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

EXHIBITION: A ground-breaking and comprehensive history of British tattooing featuring 400 original artworks, cutting edge designers, photographs and historic artifacts.

WALK: Venture on our guided walk into the once-autonomous township of Redcliffe, where you will find some of the most impressive remains of historical Bristol.

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

EXHIBITION: For several generations, Meccano was the building hobby of choice for so many young people. Getting a Meccano set for birthday or Christmas was eagerly anticipated. But if you think Meccano is no longer, think again…

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.

RIDES: Take a boat trip with a difference! Watch the powerful water cannon at work on Bristol’s former fire boat, during a trip around the docks that she was built to protect.