Events for 14th June 2024

Encouraging children and young people to get creative and choose their own challenge or plan a bake sale, sponsored challenge or sporting event, pet portrait sale, crafts sale, no treat week or geocaching. The aim is for each individual or team to raise £150 but any amount, large or small will help to make a […]

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 […]

Bath’s most chilled out Summer venue is back with a unique Caribbean beach bar located right in the centre of Bath with shaded Cabanas, picnic benches, table tennis, boules, bean bag toss, cocktails and plenty of food options.

Free admission for families during half-term (26 October – 3 November) and a ‘Fantastical Tails’ gallery trail inspired by the wonderful creatures and animals in Chila Burman and Paula Rego’s work; suitable for ages 6yrs+.

Two days of events aiming to increase the engagement of the local community with Queer arts and culture through talks, creative workshops, films, cabaret, and silent discos. There will also be a special museum trail by Holburne Future Collective and the exhibitions featuring Henry Moore in Miniature and Mr Doodle: Museum Mayhem. Friday 14 June: […]

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. .

For further details, please contact Dave Stockley, davecarlstockley@gmail.com

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.

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  […]

A group of young people from Hartcliffe have been working with artists Oshii and Jono Gilmurray to create a sound and visual art installation for the aviary. The group explored the history of the building and the bird life that would have inhabited it, the significance of birds to the wider history and how the […]

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 […]

Be included in part of the zoo’s 25th anniversary celebrations. An opportunity for home educator parents and children to explore the site and learn lots about the zoo and the amazing animals that live there.

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 […]

Explore the histories of Georgian fancy dress and the legacies of it today in this free pop-up exhibition including historic costume, recreated historical dress, and multi-sensory elements, dressing up from the dress-up box, and share your opinions with us on what fancy dress means to you. Exhibition created in collaboration with historical dress makers, experts […]

Find out what life was like for the people who worked behind the scenes from the servants of the eighteenth century to the housekeeper and gardener in the 1950s. There will be information available in each room with details of servants' lives throughout the years, an opportunity to dress up in an apron and try […]

Experts Dr Meg Kobza and Dr Serena Dyer bring the research behind the Dressing Fancy programme to life sharing knowledge and skills in interpreting fashion and costume and the process to remake and refashion historical dress. As part of this talk visitors will be able explore the pop-up exhibition on its opening day.