Learning events and school workshops

Learning with Bristol’s museums means exciting encounters with real artefacts, documents and artworks from some of the UK’s finest collections.

We offer lots of different ways for you to engage including handling sessions, costumed role-play, gallery activities and opportunities to meet our experts. Here are our learning events and school workshops that we offer across our museums:

Workshop: Ships and Sailors

Learn about the ill-fated voyage of the Bristol Merchant ship in 1675 and the dangers faced by sailors at sea during the 17th century. Fun, informative and hands-on-deck!

School loan box: Toys in the past

Borrow our loan box of real and replica objects to discover more about the toys that children played with in the past.

KS2 webinar: Predators and Prey

Some animals are predators and some are prey. This relationship is one of the most important in nature, but what are the anatomical differences that decide an animal’s fate?

Workshop: Rocks and fossils

Can you spot a metamorphic from a sedimentary rock? Our fun geology-handling activities explore the rock cycle, volcanoes and plate tectonics.

Workshop: Anglo-Saxon Bristol

Discover the Saxons roots of our city and find out about everyday life in Anglo-Saxon England during this interactive workshop.

Workshop: Talking Pictures

Explore the art galleries, investigate paintings and build your speaking and listening skills.

EFL Art Gallery tours

Bring your EFL students on a guided tour of our art galleries and enhance their learning beyond the classroom.

EFL tours at M Shed

Bring your EFL students to M Shed for a guided tour of the galleries. Students will learn about Bristol’s past while developing their vocabulary and listening skills.