DISPLAY: To mark Hinamatsuri (Japanese Dolls Festival), we’re displaying two of our exquisite doll sets to offer an insight into Japan’s imperial family, courtly dress and aristocratic traditions.

FAMILY: Join our storyteller on an amazing adventure to a magical world of marvel and mystery! Let her whisk you away, taking inspiration from our Magic exhibition.

FAMILY: Join us on Fridays during school holidays for family friendly workshops and activities. Family Fridays are aimed at children age 3-11.

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

RIDES: Take a trip on the harbour on this 1935 diesel tug – built to tow cargo ships from Bristol City Docks to the mouth of the River Avon.

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

Hands-on session exploring magical objects from history. Explore artefacts, make an Egyptian-style amulet, write a hieroglyphic spell on papyrus, find out about witch bottles and create a Roman Curse Tablet, all inspired by historic magical objects.

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.

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