M Shed

See amazing film and photographs, listen to moving personal stories, encounter rare and quirky objects and add your own memories of Bristol through the interactive displays. From prehistoric times to the present day, M Shed tells the story of the city and its unique place in the world.

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    +44 117 352 6600

  • Website

    mshed.org

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Address

Princess Wharf, Wapping Rd Bristol BS1 4RN United Kingdom

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James Young

Outstanding museum with a lot of interactive displays for all ages. Does not shy away from looking at the more controversial aspects of Bristol 's history and encourages debate. Highly recommended!

Herr N

Great free museum , well designed to engage children and adults alike. Currently with an excellent Wallace and Gromit exhibition . Worth popping along to.

Ivar Struthers

This museum is not just a collection of artefacts but one where the displays complement stories about people, places and events in Bristol's past and present. Excellent wee cafe too!

Luke Stanley

M Shed has free and paid exhibitions and is a great place to learn a bit about Bristol’s colourful history.

Steve Percival

All very interesting and interactive for kids - staff and volunteers who run it are great!

Jon Shecket

Fantastic exhibits that are jammed packed with visuals telling you everything you could ever want to know about Bristol. Almost a bit overstimulating but no worries.

Becky Beynon-Lewis

It's a really interesting and quirky museum . Really enjoyed the non permanent chocolate exhibition as it told the locals stories vividly.

Dave Beckett

A free museum in the heart of the city Great for kids with interactive sections All to do with Bristol

Simone P.

Really nice experience about Bristol history with great view of the city from his terrace ... :)

Charlotte Grierson

Loved the wooly Bristol (Briswool) on the second floor!

Sergii Tkachenko

One of the best city museums ever

Monica Messaggi Kaya

Nice space fot conferences . And with great benefit of checking the exhibitions on break tomes!

Ami H.

Defaced statue of trans-Atlantic slave trader Edward Colston, toppled during 2020's anti-racism protests, is on permanent display at the M Shed

Andreas Leonidou

get on the top floor terrace for a panoramic view of the harbour

Mark Gingell

As Museums go this is not only Free but Exceptionally good! 10/10

Rejane Fortes

Fantastic view , interesting histories about Bristol and good books about Banksy in the store.

Mark Daniel

The chocolate exhibition was quite interesting. Learnt a lot about Bristol chocolate heritage.

Rowan Kerek Robertson

The coffee 's good and the view on the 2nd floor terrace outside is fantastic on a good day

Sjors Timmer

Great view over the docks from the 2nd floor

Barry Davies

Lovely view across the water from the top floor.

Owen Phillips

Fascinating look at Bristol's industrial history, beautiful view

Graham GP

Bristol's newest museum , telling the story of the city through displays , collections and technology.

Caroline Greenwood

Think it's designed for people with short attention spans - it's all a bit random - but maybe good for kids

Jon Payne

It's free to get in and kids will love it. Try the interactive games!

Arwa Flemban

Always nice to pay a vist

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This new museum just tells the history of the people of Bristol and in a rather boring way -- lots of reading and not much in the way of displays .

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Interesting and interactive exhibits

Jillian Payne Johnson

The amount of things on the walls is a little overwhelming.

Matthew Austin

The chairs in the cafe are really noisy when people scrape them on the floor.

Paul Smith

If you love browsing in junk and antique shops you'll love this

Avradeep Chakrabarti

It's free... Y'know free... Did you get that? Free!

Saeed K

Learn more about Bristol

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Learn about the history of Bristol

Mark

Fast and free wifi in the cafe

Henry Atkinson

Parking round the back

Rich Blagden

Closed on Mondays :(

Mark Gregory

Food expensive for what it is. Service slow from people in cafe , also grumpy. Management need to walk in the Customer's shoes

Christian Engelmann

Am Samstag tobt hier ab mittags das Leben . Erst mal viele Skater beim Üben ihrer Kunststücke, am Abend dann volle Bars und Restaurants , best place to be!

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