Press
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Press Office
The Holburne Museum
Great Pulteney Street
Bath BA2 4DB
Tel: +44 (0)1225 388547
Email: k.jenkins@holburne.org
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Read the latest press releases from the Holburne Museum below
Bead Basket
23/04/2013
*The Holburne seeks support to acquire this rare seventeenth century Bead Basket*
Read morePainted Pomp Exhibition
14/01/2013
*Painted Pomp: Art and Fashion in the Age of Shakespeare* 26 January to 6 May 2013 £6.95 | Concessions
Read moreLight Labyrinth
19/11/2012
*Circuit: A Light Labyrinth *28 November 2012 to 9 January 2013 Monday to Friday 4 to 6pm | Saturday and Sunday 4 to 7pm Closed 24 to 26 December and 1 January Admission £2 (babes in arms free)
Read moreSculpture Culture Trail
22/05/2012
*Bath Spa University Heritage students working in partnership with Bath museums*
Read moreMuseum Award
17/05/2012
*The Holburne Museum has won a prestigious Museums & Heritage Award for the redisplay of its collection.*
Read moreExhibition of Portrait Sculpture
08/05/2012
*Presence: The Art of Portrait Sculpture *26 May to 2 September 2012 Admission £6.95 / concessions
Read morePortraits Unveiled
18/04/2012
*Bill Bailey and Stephanie Cole to be hung at the Holburne Museum*
Read moreCivic Trust Award
03/03/2012
*2012 CIVIC TRUST AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED CELEBRATING OUTSTANDING ARCHITECTURE & BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS*
Read moreStephen Jones
06/02/2012
STEPHEN JONES: *From Georgiana to Boy George *THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM 24 March to 8 May 2012 FREE
Read moreArt Fund Prize
07/02/2012
*The Holburne Museum in the running to win £100,000 as Art Fund Prize 2012 longlist is announced * The Holburne Museum in Bath has today been longlisted for the Art Fund Prize 2012, the UK’s annual ‘museum of the year’ award, and the biggest prize for arts and cultural organisations in the country. Ten museums in total across the country are in with the chance to win £100,000 and the prestigious award, which will be announced on 19 June 2012.
Read moreField of Light
01/11/2011
*Bruce Munro’s Field of Light at the Holburne 26 November 2011 to 8 January 2012 Open daily 4 to 7pm, admission free*
Read moreRachmaninov Retrospective
26/09/2011
*On 8 October Bath’s Holburne Museum launches its first evening concert series; a Rachmaninov Retrospective.*
Read moreCasting for Louis Ghost Chair
19/09/2011
*Casting of young person for Simon Martin's film Louis Ghost Chair*
Read moreGainsborough Study Day
23/07/2010
*Gainsborough’s Landscapes – A Study Day Monday 14 November **The Holburne Museum 10am to 4.30pm*
Read morePop Art Garden Party
19/08/2011
*Bank Holiday Celebration * Sunday 28 August 12noon to 4pm FREE
Read moreRecord Breaking Visitor Numbers
14/06/2011
*The Holburne Museum enjoys record breaking visitor numbers in its first month of opening*
Read morePeter Blake re-opens the Holburne
14/05/2011
Sir Peter Blake has re-opened the Holburne Museum after three years of closure for restoration and extension.
Read moreCorporate Members First Birthday
08/04/2011
Celebrating the first year of our Corporate Members Scheme
Read moreClore Duffield Award
24/03/2011
*The Holburne Museum has received a grant of £125,000 from the Clore Duffield Foundation*
Read moreHLF Grant for Oral History Project
08/02/2011
*The Holburne Museum has received a grant of £10,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an oral history project in Bath.*
Read moreCollection Research
07/01/2011
This extraordinary Dutch spoon was formerly displayed in the first floor gallery of the Museum. An inscription, flanked by skeletons, commemorates the death of Elisabeth Boser on 20 July 1664 aged only eleven.
Read moreDon't miss in 2011
28/12/2010
In The Telegraph Richard Dorment gives the Holburne's re-opening a mention in his review of things not to miss in 2011. Read his exhibition suggestions *here>>*
Read moreBig Arts Give
06/12/2010
Joint Media Release from the Holburne Museum, Bath Festivals and the egg
Read moreMaugham Acquisition
30/11/2010
*HOLBURNE MUSEUM RECEIVES MAJOR COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS FROM SOMERSET MAUGHAM BEQUEST*
Read morePeter Blake Launches Holburne Museum Public Appeal
12/11/2010
THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM Media Information 12 November 2010
Read moreConservation News
26/11/2010
Collection Conservation Musical Bracket Clock by Georg Philip Strigel
Read moreFinal Selection for Holburne Portrait Prize
13/09/2010
The Holburne Portrait Prize Exhibition 18 September to 12 October 2010 Chapel Row Gallery
Read moreHolburne Portrait Award
06/10/2010
The Holburne Museum Portrait Prize Award Evening 8 October 2010
Read moreEsmee Fairbairn grant for collection conservation
26/08/2010
*Holburne Museum awarded £86,000 for collection to be conserved before re-opening 14 May 2011.*
Read moreEric Parry Wins Resounding Victory in Bath
24/11/2009
Two of the UK’s most respected architects, Eric Parry and Sir Richard MacCormac, won a resounding victory in last night’s debate for an outward-looking approach to Bath’s architectural heritage.
Read moreHolburne Acquires Hoare Painting
11/11/2009
The Holburne Museum acquires celebrated artist William Hoare’s masterpiece of eighteenth-century life.
Read moreHolburne and Bath Architecture 2008 Debate
11/11/2009
*Bath**’s architectural heritage – * *Our future in whose hands?*
Read moreHolburne Ceramic Sample
29/10/2009
The Holburne Museum has applied to B&NES Council to amend the colour of the ceramic which will face the first and second floors of the extension.
Read moreHeritage Lottery Grant for Holburne Education Team
06/08/2009
*Heritage Lottery grant helps the Holburne to reveal history of Sydney Gardens*
Read moreHolburne Free for All
23/07/2009
Two years before it re-opens following a £10.8m capital development project, the Holburne Museum in Bath has made the bold move of scrapping admission charges for the first time in its long history.
Read moreFirst Sod Cut for Development Project
23/03/2009
In a celebration ceremony attended by nearly 100 supporters the Holburne today marked the beginning of its two year development project, which is supported by an award from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Holburne’s contractors Sir Robert McAlpine will begin work on site on Monday 30 March.
Read moreWork to Begin on Site 30 March 2009
10/03/2009
*The Holburne Museum of Art sets project start date *
Read moreHolburne Plans for New Basement Agreed
17/12/2008
*Holburne Museum’s Planning Application Agreed*
Read moreThe Holburne Alive & Kicking!
11/11/2008
The Holburne Museum is currently closed for a development project of restoration and extension, but as its support for Bath City Youth Football Club under 12s team shows, it is very much alive and kicking.
Read moreRare Seventeenth-Century Cabinet Goes on Display at the Wallace Collection
07/11/2008
*The Holburne Museum’s magnificent seventeenth-century English cabinet has been restored and will be displayed at the Wallace Collection, London from 22 November 2008 to 31 May 2009.*
Read moreHalf Term Workshops Give Portraits a Makeover
04/11/2008
*The Holburne Collection as never seen before* - *Photo** Board Museum** Character Cut-Out*
Read moreThe Holburne Portrait Prize Winner 2008
20/10/2008
*The Holburne announces the winner of the 2008 Portrait Prize*
Read moreThe Big Draw 2008
10/10/2008
*THE BIG DRAW - JOIN IN* *Saturday 18 October* *12 noon to 3pm* *FREE *
Read moreThe Holburne Amends Plans for New Basement
07/10/2008
Since the Holburne’s closure the Development Team have been working with archaeologists, engineers and contractors to prepare the site for building work.
Read moreEvening Concerts
14/08/2012
THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM EVENING CONCERT SERIES ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: JASON THORNTON
Read moreSchoolsPortraits
*Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter* Oscar Wilde
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