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Entry: Free entrance. Some exhibitions and events may charge. Opening Times: Monday - Thursday 10am - 5pm Friday 10.30am - 5pm Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm Open Bank Holidays except 26th December BBC BIRMINGHAM TOURS Do you fancy yourself as a TV presenter? Visit BBC Birmingham’s Public Space at The Mailbox and have a go at presenting the news and a weather forecast. Take a look through the window into the television gallery. This is where the BBC Midlands Today team choose shots, cue the studio and keep everything on air!  If you’d like to get inside the television gallery and see it up close, a studio tour is for you.  Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Tours last approximately 1.5 hours and give you a fascinating insight into the world of broadcasting. Do Visit: bbc.co.uk/tours for more information BBC Birmingham The Mailbox Birmingham B1 1RF Tel: +44 (0)370 901 1227 Entry: Free (Public Space) £8.00 (TV Gallery Tours) BBC Tours MAPPING MY JOURNEY An Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Guides will take you into BBC Birmingham and show you around the state-of-the-art studios. THEGAYUK FEB/MARCH BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3DH Tel: +44 (0)121 303 1966 2014 GUIDE exhibition celebrating the history, heritage and personal stories of the transgender community in the West Midlands is currently open at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Through compelling sound, photos, video, artwork, poetry and artefacts, ‘Mapping my Journey’ brings to life the places, events and personal journeys - for some decisive and swift but for others spanning decades - which make up the heritage of the West Midlands’ Transgender community. Members of the transgender community worked alongside professional researchers to collect and preserve these hidden histories. ∎ The exhibition is free and runs till the 16th March 2014 in the Community Gallery. For more information visit: bmag.org.uk 127