Foreign Secretary during WW2, his marriage to Clarissa Churchill, time as UK Prime Minister, the 1956 Suez Crisis, and retirement. Funded by the Archives Revealed grant programme.
The Barber Fine Art Library from the 1940s
Photographs of the much-loved, Grade 1 listed, Barber Fine Art Library from the 1940s to the present day.
Shakespeare Institute Library on Flickr
The plays we might have lost: Shakespeare's First Folio, 1623 and Marie Corelli 1855-1924 are two online exhibitions from the Shakespeare Institute Library.
CRL supported talks at The MIAH Foundation
CRL is pleased to support the Islamic Arts Circle Lecture Series at The Museum of Islamic Arts & Heritage Foundation (MIAH). Keep an eye on the MIAH website for details of forthcoming events, such as workshops, exhibitions and talks, at MIAH 496 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, and here at the Cadbury Research Library in Edgbaston.
Exhibitions elsewhere
The Cadbury Research Library lends material for inclusion in public exhibitions at other venues, locally, nationally and internationally. If your organisation would like to borrow material from the collections for exhibition, please see our loan request process. Examples of organisations we have lent material to for exhibition.