M Shed

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.

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Bristol, England, UK
Address: Princes Wharf, Wapping Wharf, Bristol, BS1 4RN

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Matthew and Arnolfini.

Matthew

Photo: NotFromUtrecht, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Matthew was a caravel sailed by John Cabot in 1497 from Bristol to Newfoundland, North America. There are two modern replicas – one in Bristol, England and one in Bonavista, Newfoundland.

Arnolfini

Arts center

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Arnolfini is an international arts centre and gallery in Bristol, England. It has a programme of contemporary art exhibitions, artist's performance, music and dance events, poetry and book readings, talks, lectures and cinema. Arnolfini is situated 650 feet north of M Shed.

Bristol Cathedral

Church

Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.

Bristol Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bristol. Bristol Cathedral is situated 1,600 feet north of M Shed.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southville and Bristol city centre.

Southville

Suburb

Southville is an inner city neighbourhood and council ward of Bristol, England, on the south bank of the River Avon northwest of Bedminster. Built mainly between the 1880s and the First World War for workers in local industries, it mixes Victorian terraces with post-bombing infill and recent developments.

Bristol city centre

Suburb

Bristol city centre is the commercial, cultural and business centre of Bristol, England. It is the area north of the New Cut of the River Avon, bounded by Clifton Wood and Clifton to the north-west, Kingsdown and Cotham to the north, and St Pauls, Lawrence Hill and St Phillip's Marsh to the east.

Redcliffe

Suburb

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Redcliffe, also known as Redcliff, is a district of the English port city of Bristol, lying south-east of Bristol city centre. It is bounded by the loop of the Floating Harbour to the west, north and east, together with the New Cut of the River Avon to the south.

M Shed

Categories: independent museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.44764° or 51° 26′ 52″ north

Longitude

-2.59828° or 2° 35′ 54″ west

Levels

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

9C3VCCX2+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 397358060

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q6720527

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