Your donations make a difference

Whether you love our stuffed animals, mummies or old masters, or are inspired by our working exhibits, historic houses or archives, show you care by making a donation to Bristol Museums Development Trust.

You can give by text. Simply text BMDT18 and the amount you’d like to donate to 70070. E.g. BMDT18 £10

Bristol Museums Development Trust is a registered charity (no. 1137777) that raises funds for the work done by all the team across Bristol Museums and Archives. Your donation will help us care for more of the treasures in our collections, run our exciting learning and engagement programmes, as well as continue to put on world-class exhibitions across all our sites. Thank you

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How your donations could help

Your £10

could help pay for hand lenses for studying fossils, rocks and minerals, for anyone from school students to PhD researchers.

Text BMDT18 £10 to 70070 to give £10.

The Henbury train outside M Shed

Your £25

could help pay for a new maintenance space to look after our trains at M Shed.

Text BMDT18 £25 to 70070 to give £25.

Your £50

could help pay for plastazote, a specialist cushioning foam to protect precious artefacts during conservation.

Text BMDT18 £50 to 70070 to give £50.

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