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Museums long ago ceased to be stuffy
rooms full of glass cases containing bits of old pottery
and fossilised bones.
Today even most conventional
museums including displays which change but over recent
years there has been a growth in industrial and "living"
museums.
Here you can learn about local heritage, get a
feel for how people lived and worked, the hardships they
endured...
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Galleries listed include not just civic
galleries displaying publicly owned artworks, but also
privately owned galleries with items for sale.
Not all the
museums and galleries in the Bristol area are listed.
Please provide details of any we have missed
here.
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In a fantastic waterside location at the heart of
Bristol’s harbourside, Arnolfini is one of
Europe’s leading centres for the contemporary
arts. Arnolfini stages art exhibitions, cinema,
live art and dance performances as well as
literature readings and lectures. The converted
warehouse also contains one of the country’s best
arts bookshops selling gifts and cards as well as
a great stock of books and magazines.
Entrance to the building and the galleries is
completely free making Arnolfini an ideal place to
spend some time whether you’ve just got a few
minutes or a few hours to spare. Recently
refurbished, Arnolfini now has excellent disabled
facilities and parents of small children will also
appreciate the new lift.
Arnolfini has a vibrant café bar which has
recently extended its outside seating arrangements
to include a quayside bar and barbecue area as
well as offering a menu of tapas style light bites
and larger meals.
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Bristol's City Museum &
Art Gallery
Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RL
Tel: 0117 922 3571 Minicom:
0117 922 3573 Fax: 0117
922 2047
E-mail:
general_museum@bristol-city.gov.uk
Web:
www.bristol-city.gov.uk
Bristol's premier museum and art gallery. The
museum houses important collections of minerals
and fossils, natural history, eastern art, world
wildlife, Egyptology, archaeology and seven
galleries of fine and applied art. With an
ever-changing programme of temporary exhibitions
and an engaging public events programme. The
shop stocks a wide range of souvenirs and gifts,
and the café provides refreshments in
magnificent surroundings.
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Bristol Industrial Museum
Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol, BS1 4RN
Tel: 0117 925 1470
E-mail:
rita_youseph@bristol-city.gov.uk
Web:
www.bristol-city.gov.uk
Housed in a historic transit shed, this museum
contains all the wonder of Bristol's industrial
heritage. Exhibits include Bristol-made cars,
buses, bicycles and motorbikes, real aircraft
and engines, the story of the Port of Bristol, a
print gallery and the story of Bristol's
involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
The museum's biggest exhibits are outside and
include cranes, two tugboats and a fireboat, and
Britain's only dockside steam railway.
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Georgian House Museum
7 Great George Street, Bristol BS1 5RR
Tel: 0117 921 1362
E-mail:
general_museum@bristol-city.gov.uk
Web:
www.bristol-city.gov.uk
Originally the home of John Pinney, a Bristol
sugar merchant, this 18th century townhouse has
been restored to its original glory and
decorated in the style of the period.
Displays illustrate the lifestyle of a
middle-class merchant and his domestic servants
and also include a fully equipped kitchen,
elegant drawing rooms and an unusual cold-water
plunge bath.
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Red Lodge Museum
Park Row, Bristol, BS1 5LJ
Tel: 0117 921 1360
E-mail:
karin_walton@bristol-city.gov.uk
Web:
www.bristol-city.gov.uk
A 16th century house, furnished in both
Elizabethan and Georgian styles, houses one of
the city's greatest treasures: the Great Oak
Room. The entrance porch, carved oak panelling,
carved stone chimneypiece and ornate plasterwork
ceilings are all original. A beautiful
Tudor-style knot garden filled with flowers and
shrubs of the period has been created outside.
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Blaise Castle House Museum
Henbury Road, Henbury, Bristol, BS10 7QS
Tel: 0117 903 9818
E-mail:
general_museum@bristol-city.gov.uk
Web:
www.bristol-city.gov.uk
This 19th century mansion, set in 400 acres of
parkland, is home to the social history
collection. Discover everyday objects from
centuries past including Victorian toilets and
baths, kitchen and laundry equipment, model
trains, dolls, toys, and period costume.
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Kingsweston Roman Villa
Long Cross, Lawrence Weston, Bristol, BS11 0LP
Tel: 0117 922 3571
E-mail:
general_museum@bristol-city.gov.uk
Web:
www.bristol-city.gov.uk
Partial remains of a Roman villa. Collect a key
from Bristol's Blaise Castle House Museum.
Access is over uneven grass - there is no
pavement. No toilet facilities. On-street
parking.
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