Sunday afternoons, 11 August and 8 September 2- 4pm | FREE activity | Clore learning space Art for All! Fast paced and fun, Bath Portrait Club welcomes everyone (not just artists!) to have a go at drawing a face, with sitters changing every 15 minutes. There will be 32 seated places available in our Clore learning...
To celebrate the 2024 Jane Austen Festival in Bath, please join us at the Holburne Museum on 13 September to create a beautiful Georgian-inspired Whitework handkerchief. You will also have an opportunity to view many of the museum’s magnificent objects including exquisite embroideries and Georgian portraits. During the class, RSN Tutor, Deborah Wilding will show...
Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. General Entry tickets include all exhibitions and the Collection Galleries. Members free. The Holburne presents Neon Dreams, an installation by Chila Kumari Singh Burman, a contemporary British artist with a widely recognised practice shaped by popular media, history and punjabi cultural identity. The Glowing Canopies (2023)...
An immersive two day celebration curated by industry professionals, offering attendees a unique experience to observe the British Fashion Industry up close. A two day festival of fashion held at the iconic Holburne Museum packed with local and international highlights from catwalk shows to panel talks to pop-up shops, workshops and rarely seen installations. Watch...
Two hundred years ago, in the founding year of Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, Sir William Holburne embarked on a grand tour of Europe, lasting till 1825. This tour sparked his career as a collector, spanning 50 years. Holburne came to be known as a respected collector of paintings, silverware, and the decorative arts, with many of his...
Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. General Entry tickets include all exhibitions and the Collection Galleries. Members free. Both Goya and Rego have long been associated with the concept of the uncanny. Themes and imagery present in the work of both artists draw on a feeling of disconcerting and unsettling familiarity, whether...
Join researchers from the University of Bath, for an evening of explorations of myths and storytelling, from Zeus to AI and everything in-between! The programme will include arts and crafts workshops, creative writing, author talks, and games for all ages! Throughout the night you will also be able to explore the permanent collection via a...
*This event has now sold out. Please contact us at friends@holburne.org or call Arthur Warburton, Assistant Administrator at 01225 388574 to be placed on the waiting list. Having organised Friends’ trips to Gloucester and Hereford recently, it seems natural to go for the ‘Three Choirs’ hat-trick and visit Worcester! Leaving the Holburne promptly at...
Nathaniel Mander is delighted to be returning to perform at the Holburne in a beautifully romantic programme of works by Mozart on the Museum’s exquisite Schantz fortepiano. The fortepiano, acquired by the Holburne in 1983, is one of the highlights of the collection, gracing the top floor picture gallery. It was made in Vienna...
Every Monday in October a member of the Holburne’s staff including the Director, Curator and Head of Learning, will be hosting FREE informal 'Walk & Talk' sessions, exploring how we reclaim narratives within our collection and sharing some of the work we are doing. This is an opportunity to share ideas and ask questions. Mondays...
Creativity & Wellbeing Tea Party All welcome! FREE When? Tues 8 October, 2 -4pm Where? CLORE Learning room, ground floor of museum Come and join us to mark World Mental Health Day (actual day Thursday 10 October). Let’s get together to enjoy creative activities led by staff and members of our Pathways to...
Bath Portrait Club – drawing in the galleries Sunday 13 October (2-4pm) Normal museum admission charges apply Fast paced and fun, portrait club welcomes everyone (not just artists) to have a go at drawing a face, with the sitter charging every 15 minutes. Giuliana Terran is an artist fascinated by the human form and teaches...
