Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery would be fully reopen by 2031 under an “ambitious” new vision for the city centre venue.

If the five-year strategy from the Birmingham Museums Trust succeeds, the city’s cultural gem will have been either partially or fully closed for around 11 years.

The museum and art gallery (BMAG), next to Birmingham City Council House, closed in 2020 for essential maintenance works but partially reopened in 2022 for the Commonwealth Games .

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It then reopened in phases last year, with a number of spaces such as the Round Room Gallery welcoming members of the public for the first time in years.

But the majority of spaces in the attraction are still not in use.

The Trust s

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