M Shed and Bristol Museum & Art Gallery will be open 10am-5pm this Good Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and closed on Easter Monday. The Georgian House Museum and the Red Lodge Museum are open on Easter Monday, 11am-4pm. Plan your visit over the Easter weekend
One of the most curious items in the Bristol Archives collection is one of the UK’s few surviving examples of a book bound in human skin. In 1821 John Horwood, an 18 year old from Hanham, near Bristol, was the first person publicly executed at Bri…
Our staff and invited guests introduce their favourite documents from the Bristol Archives collections. For this edition, Matt Coles, Archives Assistant has chosen a plan of bombs dropped, ranging from 50 kilos to 1,000 kilos, during the 1939-45 war.
It’s been a busy few months at Blaise Castle House Museum! After Easter, we’ll open our doors again from Wednesday to Sunday. We’ve got a lovely new display of nineteenth century fashion, and a new pack of information in the kitchen gallery whic…