Pop Down, Zone in, Chill out Join us for our Up Late on Friday 26 August 5pm – 9pm. During the evening you can enjoy: FREE entry to our collection galleries Reduced entry to Hockney: Love Life Cocktails in the Garden café and Terrace DJ Pablo Tinte Enjoy FREE access to our collection galleries...
Have you ever thought about creating your very own story based on the letters of your name? David Cadji-Newby, author of Wonderbly's best-selling, personalised Lost My Name adventure will be here providing story writing tips in this fun and interactive session for young writers. Everyone will get to take home their own personalised book! You...
Get creative with author and poet Rachel Piercey to celebrate all the fun and exciting things that happen in a woodland year. An interactive event packed full of nature-inspired activities featuring Bear and all his friends from Rachel’s new book If You Go Down to the Woods Today. Rachel Piercey is a freelance poet, editor...
Join us for a series of hands-on, interactive activities looking at the presence and absence of women from the arts. All too often women were depicted in the visual arts to satisfy a certain (male) gaze. What happens when we disrupt these depictions, and we give women the space to tell their own stories? How...
This October half term pop-in and make a Haunted House to take away with you! Brilliant materials and lots of creative inspiration. FREE - All welcome! Workshop is suitable for children aged 5+, children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. When? Tuesday 25 October, 10 - 1 Where? The Holburne Museum, Clore...
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 entry to museum for all* NO BOOKING REQUIRED Museum trail / Free face painting / Fancy dress competition - dress to impress us...
Art as Social Activism! Friday 25 November 5-9pm Take part in creating a large-scale mixed-media artwork inspired by Nalini Malani’s My Reality is Different. Respond to and reinterpret the Holburne ’s 18th century collection, challenging perceptions of gender, nationality, empire, and colonialism. Come, respond and create inspired by the Holburne’s collection of 18th century paintings and feel safe...
This February half term enjoy a full FREE day of family creative activities- there's something for everyone! Love Lockets 10.30am - 1pm Make a beautiful miniature locket for someone special on Valentines Day! Inspired by the miniature portraits in the Holburne's collection. Animal Antics 2...
Contorted - Young People's Figurative Sculpture Workshop with Anna Gillespie When? Wednesday 15 February 2023 10 - 4.30 Where? The Holburne Museum, The Clore Learning room (ground floor of museum, opposite shop) Explore Alberta Whittle’s installation and use of limbo dance as a metaphor for the contortion of the human body. Work...
Pop-Up Animal Scenes - Family Creativity Workshop Make a 'scene' this half term! An animal scene that is... Designed for families to enjoy creative making together, be inspired by Durer’s wood cut prints and fascination with animals to create your own pop-up scene. In this special 2-hour workshop you will be learn from an experienced...
Live Animal Drawing Workshop - sold out! Discover the amazing animals and creatures that inhabit Durer’s woodcut worlds. Enjoy meeting a REAL leopard gecko, bearded dragon, pygmy hedgehog, barn owl and snake! Explore mark making and drawing whilst learning about these animals in this fun and creative workshop. When? Saturday 25 March 2023 ...
Our popular annual Plant Sale takes place on the Coronation Weekend. In addition to many stalls and specialist nurseries selling beautiful plants and herbs, there sales for pre-loved books and handmade cards. Visitors will also be able to enjoy expert gardening advice and tips free of charge, alongside refreshments including teas, coffees, and delicious homemade cakes...
