Turner’s techniques
In our current exhibition, Impressions in Watercolour: Turner and his Contemporaries, you can discover a range of Turner’s studies and sketches on paper, many of which were painted en plein…
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The Queer Holburne Trail: Uncovering queer histories in our collection
Queer Bath is a month-long celebration of LGBTQ+ arts, culture and heritage across our historic city, uncovering and sharing the hidden queer histories embedded in Bath’s historic buildings and collections. The…
Queer Holburne Trail
To celebrate Queer Bath in 2025, the Queer Holburne Trail explores pieces which have queer themes, narratives and histories, reflecting the diverse and eclectic collection of the Holburne. The trail aims…
Queer Textiles: A blog reflecting on Queer Bath 2025
By Zoë Grech, a member of the Holburne Future Collective (our team of young adult volunteers) June 2025 Textile based mediums have been widely used by queer artists. Textiles hold…
New opportunities in our new galleries
The Holburne is seeking to recruit 50 new volunteers of all ages and backgrounds who are enthusiastic, enjoy art and history, have a great sense of fun and are looking…
Renaissance treasures to go on view to the public in new gallery opening September
The Schroder Gallery opens to the public on 11 September 2025 The Holburne is delighted to announce further details of a major, two-million-pound development with the autumn opening of the…
5 things you need to know about Nicolas Party
This summer, the Museum presents Copper & Dust, an exhibition and site-specific mural by contemporary artist Nicolas Party. Here are 5 key things you need to know about him… Party…
Adjoa Andoh voices new audio tour at the Holburne
The Holburne Museum in Bath, known world-wide as the filming location for ‘Lady Danbury’s House’ in Bridgerton, has launched a new audio tour voiced by the actor Adjoa Andoh who…
Blog: Caring for communities as well as collections
Dr Chris Stephens, Director of the Holburne Museum, Bath, reflects on the importance of creative health work and the impact of the Pathways to Wellbeing programme: “Coming from a large…
A Spoonful of History
William Holburne loved spoons, and we have over 120 as part of the original bequest. While we are not sure why he was so keen on spoons, we do know…
Opening October 2025 – Winifred Nicholson and Andrew Cranston: Dreams of the everyday
The Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney: 21 June–13 September 2025 The Holburne Museum, Bath: 3 October 2025–11 January 2026 The Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, Orkney, and The Holburne in…
Gallery closures
We’ve got an exciting summer ahead, but there will be a number of temporary gallery closures and potential disruption for visitors while we prepare the building for the new season:…