TOUR: Join a tour of M Shed’s collection stores and encounter treasures from the city’s industrial and maritime past.

EXHIBITION: Using stories contributed by people from all over the city, this exhibition takes your memories of attending gigs, festivals and clubs, and charts the history of music in Bristol.

WORKSHOP: Patterns, shapes and designs of every kind can be found all over the M Shed. Explore our galleries to develop your own perfect pattern. Learn and practice mono printing techniques before decorating a keepsake bag featuring your masterpiece.

RIDES: Take a train trip on Britain’s only dockside steam railway behind one of our Bristol-built locomotives.

WORKSHOP: Find out about the Romans in Bristol, from the towns and homes they lived in, to their favourite foods and Romano-British fashion. Taste Roman recipes, dress up in Roman clothes, play Roman games, make crafts and handle real artefacts.

RIDES: Explore the harbour aboard the world’s oldest steam tug, built in Bristol in 1861.

RIDES: Experience a working crane on the dockside with trips inside the electric cranes and the Fairbairn steam crane, M Shed’s biggest exhibits!

WALK: Our expert guides will vividly retell the history of this tragic episode, exploring some of the sites that played a prominent role in the unrest.

WALK: Join our expert guides as they take you on a trip into Bristol’s old docklands, pointing out its maritime heritage and supplementing the tour with a wealth of fascinating photographs and maps.

WALK: The history-packed walk highlights the landscape of early nineteenth-century Somerset.