Posted on February 13, 2015 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Gallery 4 re-opens for Art in the Age of Enlightenment and the Birth of Romanticism

Visitors to Bristol Museum & Art Gallery will be excited to see that our newly hung and interpreted gallery, Art in the Age of Enlightenment and the Birth of Romanticism has opened in Gallery 4 on the second floor.

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

Modern Art in Britain: Present Tense at Swindon Museum & Art Gallery

Present Tense showcases contemporary painting and photography from the Swindon Collection of Modern British Art. It takes place at Swindon Museum & Art Gallery and features work by Lisa Milroy, Steven Pippin, Maggi Hambling and Jeffery Camp.

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

Some cultural highlights in 2015

There’s an exciting year of activity in the coming 12 months to look forward to. Here’s some of the highlights to give you an overview and idea of the year ahead.

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

Learning: Under the spotlight

For the past few months, we’ve been creating our new learning programme to support the revised National Curriculum for Key Stage 2.

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

Desert Island Doc: Agatha Christie’s wartime wedding

On the afternoon of Christmas Eve 1914, Agatha Miller married Captain Archibald Christie in Bristol. Records of the ceremony, hastily arranged while Archie was on leave during the First World War, are now held at Bristol Archives.

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 December 17, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

Modern Art in Britain: arriving at The Wilson

For this joint project, each venue is taking a different look at modern British art and hosting a display in celebration, including paintings and works on paper by leading artists of the past century.

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

The Nightingale and the Rose

We’ve been working on an extra special event for Friday 13 February with Paradise Hotel. The Nightingale and the Rose will be an evening of immersive entertainment…

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

Exhibition planning: Curators’ update on an exhibition about Death

Since our last update on a 2015-16 exhibition about Death, we’ve hosted two community consultation sessions to get some more in-depth feedback from people outside of the museum.

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

Frameworks: Great art in the West

Frameworks aims to raise the profile of five art collections that include world class historical, modern and contemporary fine and applied arts, all within an hour’s drive or a forty-minute train journey of each other.

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