Blog: Caring for communities as well as collections
Dr Chris Stephens, Director of the Holburne Museum, Bath, reflects on the importance of creative health work and the impact of the Pathways to Wellbeing programme: “Coming from a large…
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A Spoonful of History
William Holburne loved spoons, and we have over 120 as part of the original bequest. While we are not sure why he was so keen on spoons, we do know…
Opening October 2025 – Winifred Nicholson and Andrew Cranston: Dreams of the everyday
The Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney: 21 June–13 September 2025 The Holburne Museum, Bath: 3 October 2025–11 January 2026 The Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, Orkney, and The Holburne…
Gallery closures
We’ve got an exciting summer ahead, but there will be a number of temporary gallery closures and potential disruption for visitors while we prepare the building for the new season:…
Coming Soon – Nicolas Party: Copper & Dust
12 May – 31 August 2025 The Holburne is delighted to present Copper & Dust, a new exhibition by Nicolas Party (b.1980, Lausanne, Switzerland). The presentation brings together oil paintings…
Queer Bath 2025: A Citywide Celebration of LGBTQ+ Arts, Culture & Heritage
The rich tapestry of LGBTQ+ lives, stories and creativity in Bath will be celebrated during five weeks of activity in a citywide campaign — the first of its kind —…
Bath Life Awards: Leisure & Tourism Winner
We were delighted to be awarded the winners of the Leisure & Tourism category at the 2025 Bath Life Awards, in recognition of last year’s exhibitions and events including Gwen…
Coming soon – ‘Impressions in Watercolour: Turner and his Contemporaries’
23 May – 14 September 2025 The Holburne Museum is delighted to present Impressions in Watercolour: Turner and his Contemporaries, a rare opportunity to see some of Turner’s finest watercolours,…
Welcoming a new Assistant Curator to the Holburne Museum
We are delighted to welcome Ben Sharp to the Holburne team, who joins us this week in the role of Assistant Curator. A curator and researcher specialising in Modern British…
Have your say on our new displays
The Holburne Museum is working hard to create new galleries and other public spaces, which will include a new display of objects from our 10,000 piece collection that have never…
Easter holidays – Family fun at the Holburne
The Holburne Museum in Bath is the perfect place for a family day out this Easter. With three exhibitions, free trails and workshops, and the café… there’s so much to…
Now open: Joshua Donkor
Joshua Donkor I have more souls than one 18 January – 5 May 2025 The Holburne is pleased to present a display of recent works by Joshua Donkor (b. 1997,…