By walk guide Mark Steeds, author, and historian from Bristol Radical History Group Along the walk, you will be regaled with many weird and wonderful facts about Bristol’s literary, maritime, and piratical past. Did you know? Bristol is home to the wor…
By walk guide Mark Steeds, author and historian from Bristol Radical History Group Starting at M Shed, this walk around central Bristol explores the city’s thousand-year involvement in the slave trade, examining what’s been memorialised and what has…
Today (May 18) is International Museum Day with the theme of Museums, Sustainability, and well-being. A recent collaboration between our Museums Learning team and UWE Bristol demonstrates the valuable role museums play in lifelong learning and co…
by Amber Druce, Curator of Social History During protests against police brutality and racial inequality on 7 June 2020, people left placards at the base of the Colston statue plinth. This began before the statue was pulled down and continued af…
WALK: A city walk, taking in plaques, buildings and statues, complemented with stories of campaigns, protests and poetry in Bristol’s rich and diverse history. Please note: the walk starts outside Greggs on Cannon Street, near Bristol Bus & Coach Station
by Amber Druce, Curator of History Here at Bristol Museums, we look after M Shed, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol Archives, Blaise Museum, Georgian House, Red Lodge, and Kings Weston Roman Villa. Obviously we want you to visit all our sites, b…
The learning team at Bristol Museums has been expanding its partnership working with some exciting results! The team develops and delivers learning experiences for children and young people all over Bristol. Strong, relevant, and inspiring part…