SPECIAL EVENT: The Bristol Art Library is an art and performance project created in 1998 by the artist Annabel Other. It consists of handmade books commissioned from artists in a portable library the size of a suitcase, travelled the world over with the…

WORKSHOP: Design your own still life compositions by using a whole range of artificial human and animal bones, and wax sculptures of different areas of the body.

WORKSHOP: In this half-day workshop, you will learn about écorché (flayed studies) using tracing paper and drawing materials to build up bodies from the inside out.

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.

WORKSHOP: Using theatrical silicone rubber, you will reconstruct the muscles and tendons in body paint to give a convincing depiction of dissected anatomy. 

WORKSHOP: Experienced family historians will show you how to research your family history using original records and online sources.

SPECIAL EVENT: Do you know the difference between breadnut and breadfruit? The Food Journey is a multi-sensory exploration of the human relationship with the planet.

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

TALK: Dip into the lives of citydwellers in the tea houses, theatres and pleasure quarters of Edo Japan with one of our lunchtime talks.

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.