Heritage Gallery

The Heritage Gallery on the first floor of Solihull Central Library features exhibitions relating to the history of places within the Solihull borough and other local and family history topics.

Who You Be? Tracing Caribbean ancestors

An exhibition by the Solihull & Birmingham Caribbean Family History Group

In the Heritage Gallery, first floor, Solihull Central Library throughout October 2011. There will be workshop sessions where members of the group will be on hand to help you get started with your research and use the microfilms of births, marriages and deaths in the Caribbean islands, that the group is bringing to Solihull.  For more information on Caribbean family history, the Solihull & Birmingham Caribbean Family History Group and a list of the Caribbean records now at Solihull Central Library see www.solihull.gov.uk/caribbeanfamilyhistory

 

Previous exhibitions include...

Back to School

 

Back to School featured pictures and memories of school life in Solihull. If you have any memories to share, please fill in the memory sheet (attached right) or fill in the form.

Transcript of video

Forgotten Photos

Can you help put a name to Solihull’s Forgotten photos?

Our gallery exhibition has now finished but we still need your help with our unidentified photos. You can see some of the photos from the exhibition and contribute to the discussion on the Solihull Heritage Forum (external site) or on our Flickr page (external site).

Other exhibitions have included:

• Solihull Behind Closed Doors
  a look at the interiors of private and public buildings
  
• Who You Be?
  based on the experiences of students on our Caribbean Family History courses.
  
• Solihull Earth
  Looking at the history of the borough through maps and aerial photographs.
  
• Building on the past
  an exhibition looking at some of Solihull's most well-loved buildings.
  
• The 'S' factor
  Featuring famous people from all over the borough
  
• Wild about Solihull
  Looking at the borough's wildlife
  
• Solihull in wartime

Check out the Arts Complex events pages to see what's on in all of our galleries.