Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery

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Bristol Museum & Art Gallery is a large museum and art gallery in Bristol, England. The museum is situated in Clifton, about 0.5 miles from the city centre. As part of Bristol Culture it is run by the Bristol City Council with no entrance fee. It holds designated museum status, granted by the national government to protect outstanding museums. The designated collections include: geology, Eastern art, and Bristol's history, including English delftware. In January 2012 it became one of sixteen Arts Council England Major Partner Museums.The museum includes sections on natural history as well as local, national and international archaeology. The art gallery contains works from all periods, including many by internationally famous artists, as well a collection of modern paintings of Bristol. In the summer of 2009 the museum hosted an exhibition by Banksy, featuring more than 70 works of art, including animatronics and installations; it is his largest exhibition yet. It was developed in secrecy and with no advance publicity, but soon gained worldwide notoriety. The building is of Edwardian Baroque architecture and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.The standard opening hours are: Tuesday – Sunday, 10am–5pm. The museum is also open 10am-5pm on Bank Holiday Mondays and Mondays during Bristol school holidays.

Royal West of England Academy

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The Royal West of England Academy is Bristol's oldest art gallery, located in Clifton, Bristol, near the junction of Queens Road and Whiteladies Road. Situated in a Grade 2* listed building, it hosts five galleries and an exhibition programme that celebrates the best of historic and contemporary British art.

Бристольский университет

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Бристольский университет в городе Бристоль входит в группу «университетов из красного кирпича» . Получил Королевскую хартию в 1909 году. Является правопреемником Университетского колледжа в Бристоле, существовавшего с 1876 года. Университет имеет годовой оборот в 347 млн фунтов стерлингов и является крупнейшим независимым работодателем Бристоля. Входит в десятку лучших университетов Великобритании и 45 лучших университетов мира по версии QS World Rankings. Университет входит в престижную группу «Рассел», Коимбрскую группу, а также во Всемирную сеть университетов. Количество студентов составляет около 18 тысяч.

University of Bristol Theatre Collection

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The University of Bristol Theatre Collection was founded in 1951 to serve the University of Bristol Department of Drama. It is now one of the world’s largest archives of British Theatre History. It is a fully accredited Archive and Museum and home to the Live Art Archive.

Merchant Hall

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The Merchant Hall is a historic building on The Promenade, Clifton Down, Bristol, England. It was built in 1868 by Richard Shackleton Pope, Thomas Pope and John Bindon and converted after World War II for the Society of Merchant Venturers, whose original hall in central Bristol was destroyed during the Bristol Blitz.It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.

Old Council House, Bristol

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The Old Council House is a building on Corn Street, Bristol, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.

Bristol Central Library

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Bristol Central Library is a historic building on the south side of College Green, Bristol, England. It contains the main collections of Bristol's public library. Built in 1906 by Charles Holden, its design was influential in the development of Edwardian Free Style architecture. Holden would later go on to build the Edward VII Memorial Wing of the Bristol Royal Infirmary, giving Bristol two of its most highly regarded Edwardian buildings. The Library has been designated by Historic England as a grade I listed building.

Общество торговых предпринимателей

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Общество торговых предпринимателей — это благотворительная организация в английском городе Бристоль. Общество можно проследить вллоть до Гильдии XIII века, которая финансировала путешествие Джона Кэбота в Канаду, что фактически ознаменовало начало Британской империи. Общество и его первая Королевская хартия в 1552 и в течение многих веков была фактически синонимом правительства Бристоля, особенно Бристольской гавани. В последнее время деятельность общества была сосредоточена на благотворительных программах. Общество сыграло свою роль в развитии Бристоля, в том числе строительство Клифтонского висячего моста и Великой западной железной дороги. Это также повлияло на развитие образовательных учреждений в Большом Бристоле, в том числе Бристольского университета, Университета Западной Англии, Университета Бата, Колледжа города Бристоля, Школы для девочек Колстона и Академии купцов.