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The Bristol Industrial Museum closed in 2006 and was transformed into the M Shed. The conversion was designed by Lab Architecture Studio. [4] It was expected to cost £27 million including a grant of £11.3 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. [5] Another £1.39 million of HLF funding was announced in April 2011. [6] It reopened in June 2011.
website Opened in 2011, M Shed is situated on the site of the old Bristol Industrial Museum. Run by the city council, it has no entrance fee. The modern museum covers local history, transportation and industry in their 3 main galleries Bristol People, Bristol Life and Bristol Places. The museum has a few working exhibits such as the Portbury ...
The statue of slave trader Edward Colston has been out of public view since January 2022.
The museum was managed by Bristol City Council along with nearby preserved industrial relics along Prince's Wharf, including the Bristol Harbour Railway, cranes and a small fleet of preserved vessels. The railway, cranes and vessels all now form part of the working exhibits at M Shed Museum.
Other museums and sites administered by Bristol Culture are M Shed, Blaise Castle House Museum, the Red Lodge Museum, the Georgian House Museum, Bristol Archives and Kings Weston Roman Villa. The Bristol Industrial Museum, which closed in 2006 reopened in June 2011 as a museum called M Shed dedicated to telling the story of Bristol.
Children drew him birthday cards showing the gorilla's continuing public appeal as part of the history of Bristol and as a curiosity for younger visitors to the museum. A bust of Alfred's head is also on display at Bristol's M Shed museum after formerly being displayed at the entrance to the gorilla enclosure at Bristol Zoo.
The memorial to Edward Colston, who died in 1721, was pulled down from its plinth and rolled into a dock last year.
The We Are Bristol History Commission said the statue of the slave trader should enter the permanent collection of Bristol’s museum service. Edward Colston statue should be displayed in museum ...