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The City Museum and Art Gallery
Description:
Photograph of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Queen’s Road, Bristol. The Museum was given as a gift by Sir William Henry Wills Bart to the citizens of Bristol in 1904. The Wills family made their fortune in the tobaccoo trade.In the Museum’s collections are a number of artefacts from the time of the slave trade. These are shown from time to time in special exhibitions. Many of these items will go on permanent display in the Museum of Bristol planned for the Industrial Museum site.
Creator: David Emeney
Date: 2003
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Photograph of Bristol Central Library
Description:
Photograph of Bristol Central Library. The library contains many books, articles and information relating to Bristol and the association with the slave trade.
Creator: BCC Museum
Date: 2003
Copyright: Copyright BCC Library Service
Georgian House Library with actor
Description:
Photograph of the library inside the Georgian House Museum in Bristol. An actor from Living History is seen here playing the part of John Pinney, a plantation owner and sugar merchant who built and lived in the house. Actors are used by the Georgian House Museum to reinact scenes from Georgian Bristol.
Photograph taken by Elizabeth Rhodes in 2003.
Creator: Elizabeth Rhodes
Date: 2003
Copyright: Elizabeth Rhodes
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