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Posted on September 14, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

Behind the camera with Charlotte Scott

Charlotte Scott, Producer / Director at BBC Natural History Unit takes us behind the camera and describes what it’s like to make wildlife films… I currently work at the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol and last year I had a phone call sa…

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

Bringing the World Wildlife Gallery onto the world wide web

The Natural History Team have started photographing and cataloguing the animals on display in the World Wildlife Gallery as part of a new digitisation project for 2015.

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

Bristol’s Rialto Bridge needs conserving

Bristol has its very own Rialto Bridge, in the form of a wonderful 18th century painting by the Italian artist Michele Marieschi.

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

Flash Sale this Friday!

Bristol’s best loved cultural institutions are joining forces to kick off the busiest season of the year. For 24 hours from 10am on Friday 4 September, M Shed, Arnolfini, Watershed, RWA, Colston Hall, Bristol Old Vic, St Georges Bristol, Tobacco Fac…

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

Solar Panels lifted to M Shed roof by Bristol’s historic electric cranes

As part of the Green Capital year, M Shed is benefiting from a new array of solar panels on its roof as well as an energy efficiency upgrade. On 12 August, over 40 loads were safely and efficiently transferred from dockside to roof by Bristo…

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

Exploring Empire: the photographic collections of the former British Empire & Commonwealth Museum

A new project at Bristol Archives will open up an internationally-important collection of colonial photographs for research and learning.

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

I Got Snapped at M Shed! Underwatery Twitter competition

To celebrate our M Shed exhibition Nature, Camera, Action! The secrets of making incredible wildlife films, we’re running a Twitter-based summer competition with great prizes for anyone who loves nature, wildlife film and photography.

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

Hearing Hogarth

If you’ve had the pleasure of seeing our William Hogarth: Painter & Printmaker exhibition, you’ll know that the paintings and prints hung on our gallery walls are only half the experience.

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

Capturing Nature’s Beauty

Nicola Dellard-Lyle – Bristol based writer and photographer Karl Blossfeldt’s fascination with nature and the structure behind beautiful forms led him to create a groundbreaking collection of thousands of photographs of natural forms. How did Kar…

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Fay Curtis.

A Surprising Discovery!

by Dave Sage, M Shed Volunteer As a volunteer working at M Shed you never know what might happen next. I’ve been volunteering for a couple of years, combining acting as a guide for the Behind The Scenes tour with work on digital archives. Recently I’v…

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