Calm Sensory Sessions What are they? Calm Sensory Times have been created with neurodivergent children, families and adults in mind who may benefit from visiting the museum in a calmer and quieter period. When are they? We are trialing the new offer of Calm Sensory Times for the following times and dates, during the Mr...
Wonder at after-hours access to Forest of Imagination in the Holburne Gardens. Enjoy interactive and sensory experiences amongst the fascinating outdoor artworks FREE access to the collection galleries 5pm - 8.30pm Garden Cafe and Terrace open all evening No booking required - just turn up. Reduced entry to Henry Moore exhibition (£7) - optional pre-booking...
Moore or Less: Adult Sculpture Workshop NEW DATE ADDED - Friday 12 July | 10-4pm | £85 Wednesday 3 July | 10-4pm | £85 Enjoy a day of explorative sculpture with sculptor Anna Gillespie. Inspired by Henry Moore's maquettes and hand-held pieces, use wax, clay and natural, found materials to explore form, abstraction and spatial...
Chris Stephens, Director of the Holburne, will chair a lively conversation with Sebastiano Barassi, Head of Collections & Programmes at Henry Moore Foundation and Francesca Whitham, specialist in modern and contemporary art at Dreweatts auction house, exploring the impact and influence of Moore’s work in the 20th century. The Garden Cafe will be open for...
This day trip is a rare chance to see a spectacular contemporary walled garden, not usually open to the public. Set in four acres, it was commissioned in 2004 and designed by Pascal Cribier, one of the most notable garden designers of his generation, and the only layout by him in this country. Cribier’s...
Impromptu Shakespeare has been a hit at Edinburgh Fringe, Bristol Shakespeare Festival, and appeared on BBC Shakespeare Live. About this event Impromptu Shakespeare returns to the Garden for an evening of on-the-spot laughter and new sonnets … With story and verse improvised in the moment, enjoy a riotous new Shakespeare play every time – performed by...
Join the HandleBards at the Garden Theatre Festival for a hilarious, high-octane production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. About this event Four young lovers find themselves lost in a magical forest, where the Fairy King and Queen are fighting for the possession of a changeling boy. A group of amateur actors head to the same forest to...
Moore or Less: Adult Sculpture Workshop Friday 12 July | 10-4pm | £85 Enjoy a day of explorative sculpture with sculptor Anna Gillespie. Inspired by Henry Moore's maquettes and hand-held pieces, use wax, clay and natural, found materials to explore form, abstraction and spatial relationships. *Gallery tour, morning refreshments and all materials provided. Image...
Join the HandleBards at the Garden Theatre Festival for a hilarious, high-octane production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. About this event Four young lovers find themselves lost in a magical forest, where the Fairy King and Queen are fighting for the possession of a changeling boy. A group of amateur actors head to the same forest to...
Join the HandleBards at the Garden Theatre Festival for a hilarious, high-octane production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. About this event Four young lovers find themselves lost in a magical forest, where the Fairy King and Queen are fighting for the possession of a changeling boy. A group of amateur actors head to the same forest to...
Bath Carnival – Graffiti/ Doodle drop-in Saturday 13 July, 10.30am -12.30pm Holburne Museum – back garden Calling Young Men (16 – 25yrs) interested in a new social/ creative group @Holburne Museum What to expect: Graffiti boards to fill (taking inspiration from Mr Doodle’s current Take-over of the museum) Meet Matt (Lead Artist) and...
Doodle Day with Bath Carnival Saturday 13 July | 11am - 3pm | Drop-in FREE The carnival is in town! Join us in our celebrations and help us create a doodled mural inspired by all things carnival and our current exhibition Mr Doodle: Museum Mayhem. Free Doodle Mask Making = Clore Learning Room Free Doodle...
