Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. If you're a member there's no need to pre-book. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the collection Listen to Alberta Whittle’s recording of ‘Spell for Release' and explore her suggested reading list for adults and children Fresh from representing Scotland at the...
Join artist Alberta Whittle In Conversation with curator Will Cooper for a discussion about the artist’s latest exhibition, Dipping below a waxing moon, the dance claims us for release. Drawing on their long-term working relationship, the conversation will explore Whittle’s practice of promoting self-compassion and collective care as key methodologies in fighting anti-Blackness, and how...
Gus Casely-Hayford, Director of V&A East, will talk about one of the world’s most significant new museum projects, comprising of two sister sites currently under construction in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. As a platform for new kinds of creative excellence, V&A East will strive to shift the canon and celebrate work that truly demonstrates the dynamism and complexity of global creativity, highlighting under-represented movements and voices by presenting a diverse...
Widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of the Northern Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer was an artist of prodigious skill and ingenuity. As one of the leading printmakers during a time of great change, his images had an enduring influence on both artistic and religious thought. Join assistant curator Eleanor Hutchison for a talk that...
The Holburne Museum welcomes gardeners to a special occasion: Gardeners' Question Time. This will be a rare opportunity to pick the brains of our panel of experienced gardeners: Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, a garden designer and author; her books include Peonies - The Imperial Flower and The Garden, an English Love Affair. Jane has also won two...
Galliarda’s An Enlightened Heart project highlights the music and performing traditions of women in the eighteenth-century. With the inclusion of new pieces for early instruments commissioned by group members from young female composers (Jenni Pinnock and Rebecca Rowe) connect with the developing tradition of female composers today. We aim to raise awareness of the music,...
Alberta Whittle, Dr Jill Sutherland, Natalie McGuire and Allison Thompson discuss the legacies of the Ball’s Plantation, owned by Sir William Holburne’s great-grandfather, Guy Ball. The conversation will be chaired by Dorothy Price. Alberta Whittle is a Scottish-Barbadian artist; she won the Turner Bursary in 2021 and in 2022 represented Scotland at the 59th Venice...
Bath Assembly Rooms are open from 10am - 5pm Monday to Saturday and 11am - 5pm on Sundays and public holidays, admission is free. Entrance via Saville Row Courtyard. The first ever retrospective exhibition devoted to Jeremy Fry’s ground-breaking Unlimited. In 1966, Bath based inventor and entrepreneur Jeremy Fry established Unlimited as an antidote...
Creativity & Wellbeing Coffee Morning Wed 17 May 10.30 - 12.30pm Come for coffee, cake and creativity – a free and friendly event to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week. Make something beautiful, inspired by our museum collection and find out about our museums and wellbeing programme which promotes mental health and wellbeing through engaging with...
Join guest curator Lucy Whitaker for an evening of discovery and exploration of marriage portraiture in the Renaissance. The social and political implications of wedlock, its rituals and ceremonies, and the way these aspects interacted with the fine and decorative arts, will be underpinned by an ultimately elusive and current question: how to convey deep...
Button it! A drop-in day of simple ceramic button making inspired by Lucie Rie. Create a beautiful button and decorate with coloured slip. When? Friday 4 August, 10.30 - 3.30pm Where? Clore Learning Room , ground floor of museum Open to All £1 per person = 1 button Payment...
*Doors open 6:30pm, refreshments available in the cafe. Concert starts 7:30pm. Two accomplished musicians bring a sparkling programme of pieces written for the beloved instruments of the 19th century salon: the fortepiano and romantic guitar. The programme will feature virtuoso and chamber music by Schubert, Rossini, Giuliani and others. Dominika Maszczyńska, in her Holburne...
