Bristols Museum. Bristols Story
M Shed is a museum dedicated to telling the fascinating history of Bristol. From Brunel to Banksy you'll discover how the city forged it's unique place in the world.
The museum has exhibits, stories and objects that transport visitors through prehistoric times to the modern day and illustrate the tales of the people who made the city what it is today.
Discover Bristols very own dinosaur, see how the city and it's population prepared for, fought and endured the Second World War, find out about the discoveries, art inventions and music that have changed the world.
Learn about why Bristol looks the way it does, the history of the things it has traded and why, and see how Bristolians have lived and worked down the centuries.
The museum could be located in no better pace than the world famous docks from where Bristol and Bristolians travelled around the globe. The building itself retains many of the features of it's transit shed origin which further lends to the feeling of the history that that it houses.
At M Shed you can view amazing films, admire incredible photographs, listen to inspiring personal stories, encounter artefacts that will astound you and even add a little piece of yourself to the history of the city through the interactive displays.