Chamberlain Square

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Chamberlain Square is a public open space in central Birmingham, England (grid reference SP066869), named after Joseph Chamberlain.

Its features include:

Birmingham Central Library
Paradise Forum (beneath the reference library)
Birmingham Council House (side elevation)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Birmingham Town Hall (rear elevation)
The Chamberlain Memorial (a grade II listed monument)
A BBC Big Screen
Connection to Victoria Square.

and statues of:

Joseph Priestley
James Watt
Thomas Attwood by Sioban Coppinger and Fiona Peever, 1993. The bronze statue sits, having left his plinth, and scattered his bronze pages, on the steps.

The statue of James Watt was originally located on Paradise Street next to the Town Hall. The Joseph Priestley statue was originally located in Victoria Square (then called Council House Square).

The sweeping curve of the steps of the library forms an amphitheatre, and so the square is used for public events.

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Chamberlain Square and the entrance to the Museum and Art Gallery	Chamberlain Memorial	Joseph Priestley	James Watt
Thomas Atwood, empty plinth, and scattered bronze pages on steps	Chamberlain Square in 1886