Access the objects and expert help from one of the world's finest maritime collections. Another '101-Must-Visit' location for Bristol, especially for any of you who are researching your roots and ancestors.

More specifically, they host:

• 6,500 maritime books, including an almost complete run of Lloyd’s Register dating back to the 1700s
• 7,300 ship plans
• The National Brunel Collection of objects and archive relating to the Brunel family
• 100 ship models
• 35,000 maritime photographic postcards
• Diaries and personal letters relating to passengers and crew of the SS Great Britain
• Over 50 films of historic maritime craft
• Hundreds of works of art

Note the mixed opening hours and days before you visit.