Try period-style clothing and capture your own “portraits” (selfies). A selection of easy-to-wear “slip-on” costumes will be available to fit comfortably over everyday clothing. Visitors can take their own photographs or selfies within the themed set. Hosted in collaboration with Bath Theatrical Costume Hire.
Celebrate the end of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday year and make a paper tree decoration using old book pages. No booking required; free with museum entry (children enter the museum for free with a paying adult).
Hares, foxes and even a tortoise are hiding around the house! Come and find some of the mischievous creatures featured in these classic children’s stories. Free with museum entry.
An immersive experience bringing the grand rooms of the house to life through stories celebrating the traditions of the season as they were enjoyed over two centuries ago. The museum will be decorated with holly, ivy and yew, gilded fruits, sugar sculptures, and festive flourishes. The scent of dried oranges and spices will fill the […]
Create your own kaleidoscope, play with light and reflection to make patterns, inspired by the images in the Handle with Care: Cornelia Parker & Historic Glass exhibition. Drop-in, free with general admission.
Make and decorate your own Georgian-style hat to take home. Drop in craft, free with museum admission (children enter the museum free with a paying adult).
Exhibition that will look through the eyes of one of Britain’s most acclaimed contemporary artists, Cornelia Parker, at the historic glass and found objects that inspire her work and artistic process.
Imagine you are a Georgian botanist and make a butterfly or moth artwork in this drop-in activity, free with museum entry. Children free museum entry with a paying adult.
a fun, creative day of art and exploration, inspired by the exhibition the botanical world of Mary Delany and Georgie Hopton – a domestic arrangement. You will discover different artists and their work, try out a range of ways to make your own botanical artworks, and share what you have learned at the end of the […]
An exhibition of paintings by Glenn Brown, one of the most celebrated painters to emerge from the generation of Young British Artists. Glenn Brown in Bath: Grottoesque will be on exhibition at No1 Royal Crescent from 22 May. Together, representing a homecoming for Brown, who studied at the Bath School of Art and Design.
