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Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery

Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery

Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery is an art museum in City of Bristol, United Kingdom.

About Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery is a large museum and art gallery in Bristol, England. The museum is situated in Clifton, about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from the city centre. As part of Bristol Culture and Creative Industries it is run by Bristol City Council with no entrance fee.

The museum holds designated museum status, granted by the national government to protect outstanding museums. The designated collections include: geology, Eastern art, and Bristol's history, including English delftware.

The museum includes sections on natural history as well as local, national and international archaeology. The art gallery contains works from all periods, including many by internationally famous artists, as well a collection of modern paintings of Bristol.

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Founded
1823
Visitors / year
450,954

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Artworks shown from Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery are in the public domain; images via the open-access programs of their source collections. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.