If you are planning a visit to Bristol, England, do not miss out on visiting the many wonderful museums in this city. Here is a guide to five of the best museums in Bristol, England you must visit.
1. Bristol City Museum - The Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery is Bristol’s best known museum and features several art galleries and geological, archaeological and natural history collections. The Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery boasts an Egypt Gallery with a collection of Egyptian artefacts, and a fascinating Wold Wildlife Gallery. The museum has been set up in an Edwardian Baroque building on Queen’s Road and is open every day of the week; the museums offers free admission and hosts special events here.
2. Blaise Castle House Museum - Bristol's Blaise Castle House Museum is located in the Blaise Estate in Henbury. This museum features a Victorian schoolroom, toy rooms, picture rooms, costume galleries and other rooms which depict the history of Bristol (the Bristol at Home galleries).
3. Harvey’s Bristol Cream Museum – If you are looking for something different a visit to Harvey’s Bristol Cream Museum at 12, Denmark Street in Bristol is recommended. The cellars of this fascinating wine museum are eight centuries old and are well worth seeing. Visitors will get to taste Harvey’s famous sherry and can explore the wine store here. Harvey’s Bristol Cream Museum also features several collections of old, highly valuable wine glasses and decanters. Tours need to be reserved in advance. Visitors will find that the museum is open between Monday and Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm.
4. Edward Jenner Museum - If you would like to learn more about Edward Jenner, the scientist who was behind the development of the smallpox vaccine, a trip to the Edward Jenner Museum should be on your list of things to do. Jenner was known as the ‘Father of Immunology’ and the Edward Jenner Museum is housed in his former home, a charming Georgian building.
5. Frenchay Village Museum - Another fascinating museum is the Frenchay Village Museum, which boasts all kinds of interesting artefacts. The collection here consists of objects that represent the lives of the Quakers and Unitarians who lived in Frenchay Village near Bristol in the seventeenth century. The Frenchay Village Museum is located at West Lodge, Frenchay Hospital Grounds.
Other museums worth visiting in Bristol are the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum and the Glenside Hospital Museum.
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