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Posted on by Kate Iles.

The Festival of Archaeology 2024

Join us in July for a month of archaeology as we help celebrate the annual Festival of Archaeology with events for all…. This year’s theme, “Archaeology and Community,” aims to engage visitors of all ages. From  learning through interactiv…

Posted on by Fay Whitfield.

Pyronaut’s 90th Birthday

This June M Shed’s fire boat, Pyronaut, turns 90 years old! She served for almost 40 years in the City Docks for which she had been designed, before being chosen as a diver’s boat for the Port of Bristol, and later beginning transformation into a p…

Posted on by Saffron Smolka.

Discover the magic of Museums at Night in Bristol

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore a museum after dark, without the bustling crowds, at a pace that allows you to truly savour every exhibit? Bristol Museums at Night offers this enchanting experience, designed exclusively for a…

Posted on by Kate Iles.

Winter Lectures for 2023/24

The Winter Lectures are back for a new season and the programme is as fascinating as ever.   Up first, on 12 October, is Professor Michael Benton who will be sweeping our earth’s history to explore extinctions and discuss how life survives, adap…

Posted on by Saffron Smolka.

Summer Activities at Blaise Museum and Kings Weston Villa

Blaise Museum and Kings Weston Villa is excited to launch this year’s programme of free, family-friendly summer fun!   Events with craft, storytelling, trails and a whole host of other activities will take place at Blaise Estate on Thursdays i…

Posted on by Alice Bush.

Christmas at Blaise

This week we’ve been busy decking the halls at Blaise House. Gathering greenery from the park, putting up Christmas trees and retrieving boxes of ribbons and baubles from the basement.  Out in the park, gathering holly, ivy, yew, laurel and box, …

Posted on by Alice Bush.

Family events at Blaise this summer

Blaise Museum is excited to launch a programme of free, family-friendly summer fun that will run throughout the school holidays. Events with craft, storytelling and a whole host of other activities will take place on Wednesdays in August. Each day has a d…

Posted on by Fay Curtis.

Welcoming the Year of the Tiger – in real life!

by Karen Garvey, events officer and Chatchamon Phoojaroenchanachai, volunteer and student at the University of Bristol Lunar New Year (also called Chinese New Year or Spring Festival) is traditionally a time for family, reunions and fresh hope. This was…