Museums · South West England
M Shed
M Shed — museum in Bristol, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Princes Wharf · 0.1 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
M Shed is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2011. Wikidata describes it as: "museum in Bristol, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.4473°, -2.5986°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Severn Estuary SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
M Shed is a museum in Bristol, England, located on Prince's Wharf beside the Floating Harbour in a dockside transit shed formerly occupied by Bristol Industrial Museum. The museum's name is derived from the way that the port identified each of its sheds. M Shed is home to displays of 3,000 artefacts and stories, showing Bristol's role in the slave trade and items on transport, people, and the arts. Admission is free. The museum opened in June 2011, with exhibits exploring life and work in the city. In its first year, 700,000 people visited the new museum. Normally moored in front of the museum is a collection of historic vessels, which include a 1934 fireboat (the Fire-float Pyronaut), and two tugboats (Mayflower, the world's oldest surviving steam tug, and John King, a 1935 diesel tug) and the replica caravel The Matthew, the ship that crossed the Atlantic with John Cabot in 1497. The museum contains a shop, learning space and café.
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Background
History
On the quayside outside the museum are four electrically powered cargo cranes built in 1951 by Stothert & Pitt. Three of these cranes are operational and operate some weekends. A short distance to the west on Wapping Wharf is a much older crane, the sole surviving operational example of a Fairbairn steam crane. Built in 1878, also by Stothert & Pitt, it was in regular use until 1973, loading and unloading ships and railway wagons with loads up to 35 tons. It has been restored and is in working order, operating on some bank holidays and during the Bristol Harbour Festival. The Bristol Industrial Museum closed in 2006 and was transformed into the M Shed. The conversion was designed by Lab…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4473, -2.5986
- District
- Bristol, City of
- Parish
- Bristol, City of, unparished area
- Postcode
- BS1 6ZA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bristol Central
- Established
- 2011
- Nearest railway station
- Princes Wharf — 0.1 km
- Opening
- Tu-Su 10:00-17:00
- Official site
- mshed.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q6720527 (CC0)
- wikipedia: M Shed (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: M Shed museum.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is M Shed?
- M Shed is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode BS1 6ZA), in the parish of Bristol, City of, unparished area.
- When was M Shed built?
- Built or established in 2011.
- Is M Shed a protected site?
- Yes — M Shed is part of the Severn Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to M Shed?
- The nearest railway station is Princes Wharf, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BS1 6ZA.
- How busy is M Shed?
- M Shed draws around 769,474 visitors a year.