Bristol Art & Design School Trips & Tours

Discovering over 30 years of Street Art history

Come and discover the street art home of BANKSY and explore international street art and Bristol’s graffiti art legends

Bristol Street Art Experience a 1 hour city centre Bristol Street Art Tour - discovering the street art home of Banksy and over 30 years of graffiti art history and a spray session entitled, 'Introducing Stencil Art', during which everyone gets to spray their own A2 stencil artwork measuring 59cm by 42cm to take home, using our laser cut stencils and water-based spray paint. 

Cabot Tower is situated in a public park on Brandon Hill, between the city centre, Clifton and Hotwells. It is a grade II listed building. The tower was built in the 1890s to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the journey of John Cabot from Bristol to land which later became Canada. Designed by the Bristol architect William Venn Gough and paid for by public subscription, the tower is built from red sandstone covered with cream Bath stone. 

Bristol Harbour is the harbour in the city of Bristol, England. The harbour covers an area of 70 acres. It has existed since the 13th century but was developed into its current form in the early 19th century by installing lock gates on a tidal stretch of the River Avon in the centre of the city and providing a tidal by-pass for the river. It is often called the Floating Harbour as the water level remains constant and it is not affected by the state of the tide on the river. 

There’s so much to explore on the Second Floor of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. From stunning paintings to one of the best collections of Chinese glass outside of Asia, we’re sure you’ll find something you love. Exhibits include: 

• French Art
• European Old Masters
• British and European Art (The Age of Enlightenment and the Birth of Romanticism)
• Modern and contemporary art
• Victorian Art
• Eastern Art
• Pottery, ceramics and glass
• Silver

Discover how hypnotherapy works and how it can be used to aid general relaxation and help with anxiety, fear and phobias.  Run by experienced hypnotherapist Sharon Stiles, you can choose from a number of workshops: 

• General Hypnosis workshop – learn about hypnosis, take part in a group relaxation session and/or one individual session (teacher or over 16 year old student) to demonstrate how hypnosis works.  Great for all subject groups to bond as a group.

• Anxiety, fears and phobias – learn about hypnosis and how this can be used to help with anxiety, fears and phobias.  Students will learn techniques to help themselves or others.

• Self-Hypnosis – learn about self-hypnosis, what this can be used for and how to formula hypnotic suggestions.  Students can then practice on each other during the session.

• EFT Technique – introduction to this acupressure technique and how it can be used to reduce strong emotions associated with thoughts.  Students then get to practice this technique and leave with a new tool for their self-help first aid!

Located in a 1950s transit shed, M Shed is a free museum that concentrates on over 2000 years of Bristol’s history. Thought-provoking and fun, M Shed challenges the perceptions of what it has meant to live here over the centuries through the recollections of the people who shaped the city.

Rich collections of objects, art and archives play an important part in bringing those stories to life and uncover Bristol’s trading past and its role in the transatlantic slave trade. 

M Shed is a living museum, where the stories of the past spark discussions about the future.

Woven into the fabric of Bristol since 1961, Arnolfini is a pioneer of interdisciplinary contemporary arts, presenting an ambitious, varied programme of visual arts, performance, dance, film, music, workshops and family events, carefully curated to appeal to a broad audience.

An internationally-renowned institution, throughout its history Arnolfini’s programme has welcomed artists from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds, supporting and developing their work, investigating their influences and aspirations and continues to build on the multicultural, diverse and inclusive ethos that has prevailed since its inception.