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Posted on March 24, 2017 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Art Shed: Museums as medicine

by Finn White, Engagement Officer – Communities Art Shed is an arts course aimed at people with low level mental health issues (e.g. depression or anxiety) that has been boosting wellbeing since February 2016. It is a part of a nationwide mov…

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Fay Curtis.

A Pottery Plea

by Helen Brown, curator of applied art Fellow Bristolians! Did you attend school in Bristol during the 60s or 70s? If so, did you study art? Here at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, we’re planning a special exhibition based around the potter…

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Fay Curtis.

English for Speakers of Other Languages at M Shed

Since December 2015, more than 180 ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students have visited M Shed for a whistle-stop journey through Bristol’s history.

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

Kids in Museums Takeover Day with St. Michael’s School

For Takeover Day 2014 we had a great time with the year fives from St. Michael’s Primary School and Kids in Museums testing our Hidden Museum app.

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

Our museums, our voices

We’re one of nine museums across the country taking part in the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Our Museum programme. It asks how museums work in active partnership with their local communities through sustainably sharing decision-making, networks and skills.

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