Events for 20th July 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 […]

An opportunity to go behind the scenes and get inside the parts of the Museum off limits to the general public. The experience day allows access inside the workshop, archive, and a First World War tank.

Saturday morning football training sessions for girls and boys in school years 2 and 3 including beat the player moves, aerial control practices, 1v1's 2v2's and 3v3’s, weak foot practice and much more in a fun learning environment. Sessions provide organised and safe football whilst promoting good behaviour, teamwork and effort run by a team […]

The cherry orchard is Madame Ranevsky’s favourite place and tonight she’s saying goodbye to it one last time before moving house. Under the light of the silvery moon, she plays with her nocturnal friends before Midnight Mole bursts from his mound to join her. With a fascination for found objects, Mole leads her on an […]

Become a summer code breaker and experience a unique adventure that blends fun, education, and the beauty of nature in an interactive puzzle adventure suitable for all. Discover letters hidden around the site and unscramble them to solve the secret phrase and collect a special sticker and enter a prize draw for a chance to […]

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.

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

An opportunity to explore interactive activities including LEGO® graffiti walls and robot wars as well as going aboard Concorde and enjoying everything else the museum has to offer.

Join in with seasonal field tasks to be productive, educational, engaging and sociable and have fun whilst learning where our food comes from in a beautiful setting, overlooking Chew Valley Lake. Adults and (supervised) children are welcome.

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.

As well as six different types of sharks, native to the UK and from around the world, find the lesser spotted catshark, bull huss shark, Arabian carpet shark, brownbanded bamboo shark, banded Japanese smooth hound and the Port Jackson shark amongst the thousands of aquatic creatures. Watch sharks being fed at daily talks and get […]

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  […]

Try your hand at unearthing the past in the special sandboxes and explore the Where’s My Shadow? summer quest. Artefacts from across the centuries are ready to be excavated, giving children the chance to learn more about the history of Stonehenge through the things that have been left behind.

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 designs by innovative architects, engineers, and designers, which show future “biophilic” visions of the city.

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 […]

Charlie loves reading.  Especially books about pirates.  But his sister hates it - it’s boring!  Can Charlie convince her that reading is fun?  Perhaps if she read a book about a pirate, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading a book about a knight… Based on the original book brought to life […]

Celebrate the town's connection to Maud Heath, meet reenactors in the Market Place, and discover more about Medieval Chippenham.

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 […]

With board games, baby rhyme time, lego club, and toddler rhyme time sessions, as well as other fun games and activities throughout the summer. Booking essential for all special events. Please call 01225 702039 or email libraryenquiries@wiltshire.gov.uk to secure your space. Children must be accompanied by an adult (children 8 and under must never be […]

Variety of activities available including planting and gardening, arts and crafts, kite workshop, games, mud kitchen, tie dye, mocktail classes, pizza making, scavenger hunt and more. Full details and schedule available online.

Learn how to use low tech printmaking techniques to create a Bristol/Bath Balloon print! As well as learning  the techniques to make the artwork, you will produce a unique A3 print. Suitable for 16 yrs+ as it includes cutting paper stencils and using printmaking inks and rollers to create the artwork. 

Introducing Wendy Darling to the lost boys, the cheeky Tinkerbell, the hilarious Smee, and a host of other exciting characters before facing the most feared villain of the mall, the infamous Captain Hook! Filled with catchy music, heaps of audience interaction, and a laugh-a-minute script, this hilarious and exciting musical of the boy who never […]

Tickets available online

With an international company of dancers, the programme includes Kenneth MacMillan’s 1972 one-act ballet Ballade as well a variety of British ballet and contemporary dance. Suitable for ages 5+ years.

After working hard all year, members come together to celebrate all the music learned during the academic year. Playing the very best in rock and pop classics it’s guaranteed to be a good time for all.

An open-air celebration of White Isle-inspired house music, reinvented by a 32-piece orchestra, headline DJs and live vocalists. Expect a feel-good atmosphere, with people of all ages, enjoying iconic music in a stunning location as well as a bar and street food or bring your own.

Tickets available online

With an international company of dancers, the programme includes Kenneth MacMillan’s 1972 one-act ballet Ballade as well a variety of British ballet and contemporary dance. Suitable for ages 5+ years.

Follow the adventurous Aladdin as he embarks on a journey to win the heart of Princess Jasmine and defeat the wicked Jafar. With the help of his genie, he navigates the streets of Agrabah and discovers that there's more to life than just material wealth. Featuring iconic music and filled with unforgettable magic, comedy and […]