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Pictures: Birmingham's Hidden Spaces - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

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Tamlyn JonesBusiness Reporter

10:55, 19 DEC 2014
Updated16:00, 22 JUN 2015

The conservation team has to deal with all manner of objects in different shapes and sizes1 of 18
Conservationists attending to a 3,000-year-old mummy2 of 18
Toenails of a mummy, still intact3 of 18
Conservationists attending to a Samurai's helmet4 of 18
Intricate gold work being mapped on a computer5 of 18
Conservation team at work6 of 18
A vintage fire engine in the transport room at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery7 of 18
Hundreds of thousands of objects are kept in the Collections Centre8 of 18
Trains, prams, busts, anything can find its way into the collection9 of 18
Collections support officer Emily Gough looks at a model of the Bullring bull10 of 18
Staff use forklift trucks to access the heavier on higher shelves11 of 18
One of many vintage cameras at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Collections12 of 18
A web of steel support struts in the museum's roof space (Image: Pic: Birmingham Museums Trust)13 of 18
Support strut (Image: Pic: Birmingham Museums Trust)14 of 18
Full length view of the roof space (Image: Pic: Birmingham Museums Trust)15 of 18
Inside the gallery's roof space (Image: Pic: Birmingham Museums Trust)16 of 18
Staff use the walkways to undertake maintenance and access other parts of the museum (Image: Pic: Birmingham Museums Trust)17 of 18
The other side of BMAG's famous glass dome (Image: Pic: Birmingham Museums Trust)18 of 18

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