Friends News

Recently announced Museum Opening times

Museum & Art Gallery: the new opening times each day are 10.30am – 5.00pm, except ... read more.

Terrace House Demolition, Barton Hill

Gerald Cains, a local artist, likes painting the decayed fringe of Bristol.  He describes his work as ... read more.

Broken Roundabout

This second painting by Gerald Cains is a smaller work, and very poignant (click on picture to ... read more.

Brisuanadon

This is the second of the works to be purchased from the ‘Crimes of Passion’ Exhibition.  Brisuanadon = ... read more.

Concrete Form II

Just over a year ago, in April 2009 members of The Friends committee attended the ‘Crimes of Passion’ ... read more.

Schubart Lecture

September 30, 2010This year’s Schubart Lecture in the Rear Hall of the Museum, starting at 6.45 for 7.30pm, ... read more.

Art from the New World

Corey Helford Gallery,  LA and Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery present Art From The New World ... read more.

The Plinth project:

CONTAINER are presenting a series of six newly commissioned works in an exciting collaboration with the Museum. The ... read more.

Statue of Sir Charles Wetherell at The Red Lodge

Statue of Sir Charles Wetherell by Thomas Tyley of Bristol, 1839 stone (oolitic limestone)  (click on each ... read more.

Mahrous Abdou tapestry

Description: ‘Nile Flowers and Papyrus’ by Mahrous Abdou (born 1964), tapestry, hand-dyed wool with cotton warp, made in ... read more.

Sampler by Lucy Fripp 1830

This sampler, neatly worked in coloured silks on a wool fabric, is helpfully signed across the bottom ... read more.

Paper-cut Model of the South Front of Ashton Court cica 1834

(Click to enlarge) This cut-paper, wood, and watercolour model is made in an unusual technique and is ... read more.

Coombs Plate

Description: Plate, porcelain, China, c.1730-50, repaired and marked on reverse in lustre glaze ‘Coombs Qn St Bristol 1811′. ... read more.

Two new watercolours

The Friends have recently helped purchase two new watercolours of Bristol life in the early 1800s. ‘Rownham Ferry’ ... read more.

Arthur Wilde Parsons (1854-1931)

Arthur Wilde Parsons RWA, lived in Redland, Bristol and was one of the celebrated Bristol Savages group ... read more.

Thomas and Florence Upton

This has been the year of the Smyths of Ashton Court! This pair of portraits are of ... read more.

The ‘Henbury Jug’

This painted jug is inscribed on the bottom ‘View of Diamond Cottage Henbury 1820″. It was ... read more.