Giant Prehistoric Animals Take Over Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
On Thursday 31 July, 2025, the highly-anticipated immersive exhibition of giant prehistoric animals, GIANTS, will make its UK debut at the prestigious Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
Developed by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and toured by Nomad Exhibitions, GIANTS invites visitors on a journey through time, from 66 million years ago to the present day, to encounter the awe-inspiring creatures that roamed the Earth after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Featuring life-sized 3D models and skeletons, the exhibition showcases some of the most formidable creatures of the past, including the Otodus megalodon, the largest shark of all time, the Mammuthus primigenius or woolly mammoth, and the Gigantopithecus blacki, an Asian primate comparable in size to three orangutans.
But GIANTS is more than just a display of impressive creatures – it also offers interactive elements that allow visitors of all ages to step into the shoes of palaeontologists and biologists, engaging with the scientific processes behind fossil discovery and reconstruction.
Running from Saturday 2 August until Sunday 2 November 2025, the exhibition will be open Wednesday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm in the Gas Hall at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
For those aged 18 and over, an exclusive after-hours access to the exhibition will be available on Saturday 20 September from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm. This one-off late opening will include object-handling of specimens from the museum’s collection and ‘meet the expert’ talks by the museum’s natural science curator and Dr Jack Cooper, a renowned palaeobiologist and shark expert.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to enjoy spotlight tours of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery’s iconic Round Room and Industrial Gallery, as well as a limited edition craft beer from the Birmingham Brewing Company in the Tearoom bar. Tickets for the late opening of GIANTS must be booked in advance via the Birmingham Museums website.
General admission tickets to the exhibition can also be pre-booked online or bought on arrival, subject to availability.
Zak Mensah and Sara Wajid, co-chief executives of Birmingham Museums Trust, expressed their excitement for the exhibition, stating: “We are delighted to welcome the GIANTS exhibition to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery for its UK debut. This inspiring installation not only captures the imagination about the creatures of the past with its monumental scale, but also delivers a vital message about sustainability and our shared responsibility to protect the planet for the future. Birmingham Museums is committed to using storytelling to engage communities with the challenges of our time and GIANTS does exactly that in a powerful and accessible way.”
Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience GIANTS at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Visit the Birmingham Museums website to book your tickets now.
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