Bristol Life

The Bristol Life gallery on the First Floor explores people’s shared experiences in the city – from the momentous to the everyday, whether out on the town, attending a sports event or chatting to a neighbour.

  • Encounter the unusual, the routine, the fun and occasionally moving ways in which people have experienced their city over the centuries
  • Find out how Bristol families have lived, learned, worked and socialised
  • Discover how and why people moved to Bristol and the challenges they have faced
  • Explore how we have enjoyed ourselves in Bristol

Just outside the Bristol Life gallery you can see Banksy’s Grim Reaper.

 

Find out what there is to see in the Bristol Places gallery.

Find out what there is to see in the Bristol People gallery.

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Migration is not something new. The flow of people joining and leaving Bristol has helped make our city what it is. From ancient Roman settlements to today’s Syrian resettlements, people have been making new homes beside the Avon for thousands of years. Many have also left Bristol, crossing vast oceans to seek fortune and freedom in faraway lands.