The easiest way to book a visit is online.

• Book tickets for Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
• Book tickets for M Shed
• Book tickets for Blaise Museum

There is no booking fee. Entry remains free – although donations are always welcome! 

We release new time slots on a weekly basis. This helps us to manage cancellations and respond to any changes in Government regulations. 

After booking, you will receive an email confirmation that you will need to show us when you arrive. You don’t need to print it – just show it to us on your mobile phone.

In line with government guidance, the personal details you provide upon booking may be used to support the NHS Test and Trace process to control the spread of coronavirus. This data will be held by us for 21 days and then deleted.

You will find a link within your confirmation email to cancel or amend your booking.

We’ve implemented a number of changes to keep our visitors, staff and volunteers safe: 

• Visits can be pre-booked to guarantee entry.
• We’re limiting the number of visitors each day to ensure everyone has a safe and enjoyable experience. 
• We ask visitors to enter M Shed through the dockside entrance.
• There are social distance markers to manage any queues. 
• We are asking visitors to maintain social distancing by staying two-metres apart.
• We ask that visitors wear face coverings unless they are exempt.
• We’re limiting the number of visitors in some spaces to help maintain social distancing. Please do be patient with us.
• Hand sanitisers are available around the venues. Please wash your hands regularly and use the hand sanitiser provided.
• Enhanced cleaning measures are in place. High traffic areas such as toilets, lifts, and handrails will be disinfected regularly.
• Our interactive exhibits and touchscreens are being reintroduced gradually to limit people’s contact with hard or shared surfaces. Look out for QR codes so you can experience these objects from your mobile device. You may also wish to bring your own headphones.
• Toilets and baby change facilities are limited to one support bubble at a time. Please queue outside in a socially distanced manner if they are busy.
• The lifts are also limited to one support bubble at a time.
• Our cafes will have reduced tables and seating.

Yes, please wear a face covering unless you are exempt. It is now mandatory to wear masks in the museum shops but we ask that visitors wear a face covering in all parts of the museum.

Our staff will be wearing face coverings or standing behind screens to protect you.

The maximum number of tickets you can book is ten. 

Groups of 10 or more and school visits must be booked in advance. Please get in touch with the team to book. 

If you’re a group organiser and would like to receive details of when you can visit, contact [email protected].

The ever-popular Wildlife Photographer of the Year is now open. Please purchase your tickets in advance to guarantee entry.

The Colston Statue: What next? display is open until 3 January in the Bristol Life gallery.

Our play area for younger children is closed for the time being.

Our interactive exhibits and touchscreens will remain closed to limit people’s contact with hard or shared surfaces. This includes the big green bus at M Shed.

Look out for QR codes so you can experience these objects from your mobile phone. You may also wish to bring your own headphones.

Yes, the lockers are now back in use. Lockers cost £1.

Yes but contactless payments are preferred.

You need to pre-book a time slot in order to visit the shop.

You do not need to pre-book if you just want to use the cafe and/or toilets. People wishing to visit the cafe or toilets must do so from the cafe entrance on Museum Square. There is no access to the cafe from inside M Shed.