Bristol's City Museum & Art Gallery

Queen's Road
Bristol
City of Bristol
BS8 1RL
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.bristol.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

General enquiries

general.museum@bristol.gov.uk

Telephone

0117 922 3571

Fax

0117 922 2047

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Bristol’s premier museum and art gallery, this magnificent building houses important collections of minerals and fossils, natural history, eastern art, world wildlife, Egyptology, archaeology and seven galleries of fine and applied art.

The museum has an ever changing programme of temporary exhibitions and an engaging public events programme. The museum shop stocks a wide range of souvenirs and gifts, and the splendid Edwardian-style cafe provides refreshments in magnificent surroundings.

The City Museum & Art Gallery is situated in an Edwardian Baroque building in Queen's Road, next to the Wills University building. It is one of the few Museums to have been awarded Designated status by the Government - the mark of an outstanding museum.

The City Museum & Art Gallery organises an engaging public events programme, including: Workshops, children's holiday activities, family Sunday Fundays, walks, arts and crafts sessions and lectures. See Bristol Museums and Art Gallery 'What's On' leaflet for details, or visit our website: www.bristol.gov.uk

This museum has Designated Collections of national importance.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Open every day, 10am-5pm

 Admission charges

Admission free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

For a reminder of your visit, the Museum shop contains award-winning merchandise, including reproduction prints from the Art Gallery's collections, greetings cards, a wide range of books for all ages and interests, unusual gifts and Bristol-branded gifts to name just a few. To view the stock and for more information, visit the Museum Shop web page.

Queen's Road
Bristol
City of Bristol
BS8 1RL
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.bristol.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

General enquiries

general.museum@bristol.gov.uk

Telephone

0117 922 3571

Fax

0117 922 2047

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The Geology, Applied Art and Eastern Art collections at Bristol's City Museum & Art Gallery are Designated Collections of national importance.

Among the Designated applied art collections with a strong Bristol connection are important collections of delftware and glass. Also designated are Bristol's geology collections and fine and applied arts from the Far East, including the celebrated Schiller Collection.

Part of Bristol Museums’ Designated Collections related to Bristol’s role as a manufacturing city and major seaport is on display here. Other parts of these collections can be seen at Georgian House, Red Lodge, and Blaise Castle House Museum. Please contact Bristol Museums for more information if you wish to see a specific item.

At Bristol's City Museum & Art Gallery there is a choice of galleries situated upstairs full of artworks: Old Masters, French School, British Collection, Modern Art and the Bristol School.

Alongside in the adjoining galleries, the decorative arts collections can be found: Eastern Art, Ceramics, Silverware and Glassware. On the lower floors - a fine collection of glittering minerals, ancient fossils and a large archaeology gallery showing the South West's geographic formation. Close by is the World Wildlife Gallery containing many examples of endangered or extinct animals, including the much-loved Alfred the Gorilla.

The popular Egyptology gallery contains real mummies besides other items and situated next door is the hugely impressive wall decoration made over 3,000 years ago - the Assyrian Reliefs. A natural history gallery contains examples of aquatic habitats in the south west of England and an interactive map of local wildlife sites and a freshwater aquarium containing fish typical of the region. Throughout the Museum and Art Gallery material from other countries can be seen, including pottery and clothing.

Collection details

Science and Technology, Religion, Photography, Natural Sciences, Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Coins and Medals, Aviation, Archaeology

Key artists and exhibits

  • Old Masters, French School, British Collection, Modern Art and the Bristol School
  • Eastern Art, Ceramics, Silverware and Glassware
  • Archaelogy / fossils
  • Egyptology / mummies
  • Assyrian Reliefs
  • Pottery and clothing
  • Natural history
  • Endangered or extinct animals, including the much-loved Alfred the Gorilla
  • Designated Collection

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Queen's Road
Bristol
City of Bristol
BS8 1RL
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.bristol.gov.uk/museums

E-mail

General enquiries

general.museum@bristol.gov.uk

Telephone

0117 922 3571

Fax

0117 922 2047

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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