Bristol Museums

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, M Shed and Bristol Archives are open!

We are still limiting numbers within our museums so we recommend booking your visit in advance to guarantee entry. Visits to Bristol Archives must be pre-booked.

We’re asking all our visitors to continue social distancing and wearing face coverings to keep everyone safe.

We’re really looking forward to welcoming you back.

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Bristol Photo Festival: Island Life - Photographs from the Martin Parr Foundation

EXHIBITION: Island Life presents work from over 60 photographers in Martin Parr’s collection to provide a picture of life in post-war Britain and Ireland. Part of Bristol Photo Festival.

Vanguard | Bristol Street Art: The evolution of a global movement

EXHIBITION: This exhibition will celebrate Bristol’s instrumental role in the development of British street art, featuring rare works by leading artists.

Black History Month: Early Black Bristolians - evidence in the archives

ONLINE TALK: Find out how the Early Black Presence Index at Bristol Archives was compiled and the glimpses it gives us into the lives of Black Bristolians from the 16th to 19th centuries.

Bristol's stories

From Black history to Banksy, explore stories about Bristol and the world through the city’s objects, art and people.

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Explore our collections

Our first collections were brought together more than 200 years ago and we’ve been adding ot them ever since. From art to archaeology, history to industry, the natural and wider world, they are amongst the UK’s finest.

In 2012, the collections of the former British Empire and Commonwealth Museum were transferred to the care of Bristol Museums. Since then, we’ve been working to photograph and digitise the vast collection.