A long and thin piece of parchment running vertically down the course of a table from the bottom of the photograph to the very top by a window. Archival weights have been applied liberally to the document. A chair in the top right background and a tube and a sign with the number 8 on it in the top left.

#AstonHall A very long ‘true and perfect inventory of all and singular, the goods and chattels of Sir Thomas Holte deceased’, 20 November 1654. Holte (1571 – 1654) is credited for the building of Aston Hall. Ref: [DV 330] 347952 #LibraryofBham #BM_AG

A map - the top left corner dominated by the geographical feature of a pool - labelled as Great Pool. Beneath this in the centre of the map another pool labelled as the Shell Pool. A building in the bottom right of the map identified as Soho House. Above this, to the right - a building labelled as Soho Factory.

#MapOnATuesday is this plan of the design of the laying out of Soho Park near Birmingham for building purposes, c 1845. Both Soho house and factory feature. Ref - MAP/369956 #LibraryofBham #BM_AG

Photograph of a large scale open - air poster between two ornate stone columns. The poster depicts Ozzy Osbourne and promotes a free exhibition on the said musician taking place at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

To all of those going to this Saturday’s final #BlackSabbath concert, why not also check out the free Ozzy exhibition at the Museum & Art Gallery: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/exhibitions/... #LibraryofBham @black-sabbath.bsky.social #BM_AG