Angela Hicks soprano | Sam Brown romantic guitar An intimate evening with one of the UK’s most innovative young song duos, inspired by themes from the Rossetti exhibition: love, nostalgia, portraits and dedications. Music by Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Tarrega. 7pm for a 7.30pm start
Sir Nicholas Penny (former Director of the National Gallery) will deliver a talk “The National Gallery and Longford Castle, a new style of relationship’’. This will be of particular interest to those who visited Longford at the beginning of September, but will be equally fascinating as an insight into how public and private collections can interact...
This October half term explore the Holburne is a new spook-tacular way! Uncover the hidden ghost stories within the museum's unique collection and historic building- with a Halloween twist. Trails are available to purchase from museum front desk 23-31 October. £1 per trail. General Admission Prices for the Holburne Museum are as follows: Full Price...
The ‘House of Holburne’ opens its doors for Halloween treats and spectacles! Join us on Saturday 30 October 5-9pm for an evening of spook-tacular fun including:- 'Show Us Your Pumpkin' carved pumpkin competition- Free to Enter! Carve your pumpkin with your best spooky design at home, bring it with you to display outside the museum...
This October half term explore the Holburne is a new spook-tacular way! Uncover the hidden ghost stories within the museum's unique collection and historic building- with a Halloween twist. Trails are available to purchase from museum front desk 23-31 October. £1 per person. General Admission Prices for the Holburne Museum are as follows: Full Price...
4 part on-line workshop with Sabrin Hasbun (Bath Spa University and Falmouth University). A writing workshop created for and welcoming people from the Black community, the African and Caribbean diaspora, those who identify as part of a minority community, and anyone who feels impacted by colonialism. If you would like to find ways that your...
A celebration of the 250th anniversary of the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850) About this event A celebration of the 250th anniversary of the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850), whose collaboration with S. T. Coleridge, The Lyrical Ballads, was published in the West Country in 1798. This event will feature short talks by...
Free Zoom Lecture with artist Sunil Gupta 7pm Thursday 11 November Join artist Sunil Gupta in this talk where he discusses creating a new iconography of same sex desire. He notes of his series of pictures, ‘The Pre-Raphaelite group of painters in England were formed to contest the stifling norms of their world and to...
BATH SPA UNIVERSITY TALKS AT THE HOLBURNE Catherine Parsonage is the inaugural Freelands Painting Fellow at Bath Spa University, (2021). The Freelands Foundation launched a two-year pilot programme of Painting Fellowships in partnership with three universities across the UK. The Fellowships provide new, alternative opportunities for emerging artists to contribute to conversations around the teaching...
FREE ENTRY - NO BOOKING REQUIRED (£7 for Rossetti Portraits - purchase tickets on arrival) Join students from Bath Spa University from BA Creative Writing and BA Music for an after hours evening at The Holburne as they respond to the museum's unique atmosphere through poetry and prose with a backdrop of jazz. Whilst enjoying...
Join us for our first UP Late of 2022. Enjoy FREE access to our collection galleries and discounted entry to our exhibition. Our Garden café will be open throughout the evening serving wine, beers, and special themed cocktails. FREE NO BOOKING REQUIRED* *Booking only required for Tudor tours (5.30pm / 6.30pm / 7.30pm) - see...
Alice Temperley, Jade Parfitt, and the Holburne Museum Warmly invite you to an evening of fundraising for Bath Welcomes Refugees Saturday 19 March 2022 at the Holburne, 6.30pm - 11pm * THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT - DONATIONS STILL WELCOME* 9pm Auction 10pm Raffle draw Tickets - £30 Dress - cocktail Live DJ set...
