Birmingham

2. • Country: England
• Location: West Midlands
• Population: over 1 mln.
• Date of foundation: the 7th
century
• People: “Brummies”
• Dialect: Brummagem

3. The coat of arms of the city

4. Council House

5. • Birmingham City Council
House is the home of
City Council, Chief Executive,
elected council members,
Lord Mayor, committee rooms
and a large banqueting hall.
• It is located in Victoria Square in
the city centre.
• It was built in 1879.

6. Big
Brum
The clock
tower was
built in
1885.

7. • Big Brum is the local name for
the clock tower on the Council
House.
• Brum is the local term for the
town, the people and the dialect.
• The name refers to the clock and
tower, not only the bell.
• The bell rings similar to Big Ben in
London.

8. Brum Three
Doors
Chancellor’s
Court

9. Art Gallery The Art
Gallery has
the
collection of
paintings
from the
14th to the
21st
century.

10. University of Birmingham
It was founded in 1900 as
Mason Science College.

11. Shield from the arms of the
University of Birmingham
Motto:
"Through
efforts to
high things"

12. The university's
Learning Centre
and Faraday
sculpture
Business
center
school

13. Queen
Elizabeth
Hospital
Medical School
•is one of the
largest in Europe.
•It has over 450
medical students
each clinical year.

14. Barber Institute
of Fine Arts
•is both an art
gallery and
concert hall.
•has one of the
world's largest
coin collection.
•It was opened
in 1932.

15. Industrial
Gallery

16. Round Room

17. • It is the seat of
the Bishop of
Birmingham.
• It was built as
a parish church
in 1715.
• St Philip's
became the
cathedral in
1905.
St.
Philips
Cathedral

18. Birmingham
Central
Library
•is the main public
library in the city.
•It was designed by
John Madin and
built in 1974.
•The main section
contains the music
library, collections,
and Reference
Library.

19. Bell Edison Telephone Building
It was opened by the
Postmaster General in 1912.

20. It is a headquarter of BBC
Birmingham.
It is full of offices, designer
shops, restaurants, bars.
It has three art galleries.

21. The Rep was founded by Barry
Jackson in 1913.
The aim was to "serve an art
instead of making that art serves
a commercial purpose."
The theatre was opened on
February 15, 1913

22. It showed its
first silent film
on December
27, 1909.
Now it is the
oldest
working
cinema in the
country.
The cinema was
opened in 1909.

23. National Indoor Arena NIA

24. National Indoor Arena
has 12,700 places to seat.
It was opened in 1991.
NI

25. Cricket Ground

26. Newhall
Street

27. Newhall Street

28. Police Station

29. The Union Club

30. Paradise Forum
Library
Chamberlian Memorial

32. Sight Date of opening The place for
City Council
House
1879 City Council
Birmingham
University
1900 University
St. Philips
Cathedral
1715
1905
II. 1d, 2f, 3b, 4a, 5c, 6e
a parish church
the cathedral
Rep 1913 the theatre
The Electric
Cinema
1909 the cinema
Barber Institute of
Fine Arts
1932 an art gallery and
a concert hall