A morning of FREE creative activities - open to all! No need to book just drop-in and get making. Join us for a morning of creative family fun inspired by our exciting contemporary exhibition- Mick Peter: Old Ghosts. Be inspired by one of our creative facilitators - on hand to share ideas and get you feeling...
A morning of FREE creative activities - open to all! No need to book just drop-in and get making. Join us for a morning of creative family fun inspired by our exciting contemporary exhibition- Mick Peter: Old Ghosts. Be inspired by one of our creative facilitators - on hand to share ideas and get you feeling...
Trails are available every weekend and school holiday from 19 February - 15 May 2022. Explore the museum in a new and playful way with our free family trail, inspired by our current exhibition Mick Peter: Old Ghosts. Collect your trail for free from the museum front desk and get creative!
Enjoy a free family morning of creative collage fun taking inspiration from our exhibition Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics. In a relaxed and playful session led by one of our talented creative facilitators you will learn how to create your very own Tudor inspired portrait. All materials provided including beautiful textiles, beads and ribbons to...
In our opening exhibition of 2022, The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics, you will come face-to-face with the five Tudor monarchs - Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I - who, to this day, remain some of the most familiar figures in English history; not least because these instantly recognisable portraits...
People Make Museums is a celebration of creativity and the importance of people in museums. People bring stories, memories, lived experience and ways of seeing which constantly reinvigorate and challenge museums and their collections. It is people that make museums relevant. You can book in advance here, or you can also just purchase tickets on arrival...
Old Ghosts is an exhibition of new work by Glasgow-based artist, Mick Peter. Old Ghosts takes a wry and affectionate look at the idea of history as an industry. In several surprising interventions, inside and outside the Holburne Museum, visitors will encounter amusing tableaux which appear to be cartoons that have come to life. You...
Medieval Revivalism in Pre-Raphaelite Fashion Free Zoom Lecture with fashion historian, writer and broadcaster Amber Butchart to celebrate our exhibition Rossetti's Portraits 7pm Thursday 16 December Fashion historian, writer and broadcaster Amber Butchart delves into the fashion of the Pre-Raphaelite era to consider the romantic medieval revivalism at the heart of many styles and techniques,...
This Christmas join us for a morning of FREE Festive Family Fun to create your own Crazy Crackers -inspired by our current exhibition Rossetti's Portraits. Enjoy a playful and inspiring activity with your children and make your own stunning cracker- ready for the big day! Running from 10am-1pm, in the Clore Learning Space. Open to...
This Christmas join us for a morning of FREE Festive Family Fun to create your own Beautiful Box .Enjoy a playful and inspiring activity with your children and make your own festive decoration to put on your tree, or even to give as a gift, you decide! Running from 10am-1pm, in the Clore Learning...
Hornet, hailstone, crab eye, aerodrome…(etc) presents the results of a recent anagama kiln firing by British artists Aaron Angell (b. 1987) and Steven Claydon (b.1969). Join the two artists In Conversation with Will Cooper, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Holburne, at 7pm on 9 December where they will discuss their display which is drawn...
Dowland Youth Works | Laurence Williams director | Sam Brown lute Dowland Youth Works was formed in 2018 to introduce gifted young singers to the world of early music. You are warmly invited to an Elizabethan evening of songs and carols in the company of this special ensemble and their directors. Music by Byrd, Tallis, Dowland, et al. 7pm...
