Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Queen's Road · Clifton
Archaeology, natural history, Ancient Egypt and fine art across 19 galleries in a grand Edwardian building, with major temporary exhibitions.
Mila-wall® – MBA regional – Bristol and surrounding area
Modular
museum walls
in Bristol
Mila-wall offers museums, galleries and exhibitors in Bristol and the surrounding area modular museum walls and exhibition walls that return in a new floor plan after every temporary exhibition – almost tool-free and TÜV GS certified.
Modular museum walls and temporary walls for museums in Bristol
Mila-wall: modular wall system for Bristol
Built in minutes. Rebuilt for the next exhibition.
Developed and manufactured by MBA, Mila-wall uses a patented, almost tool-free connector that joins complete wall modules into finished spatial structures – and separates them just as quickly. Surfaces remain virtually seamless, the technology stays hidden, and the system is TÜV GS certified.
A modular wall system for venues in Bristol whose spaces are reimagined season after season. Because every component is reusable, the same stock returns in a completely new layout for the next exhibition instead of ending up as waste. Sustainable and endlessly reconfigurable – a long-term asset for the institution rather than a one-off expense.
Wall systems for museums and exhibitions in Bristol
Temporary, mobile or permanent: Mila-wall adapts to your exhibition.
Temporary walls for museums
Temporary walls for museums in Bristol often have to look as permanent as the architecture around them for the weeks of an exhibition. Freestanding exhibition walls and partition walls go up in minutes and disappear cleanly after the programme; height-adjustable feet compensate for uneven historic floors.Mobile wall systems for museums
Mobile wall systems for museums in Bristol need to be as mobile as the loans and touring exhibitions themselves. The aluminium-framed panels withstand repeated transport and are light enough for in-house teams – in historic galleries as well as new buildings.Museum wall systems
Museum wall systems in Bristol have to handle very different curatorial approaches: Series 100 with an aluminium edge for flagship venues, Series 160 for long freestanding runs and heavy hangs, Series 840 with a wooden edge for tighter budgets, and SCENARIO as a plug-in system for pop-ups.Modular exhibition walls
Modular exhibition walls in Bristol serve museums, galleries, design studios and universities from a single stock: build heights of up to six metres, corners and angles without custom construction, and the same connection logic for every project.Temporary exhibition wall systems
Temporary exhibition wall systems in Bristol combine speed and a clean finish with Mila-wall: invisible connections, no visible technology – and 176 surfaces that are low-reflection, rich in colour and scratch-resistant, either permanently adhesive or removable without residue.Modular walls for exhibitions
Modular walls for exhibitions in Bristol must switch between Old Masters, history, design and contemporary art – and a single platform can carry this whole range. The lightweight honeycomb core in an aluminium frame remains repairable, and a stock typically pays for itself by around its fourth use.
In detail
Museums in Bristol: 10 museums that show what museum walls need to deliver
From Queen's Road and Clifton to the Harbourside and Paintworks, Bristol's museums and galleries reflect a city shaped by the sea, engineering and a lively creative scene. Bristol Museum & Art Gallery and the Royal West of England Academy occupy grand historic buildings in the West End, Brunel's SS Great Britain lies in its original dry dock, along the harbour M Shed, Arnolfini and Spike Island fill former warehouses and industrial buildings, and photography has a home at the Royal Photographic Society and the Martin Parr Foundation. The demands on museum walls could hardly be more varied: historic halls and listed warehouses on one side, open contemporary galleries on the other. Mila-wall is made for exactly this range.
Whether art museum, national museum or exhibition hall: museums across Europe and worldwide already work with Mila-wall museum walls.
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M Shed Wapping Wharf · Harbourside
The story of Bristol and its people in a former transit shed on the docks, with changing exhibitions and working cranes, steam trains and boats outside.
Brunel's SS Great Britain Great Western Dockyard · Harbourside
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's pioneering steamship in the dry dock where she was built, with a museum on her voyages and her builder.
Arnolfini Narrow Quay · Harbourside
International centre for contemporary arts in a converted Victorian warehouse on the harbour, with exhibitions, performance and film.
Spike Island Cumberland Road · Harbourside
Contemporary art centre and artists' studios in a former tea-packing factory, with a changing programme of exhibitions.
Royal West of England Academy Queen's Road · Clifton
Bristol's first art gallery, an artist-led academy with large top-lit galleries for changing exhibitions of art and architecture.
Aerospace Bristol Filton Airfield · Filton
Over a century of aviation history in listed First World War hangars, including the last Concorde ever to fly.
We The Curious Millennium Square · Harbourside
Science centre on the harbourside with interactive exhibits, a planetarium and changing exhibitions where science meets art.
Royal Photographic Society RPS House · Paintworks
Headquarters of the Royal Photographic Society with a public gallery presenting changing photography exhibitions.
Martin Parr Foundation Paintworks · Arnos Vale
Gallery and archive founded by photographer Martin Parr, presenting changing exhibitions of British and Irish documentary photography.
Planning an exhibition?
Whether in your region, across England or worldwide – museum, gallery or trade fair: we support every exhibitor. Get in touch.
- Our team will get back to you within 24 hours.
- A sample box of small original walls by post, plus advice in a video call.
- Planning from the first sketch to handover.
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MBA is your point of contact for modular museum walls and exhibition walls – for museums, galleries and exhibitors across England.
Your MBA partner for museum walls in Bristol and the surrounding area
Modular museum walls, mobile wall systems and exhibition walls from MBA – for museums, galleries and exhibitors in Bristol and the surrounding area: Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, Portishead, Nailsea, Keynsham, Thornbury, Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Filton, Bradley Stoke and other towns.