Bristol Archives

Rude receptionist on main desk

The trouble with the Record Office is that it's a bit like that scene at the end of the first Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Last Ark - You give them something (in my case a large leather ledger book from George White's company ((he put trams on the map)) and they carefully store it away - and that's it.As they admit, they are archivists not historians. So a hollow experience.Why don't they have a volunteer army of retired folk going through all this stuff and filtering out the social stuff hidden in all the facts and figures.Think I'll hold onto the other gems I have collected over the years for deciphering when I'm retired and have nothing else useful to do. Just hope I don't have a house fire....!

Interesting and well laid out. Very helpful staff

Wonderful store of amazing data etc.

Interesting articles and artifacts from Bristol's historical past dating back many centuries. This place is well worth a visit. Free entry. There is a cafe.

Went here this week to get details of a relative's record of attendance at the National Naval College in Portishead. Easy to park. Staff very helpful. Very pleasant experience. I got the information I wanted very quickly.

Easy to find, free parking and very helpful staff.

The place to come to research your family history. Helpful staff. Increible artifacts that have outlived your grandparents. Strange to leaf through books curated in the 1800s. Lovely experience.

Helpful staff looking forward to visiting

The staff were very patient and helpful with showing us how to use the archive system. Would 100% love to come back again.