What follows is a chronological list of what is currently planned by way of visits to places of interest,  gallery talks, Behind the Scenes visits in the city, Saturday afternoon talks and special events where the Friends will have a presence.

We hope you will find things to interest you.

Please note: if you book online, the payment receipt from PayPal does not mean that you have secured a place.  The organizer receives a weekly update of such payments and will email you to advise when you have a firm booking.

Also, Behind the Scenes visits and gallery tours are usually restricted to groups of around 15.  If such an event attracts a larger number of applications, the organizer will try to arrange a second or further tour(s), which could be at a later time on the advertised day or on a later date.  If this occurs, the organizer will contact you to make the appropriate arrangements.

 

Located in the centre of Worcester near the cathedral, this museum tells the story of Worcester porcelain with the finest and most extensive collection of objects.

Please use the following form to book online:

Number of tickets

Single ticket £49.00 GBP Two tickets £98.00 GBP

Coach pick-up point

Clevedon Road car park, Nails Bristol Hotel Top of Jacobs Wells Road St Monica's, Westbury Road

I am willing to write a report for the newsletter

No Yes

Please put me on the waiting list if no space

Yes No

For postal bookings, please use the form enclosed with the September newsletter.

Organizer: Carol Lear; carolear@btinternet.com; 0117 942 3610

 

Join Professor Danielle Schreve for the first Winter Lecture of the new series and explore the Ice Age Mammals on Mendip.
During the last Ice Age, rapid climate and environmental change led to a major reorganisation of the fauna of northwestern Europe.  Species were forced to move, adapt or face extinction.
For over fifteen years, Prof Schreve has been painstakingly excavating a new cave site in the Mendip Hills, which is yielding fascinating insights into how animals coped with these challenges.
Speaker: Prof Schreve holds the Heather Corrie Chair in Environmental Change in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol.  Her research focuses on Ice Age mammals and encompasses many different aspects including evolution, extinction, palaeoecology and mammalian responses to climate change.

This Winter Lecture is available as either an in-person event or online.  Attendance is free, but you are invited to make a financial contribution.  To book a seat / register for an online link via the Museum website click here.

The Museum Winter Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends

 

Former headmistress of Redland High School, Caroline Bateson, has researched the Cossins family, who lived in the Palladian mansion that later became the school.

Please use the following form to book online:

Number of tickets

Single ticket £9.50 GBP Two tickets £19.00 GBP

For postal bookings, please use the form enclosed with the September newsletter.

Administrator: Catherine Dixon; blackrockcfd@hotmail.com; 01275 849200

 

A guided tour of the recently-refurbished concert hall to discover the social and architectural heritage of the building, which dates back to the middle ages.

Please use the following form to book online:

Number of tickets

Single ticket £9.50 GBP Two tickets £18.00 GBP

Please add me to the waiting list if no space available

Yes No

I am prepared to write a report for the newsletter

No Yes

For postal bookings, please use the form enclosed with the September newsletter.

Organizer: Carol Ouvry; carol@ouvry.myzen.co.uk; 0117 302 1039
NB: Carol has recently moved and the address and landline number stated at the top of the booking form are incorrect. 

 

The Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on Saturday 19 October 2024 at the Studios, M Shed, Prince’s Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol  BS1 4RN starting at 2.30pm.

Papers for the meeting were enclosed with the September newsletter and can also be obtained by clicking on the links below:

AGM 2024 Notice of meeting and agenda
AGM 2023 minutes 23 September
AGM 2024 Annual Report 2023-24
AGM 2024 Accounts

Once the formal business has been transacted we shall be given short talks by members of the curatorial staff; for details click on the following link:

AGM 2024 talks

 

The Friends granted funds to Kate Newnham, Senior Curator Visual Arts, to acquire a range of objects for Bristol Museum’s Japanese collection on her recent trip to Japan.  She will present the items to us in this talk.

Please use the following for for online booking:

Number of tickets

Single ticket £9.50 GBP Two tickets £19.00 GBP

Please put me on the waiting list, if no space

Yes No

For postal bookings, please use the form enclosed with the September newsletter.

Administrator:  Catherine Dixon; blackrockcfd@hotmail.com; 01275 849200

 

An opportunity to see some of the extensive material in this world-class collection which relates to the history of theatre in Bristol.

Please use the following form for online booking:

Number of tickets

Single ticket £10.00 GBP Two tickets £20.00 GBP

Please put me on the waiting list if no space

Yes No

I am willing to write a report for the newsletter

No Yes

For postal bookings, please use the form enclosed with the September newsletter.

Administrator:  Sally Dore; sally.dore@cantab.net; 0117 942 2620

 

A chance to see the result of Salisbury Museum’s recent £5 million refurbishment with the creation of new galleries.  There is much else to visit close by as well.

Please use the following form for online booking:

Number of tickets

Single ticket £45.00 GBP Two tickets £90.00 GBP

Coach pick-up point

Clevedon Road car park, Nailsea Bristol Hotel Top of Jacob's Wells Road St Monica's, Westbury Road

Please put my name on the waiting list if no space

Yes No

I am prepared to write a report for the newsletter

No Yes

For postal bookings, please use the form enclosed with the September newsletter.

Organizer:  Richard Avery; membership@friendsofbmga.org.uk; 0117 329 6656

 

A new Winter Lecture series is being put together.  Thursday 14 November has been assigned as one of the dates and details of subject, speaker and timings will be available soon.  Please check back at a later date.

The Museum Winter Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends