The Museum Collection Centre (MCC) in Nechells, Birmingham, England, is a 1.5-hectare (3.7-acre) building that holds 80% of Birmingham Museums Trust's stored collections under one roof. It is one of the UK's largest museum stores.[2] Among the thousands of objects stored there are steam engines (many of which are from the former Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry), sculptures, a collection of Austin, Rover and MG motor cars, a red phone box and a Sinclair C5.
It opens to the public monthly, or by arrangement. There are also other open days, which tend to take place during the Spring and Summer Bank Holidays.[3]
The Museum Collection Centre is also home to The Museum in a Box service which enables schools and community groups to borrow original artefacts.
In September 2014 then-trainee curator Lukas Large uncovered a taxidermied specimen of the long-extinct North American passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) in the collection.[4]
References
- ^ "ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions". www.alva.org.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Open Day at the Museum Collections Centre, Birmingham". Heritage Open Days. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ "Museum Collection Centre". Birmingham Museums Trust. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ Bentley, David. "Extinct bird rediscovered in Birmingham museum storage building". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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