The Barber Institute of Fine Arts is on the main campus of the University of Birmingham in Edgbaston.

It was built in brick with stone dressings by Robert Atkinson in 1935-1939 and features a flat-coped roofline, horizontal fenestration and vertical portal.

The Institute was established in 1932 by Dame Martha Barber: the widow of solicitor and property developer Sir Henry Barber.

Dame Martha stipulated that the collection should only contain artworks of the same quality as those in the National Gallery.

Consequently, the Institute contains an impressive international collection spanning from the 13th to 20th centuries.

There are, in particular, works by Dutch, German & French masters including Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck, Botticelli, Holbein and Veronese and by French colourists, impressionists and post-impressionists including Manet, Monet, Degas, Van Gogh and Gauguin.

The English collection includes works by Turner, Gainsborough & Reynolds and the 20th century collection contains oil paintings and drawings by Picasso, Matisse, Magritte & Schiele.

The Institute also contains a 360-seat concert hall, specialist art and music libraries and collections of sculpture, coins, miniature portraits and objets d'art.

There is a bronze equestrian statue (circa 1720) of George I outside the main entrance; admission is generally free.

The Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists is at the Winterbourne Botanical Garden on Edgbaston Park Road, roughly 300 metres from University East Gate.

It was formed in 1999 to preserve the art of recording plant life by intricate drawings and to support artists interested in botanical illustration.

Workshops and exhibitions are held in the Coach House Gallery at Winterbourne House.