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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 March 23, 2017 by museum bookings.

Clifton High School partners with Bristol Museums

Guest blog by Clifton High School Clifton High School is delighted to announce a new partnership with Bristol Museums. We are pleased to be a major sponsor of the upcoming exhibition, Pliosaurus! Face to face with a Jurassic beast, together with sponso…

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Lauren MacCarthy.

An exciting future for Bristol Old Vic and its archives

by Allie Dillon, Senior Archivist at Bristol Archives We’re delighted to be part of a project to transform Bristol Old Vic into a major heritage destination, thanks to a £2.4m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The investment is funding a r…

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Lauren MacCarthy.

How do you care for an eight metre long pliosaur?

by Deborah Hutchinson, Geology curator Bristol Museum & Art Gallery is very lucky to care for two pliosaur specimens. One is a huge impressive skull on permanent display in the Sea Dragons Gallery. But our second pliosaur takes up a bit more room as …

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Name our pliosaur!

The world’s only example of a new species of pliosaur (Pliosaurus carpenteri) will go on display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery this June. The length of a bus with sharp teeth the size of bananas, four huge flippers and crushingly powerful jaws, th…

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Fay Curtis.

In search of sea monsters

Bonnie Griffin, Natural History Curator In 2017, for the first time ever, the museum is holding an exhibition focusing on our incredible Pliosaurus fossil, found in Westbury in 1994. This massive marine reptile was 8 meters long, had teeth the size of st…

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Fay Curtis.

Fanning the Flame Trees: uncovering the photographs of Elspeth Huxley at Bristol Archives

by Nicky Sugar, Bristol Archives One of the gems in the British Empire and Commonwealth Collection is the photographic archive of the writer and broadcaster Elspeth Huxley. With nearly 12,000 images, it is the largest collection we’ve catalogued since t…

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Fay Curtis.

24 Hour Flash Sale January 2017

Sale starts Thursday 18 January 2017 from 10am. Make 2017 your year of culture and grab a bargain in the Bristol and Bath January Flash Sale! Search for #flashtag on Twitter to see what venues are offering or go to their websites for further details and…

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Fay Curtis.

Coming up in 2017

Recently nominated the fourth best city to visit in the world in 2017 by Rough Guides, you should definitely be up to date with what’s hot in Bristol this year. There’s still plenty of time to see our current exhibitions: Warrior Treasures: Saxo…

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Fay Curtis.

Finding Lemur

by Michelle Cole, volunteer I’m lucky enough to be volunteering in the Biology Department of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery with Natural History Curator Bonnie Griffin, and I’ve already been part of an exciting discovery! Down in the depths of the sto…

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