SCREENING: Join us for a night of Halloween film screenings. We’ll be showing Hocus Pocus, The Witches and The Conjuring. In partnership with Bristol Film Festival.

WORKSHOP: Learn the skills to explore the history of Bristol’s homes using archive sources held at Bristol Archives.

TALK: This talk seeks to explain why the Queen of Sheba and Andromeda are depicted as white in Renaissance art despite that both were known to be Black.

It’s AD 268 and you are preparing for a special Roman celebration. Discover what life was like for some men, women and children in the Bristol area during the Roman occupation of Britain.

TALK: A talk by Louise Ryland-Epton examining the workhouses in Bristol with a particular focus on Westbury-on-Trym.

EXHIBITION: The world-renowned wildlife photography exhibition from the Natural History Museum is back for its 55th year with 100 new stunning images of the natural world.

TALK: The incomparable Lemn Sissay is back in Bristol to celebrate the launch of his new work – a memoir entitled My Name is Why.

TALK: Meteorites are the most ancient rocks in the Solar System and they contain clues on how the planets were built and how long ago.

TALK: Is there a distinctive and continuous tradition of ritual magic in Europe, and if so, what are its characteristics, where did it start, and how did it develop?

How did the Victorians celebrate Christmas? Discover the sights, sounds and smells of Christmas in a 19th century household in this hands-on session about yuletide traditions.