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The Art of Play
‘The plaything is the first initiation of a child to art’ --- Baudelaire The Art of Play showcases amazing work from students from schools, colleges and universities in Bristol [...]
Tap-to-donate: a new way to support our work
Did you know we are a charity? We are delighted to announce that, in line with practice across the museum and gallery sector, we are now able to take donations by card. Like most [...]
Toys and Tales 2023
Saturday 25 March - Saturday 13 May A toy is to play with – or is it? This colourful exhibition celebrates the huge pleasure children of all ages find in playing with toys [...]
Learning programme news
The Art of Play
‘The plaything is the first initiation of a child to art’ --- Baudelaire The Art of Play showcases amazing work from students from schools, colleges and universities in Bristol [...]
Picturing Lockdown 2021
The Pandemic Diaries and other projects A selection of the wonderful range of Pandemic Diaries produced by local students. In November 2020 at the start of the second lockdown our Education officer David Beech began [...]
Bristol design stories
Otti Berger, Bauhaus textile designer
Widar Halén of the Norwegian National Museum has published [...]
Ken Stradling remembered at the M Shed
Ken still drew listeners far and wide at [...]
The Stradling Collection on Ujima Radio
We were delighted to be invited on to [...]
Falling in love with design
Ken Stradling and the Bristol GuildLecture in person at M [...]
Maker spotlight
Geoffrey Whiting: a potter and a painter
Geoffrey Whiting had an important parallel activity as a watercolour painter, but this is a lesser known area of his art. His great knowledge of the natural world underpinned all his creativity. It was there in the coloration of his pots, and in his particular brush [...]