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Posted on November 8, 2019 by Lauren MacCarthy.

When Fire Burns Cotton: A Mary Flower film

by Julia Carver, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art A new Mary Flower film, When Fire Burns Cotton is now screening in the Geology gallery at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. The film looks at the standing stones in Stanton Drew in Somerset which s…

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Behind the scenes with the learning team: Home Educating Families

by Rachael Hall, Engagement Officer for Formal Learning. We want all learners to engage with our fantastic collections and historic houses. Many home educating families visit our museums and we want them to have exciting, hands-on learning activ…

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Ray Harryhausen’s dinosaurs

by Connor Heaney, Collections Manager at The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation Legendary animator Ray Harryhausen set the standard for how dinosaurs are viewed on screen. The perfect subject material for stop-motion animation, Ray designed and a…

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Arising: Giving victims a voice through art

by Carol Metters, CEO of SAFE Link and Next Link. SAFE Link and Next Link have partnered with The Georgian House Museum as part of the Interventions/2: Films by Yoko Ono exhibition. The Interventions/2 exhibition features a work called …

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Lauren MacCarthy.

The 24 hour September culture flash sale!

Thumbs at the ready – because the Bristol and Bath culture flash sale is back! Save money on thousands of discounted tickets and offers in the 24-hour sale from 10am on Thursday 5 September. From music, theatre, art and museum exhibitions to bo…

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Creative cafés and ArtBox: Dementia Friendly projects

by Ailsa Richardson, Engagement Officer for older people Bristol Museums Development Trust granted £12,000 from visitor donations towards the running of future creative cafés and other community engagement projects. Every donation matters and helps to su…

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Lauren MacCarthy.

The Food Journey

by Rhian Rowson, curator of Natural Sciences Earlier this year, we hosted a thought provoking, multi-sensory event called The Food Journey. The Food Journey examined the roots and routes of a range of common foods. Combining performance, sound, touch…

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Fay Curtis.

Listen! Unlocking Our Sound Heritage – sounds great

The Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project will save and make available to the public almost half a million rare and unique recordings at risk of being lost.

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Collecting Bristol’s history: New acquisitions 2019

by Amber Druce, curator of history “Where does it all come from?” is one of the questions we get asked the most whilst showing people round our museums. In the history department, we get messages almost every day offering us objects. Most c…

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Lauren MacCarthy.

The Uncomfortable Truths project: Interview with Stacey Olika

by Stacey Olika, project assistant The Uncomfortable Truths project seeks to uncover the truth behind certain objects on display in Bristol Museum & Art Gallery – how they were collected, what they represent and the difficult pasts that are hidde…

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