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Posted on March 26, 2019 by Fay Curtis.

Roger Davis’ legacy for the volunteers at M Shed

Roger Davis was an Industrial Chemist who travelled across the globe to different paper mills. Retirement gave Roger the time to do more of what he enjoyed so he joined M Shed’s team of Industrial and Maritime volunteers – a perfect fit with his i…

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Fay Curtis.

Art Shed: Museums as medicine

Thanks to donations we are now delivering creative craft workshops at Blaise Museum for people suffering from low level mental health problems. The ‘Art Shed’ sessions take place in the recently refurbished community space with support from Bristol …

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Fay Curtis.

Supporting the Young Exhibition Producers

You may have heard that we are lucky enough to be one of the twelve museums taking part in #Leonardo500 – a national celebration of Leonardo da Vinci’s work, 500 years after his death. Twelve of his finest drawings are currently on display in our L…

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Fay Curtis.

Come fly with me: Early days of the RAF in India

by Pat Ellingham, Archives volunteer I’ve been a volunteer with the British Empire and Commonwealth Collection for just over a year and one of the pleasures has been the involvement with stories of lives connected with Empire, a form of time-travel I’m …

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Fay Curtis.

In the picture: archival purchase by the Friends of Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

by Graham Tratt, Archivist and Jo Vietzke, Senior Archivist City librarian George Pryce (1801-1868) spent his life studying Bristol. He published books on the city’s medieval sculpture, architecture and the Canynges family. However, Pryce’s best known…

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Fay Curtis.

Our favourite Wildlife Photographer captions

If you visited Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018, you’ll know that we asked you to make us laugh by captioning two of the images on display. We had over a thousand entries and after a lot of sifting (and some Urban Dictionary consulting!) we h…

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Fay Curtis.

Margaret Duncan’s diary: What happened next…

by Nicky Sugar, archivist at Bristol Archives In February 1918 Margaret Duncan, a Post Office clerk from Scotland, sailed to East Africa for a new job and new adventures. Her diary and photograph albums are now in the British Empire and Commonw…

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Fay Curtis.

Leonardo da Vinci: Informal and drop-in events

by Karen MacDonald, Engagement Officer As part of Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing, we are hosting a number of informal, drop-in events in the exhibition gallery. All activities are free with exhibition entry. This page will be regularly update…

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Fay Curtis.

Margaret Duncan’s diary: 22 February 1919

In February 1918 Margaret Duncan, a Post Office clerk from Scotland, sailed to East Africa for a new job and new adventures. Her diary and photograph albums are now in the British Empire and Commonwealth Collection at Bristol Archives (ref: 200…