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New display at M Shed: the toppling of the Colston statue

by Helen McConnell Simpson, Senior Curator of History Today we have launched an extended display at M Shed about the history of protest in Bristol, with the permanent inclusion of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston, which was pulled down during a B…

Decolonisation: An update on what’s been happening at Bristol Museums

by Lisa Graves, Curator – World Cultures and Archaeology In 2020 we set-up a museum Decolonisation Working Group to direct our ambitions to address racial inequalities in our work. Due to huge internal upheaval over the last two years this work ha…

International Women’s Day 2024 Trail

This International Women’s Day, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery invites you to explore exhibits and artwork that celebrate women. Some exhibits tell the story of a woman, some tell us about women’s lives in ancient civilisations, some are disco…

Beat the January blues with Bristol Museums

Need an uplift this January? We see you. Whether you’ve resolved to start the new year refreshed and energised, if you need to save some money after the Christmas splurge or even just need to escape from the weather (and world), here are some ideas for …

Disabled creatives and Bristol Museums

UK Disability History Month takes place from 16 November to 16 December. One of the aims of the month is to raise awareness of Disabled people in society and to advocate for disability equality. Some Disabled people are creatives whose work has been un…

New discoveries: Artwork by Risham Syed

It’s wonderful when we uncover new bits of information about our collections as has happened with an artwork within the British Empire & Commonwealth Collection (BECC). Recent visitors to the museum store spotted the work and suggested it was by t…

Winter Lectures for 2023/24

The Winter Lectures are back for a new season and the programme is as fascinating as ever.   Up first, on 12 October, is Professor Michael Benton who will be sweeping our earth’s history to explore extinctions and discuss how life survives, adap…

(Draw now closed) Win two tickets to our Autumn Programme Celebration

The draw is now closed and the winners have been drawn. Winners will be contacted by 6pm on Friday 13 October by email. If you do not receive an email you have not won tickets. Please check your spam folder. Our Autumn Programme Celebration is one of Bri…

M Shed’s Historical Walks: Pirates and Prejudice

By walk guide Mark Steeds, author, and historian from Bristol Radical History Group Along the walk, you will be regaled with many weird and wonderful facts about Bristol’s literary, maritime, and piratical past. Did you know?  Bristol is home to the wor…