Museum · Clifton
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RL
Website (opens in a new tab) Instagram (opens in a new tab) Facebook (opens in a new tab)
The city's main museum and art gallery, in an Edwardian building at the top of Park Street next to the University of Bristol. Collections range from fine art and Chinese ceramics to Egyptology, geology and natural history, and admission is free except for some exhibitions.
Permanent exhibitions
- Ancient Egypt gallery with mummies and tomb objects
- European and British paintings from the Renaissance to today
- Chinese ceramics and glass
- Geology and dinosaurs, including Bristol's Thecodontosaurus
- Bristol Boxkite aeroplane in the entrance hall
- Banksy's Paint-pot Angel