Local councillors election 2024: see the full results

Museums and galleries

Opening times and visitor information for our museums in Bristol.

All of these museums are free to enter. You may need to pay to visit some exhibitions. Pre-booking your visit is recommended.

Visit the Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives website for more information, opening times and to book tickets.

  • Blaise Museum

    See what people wore and the toys children played with at this historic house and gardens.

  • Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

    Visit this beautiful building with three floors of art, nature and history collections.

  • Bristol Archives

    Explore ten centuries of Bristol's history, and the British Empire & Commonwealth Collection, through historic records, photographs and film.

  • The Georgian House Museum

    Discover what a Bristol sugar plantation and slave owner's home might have looked like around 1790.

  • Kings Weston Roman Villa

    Explore where Romans used to live and see a Roman bath suite and mosaic floors.

  • M Shed

    Find out the story of Bristol's people and places from prehistoric times to the present day.

  • The Red Lodge Museum

    Visit three of the oldest rooms in Bristol and the last complete Elizabethan room in the UK.

Tell us about a problem with a form, page or Citizen Portal account