Events for 29th May 2024

With an aquatic theme, with the beauty and power of the ocean highlighted in the paintings of Kit Johns, as well as a National Theatre Live screening of the award-winning 'Life of Pi'. Corsham Lake provides the inspiration for an exciting new dance performance from the Pound Ballet School's Debut Dance Company. Back on dry […]

Five-day residential course completing 6 nannying-specific modules: children's emotional health, family cooking, paediatric first aid, baby basics, common core skills, and running a home and self-care. Student nannies will graduate with an impactful CV and cover letter, trained in interview skills and with the paperwork to walk into job opportunities with both confidence and knowledge. […]

Offering a range of sports activities such as dodgeball, kick-rounders, capture the flag, infinity tag and much more. In addition, there will be some art and crafts, games and competitions, cinema club and tuck shop at breaktime. Suitable for school children in years 1(age 5) - 6(age 11). Wrap-around care available.  

GET Sported Multi-Sports and GET Serious Cricket Camps are back combining sports drills and life skills for children aged 5-14 years as well as a variety of sports, lazer tag, water games and pizza day! Further details and booking online: https://www.getsported.org/Groups/316965/Bath.aspx

An opportunity to explore the Museum and experience the biggest day out in history with live tank displays, D-Day themed activities and more.

Based around the theme of fashion and music. Make paper fans and practice fan language used in the 18th Century or create a Georgian lady paper doll. The famous musician Chevalier de Saint-Georges once visited the Assembly Rooms and you will be able to find out a little bit more in a fun musical way.

Join The Last Baguette theatre company for an exciting, dynamic and fun theatre workshop all about American innovators! Create scenes and stories, learn about important American innovations, and perform the play in front of an invited audience at the end of the day. Ticket includes one adult garden entry for the day.

A relaxing session making papercraft blooms. Suitable for ages 5+; sessions at 9:45am, 1030am, 1130am, 130pm and 230pm. 

A fun community trail around the village to raise funds for Westwood with Iford school; prizes for the most correct guesses! Maps available from Westwood village stores.This year’s theme is “Musicals from Stage and Screen”.

Free exhibition featuring a selection of the 150,000 artefacts, specimens and books donated and cared for in our the collections of the Institute. Highlighting key people and events in the Institution’s history to demonstrate how it survived through two centuries. Some items are on show for the first time and will explore the circumstances in […]

Try your hand at shaping a car body as well as racing a remote-controlled car alongside the last Concorde ever to fly and a real Bristol Car. You will also have the chance to explore the craftsmanship of hand-built luxury cars.

Reimagine your rubbish with cityscape drawing activity. Get inspired by items destined for the recycling box and use them to create shapes and forms for a weird and wonderful cityscape. Drop-in activity, free with museum entry.

Celebrating a journey through the diversity of American landscapes, history and culture in this contemporary, immersive experience, where visitors join in and share their own stories. There will be large-scale-travel games, theatrical sets, and an array of American road-trip memorabilia, as well a chance to get up close to an original 1958 Harley Davidson Duo […]

Explore the free children and adult museum trails through the museum to encourage doodling, drawing and creativity. .

Explore the free children and adult museum trails through the museum to encourage doodling, drawing and creativity. .

An opportunity to plant a miniature garden to take home.

Swish, squelch and splash your way through the 3D sensory installations in Bear Wood to find real bears at the end in this fun family trail.

Free, drop-in sessions to create your own special REME-inspired vehicle from recycled materials. No booking necessary, suitable for all ages and artistic abilities. There will also be an assault course (weather dependent) where you can challenge yourself to complete the miniature army-style course, supervised by serving REME soldiers.

With activities and entertainment for all ages, including spray painting, storytelling, lawn games and live performances, as well as the interactive We're Going on a Bear Hunt trail, bringing the book to life through a series of sensory 3D installations.

A survey of Moore’s sculptural output from his earliest works through to his last years, in which nothing is more than 30cm in size. The first exhibition of its kind, it will include works from every decade of Moore’s career, from the 1920s to the 1980s.

A survey of Moore’s sculptural output from his earliest works through to his last years, in which nothing is more than 30cm in size. The first exhibition of its kind, it will include works from every decade of Moore’s career, from the 1920s to the 1980s.

The first ever UK museum exhibition of internationally renowned artist and internet sensation, Mr Doodle. Primarily characterised by black ink on a white background, his graphic style conjures up a world of quirky creatures and anthropomorphic forms, using ink pens and spray paint to weave together what he describes as “graffiti spaghetti”. The selection of  […]

Join us as we transform natural and scrap resources into a beautiful display box of butterflies, all made by you. All ages welcome but under 7’s must be accompanied by an adult.

An immersive, fun activity to help create a temporary adventure playground at the visitor centre using real tools to build the play structure of dreams using natural materials. In collaboration with Woodland Tribe, children and families can work together in a hands-on experience that bridges the gap between ancient and modern-day construction and play. Children […]

Featuring around 100 posters, this blockbuster show brings bohemian Montmartre to Bath with bright colours and bold lines, Toulouse-Lautrec's striking artwork captured the essence of turn-of-the-century Parisian nightlife. Pieces include his first poster of the Moulin Rouge and the cancan dancers of La Troupe de Mademoiselle Eglantine, alongside works by other celebrated artists of the […]

Make a Roman writing tablet from plasticine and card. Included in entry ticket; free to Discovery Card holders.

‘Conversation piece’ paintings were informal group portraits, often set in an outdoor environment that showed family or friends socialising. Come along and add to the giant Conversation Piece collage - get inspired by the collection of Georgian paintings, or add a modern twist! Free with entry to the museum. Drop-in, no booking required.

Aa family-focused exhibition, showcasing over 60 dragon-themed objects from the Museum’s collection. Explore the stories and symbolism of dragons across China, Japan, and Korea through our family-friendly activities. Design your own dragon to hang in the ‘Dragon Gallery’; write your own dragon myth; and learn more about their history through the Fun Facts Trail and […]