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Refreshing the Glass Gallery

by Elisa Ricci, Curator – Applied Art Bristol Museum & Art Gallery holds a world-class collection of glass, spanning from ancient times to the present day. The gallery has just reopened, having been refurbished using the existing display cas…

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Lower prices, more summer fun

by Grace Kelsey, Senior Campaigns and Marketing Officer This summer, we’re making it even easier for families to enjoy Bristol Museums.  We’re taking part in the Government’s summer VAT reduction scheme. For you, this means lower prices on child and fam…

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One painting. One city. One week.

An Update: Thank you everyone for your amazing support of our #BringTurnerHome campaign. Despite an incredible effort, we were outbid at auction. 

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Sounds Good? Meet the Sounds of the South West team

Earlier this year Bristol Archives received the good news that The National Lottery Heritage Fund had awarded them £175,000 for Sounds of the South West, a new regional audio digitisation project. Archives, currently stored on outdated formats such as re…

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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…

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War memorial benches reinstated

by Frank Kennedy, buildings team leader at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Just before lockdown in 2020, two curved wooden benches outside the entrance of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery were vandalised beyond repair. Sadly, for the fourth time in two…

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Funding for creative projects and events

by Lizzie How, Arts Development Officer The Cultural Investment Programme is how Bristol City Council distributes public money to support arts and culture across the city. Our grants help support a wide range of organisations and activities; from larg…

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We’re painting the M Shed cranes!

by Caroline Booth-Morris, Development Manager If you have taken a stroll around the harbour lately you may have noticed that we have temporarily closed the walkway outside M Shed and moved all four cranes closer together. This is because we have begun t…