Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery

Outstanding collections of art and archaeology, geology and natural history housed in a magnificent Edwardian baroque building.

Take a journey through Belief, Life, Death and Afterlife of the ancient Egyptians in the new Egypt Gallery. The gallery features over 600 objects, most never displayed before, in the best Egyptian collection in the south west.

The River Nile corridor divides the gallery space into two. On one side, you can explore Belief and Life in ancient Egypt, and on the other, displays cover Death and the Afterlife. In addition there are "satellite" areas offering thought-provoking areas on ‘Egyptian Identity’, ‘How do we see Ancient Egypt?’, and, coming soon, the ‘Ethics of Displaying the Dead’.

Upstairs are art galleries containing Old Masters, French School, British Collection, Modern Art and the Bristol School – we also have a contemporary art gallery. Alongside in the adjoining galleries, the decorative arts collections are Eastern Art, Ceramics, Silverware and Glassware.

On the lower floors are a fine collection of glittering minerals, ancient fossils and a dinosaur gallery. Close by is the World Wildlife Gallery containing many examples of endangered or extinct animals, including the much-loved Alfred the Gorilla.

New opening hours from 3 July 2010 Thursday – Tuesday :10.30am – 5pm Wednesdays : 10.30am-8pm