The Holburne Museum

Changing lives through art.

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Sunday and Bank Holiday 11am to 5pm
Free Entry – Wednesday afternoons 3pm – 5pm

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Instagram or be Damned

December 6 – February 9, 2020
INSTAGRAM OR BE DAMNED: Clarke’s Cabinets of Idol Worship Friday 6 December 2019 to Sunday 9 February 2020 Café Gallery Mark Clarke’s satirical assemblage sculptures explore the notion of contemporary celebrity culture. Intended as works of latter-day folk art, his portraits of...

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Matisse Master of Line

September 18 – January 5, 2020
One of the undisputed masters of 20th century art, Henri Matisse (1869–1954) is renowned for the exquisite delicacy of his drawn line as much as for the intense brilliance of his colour. His etchings are remarkable for the fact that...

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Holburne Party: A Very Georgian Soirée - POSTPONED

November 23 7:00 pm – November 23 10:00 pm
NOW POSTPONED For one night only, immerse yourself in the colourful world of the 18th-century Sydney Hotel. Experience a night of Georgian scandal and revelry as we transport you back in time. Enjoy an eclectic programme of: • Live music • Historic dancing •...

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Rembrandt in Print

October 4 – January 5, 2020
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) is one of the greatest printmakers of all time, as well as being the recognised master of the Dutch Golden Age. Innovative and experimental in his print making, Rembrandt created prints not only as multiples to...

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Coming Home Ira Aldridge

October 3 – March 1, 2020
On loan from the National Portrait Gallery this autumn, the portrait of Ira Aldridge (1807– 1867) will go on display in the Picture Gallery. Born in New York, Aldridge came to England in 1824 at the age of seventeen. He...

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Candace Bahouth's Box of Delights

September 6 – January 5, 2020
The Ballroom table’s Perspex box has been transformed by Candace Bahouth into a creative hot house! A riot of colour, pattern and mosaic, Candace takes the ordinary and reimagines it to create bizarre, surreal and fanciful objects....

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Felicity Hammond Surface Treatment

November 13, 2019

Katie Jenkins

We’re excited to announce Felicity Hammond’s new site specific installation, Surface Treatment. Emerging from the waters of Cleveland Pools, Surface…

Grayson Perry, Cocktail Party, 1989 Courtesy of the artist and Victoria Miro London/Venice

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2020 Exhibition Programme

October 31, 2019

Katie Jenkins

Grayson Perry and Canaletto exhibitions among stand-out highlights Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years 24 January to 25 May 2020 One…

Funding received for Pathways to Wellbeing

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Funding for Pathways to Wellbeing

October 2, 2019

Katie Jenkins

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The Holburne Museum secures £200,000 funding to continue its nationally recognised Pathways to Wellbeing programme The Holburne Museum is delighted…

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MARCH Mental Health Network @NetworkMARCH·

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Our #ArtsonPrescription conference is tomorrow! We will hear from @BreatheAHR @HootMusic #BristolArtsonReferral @Holburne @TakeArt @ArtlinkCentral @rpoonline @danceforpd and @ArtliftB
who are all delivering arts on prescription programmes around the UK @Mental_Elf @R_S_P_H

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The Holburne Museum @Holburne·

18 Nov

We have an amazing fully funded opportunity to complete a 4 year Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) with Leicester University and @Holburne starting Oct 2020. Full details here...https://t.co/obelCPet1H
@uniofleicester @ArtsHealthSW @BathPresTrust @SocialPrescrib2 @CW4everyone

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FaB @FringeArtsBath·

16 Nov

@EdgeArtsBath are thrilled to announce a site-specific sculptural work at @Clevelandpools (FaB’s fave outdoor pool) by Artist @FlissHammond, open 23 Nov to 8 Dec, Fri-Sun, 12-5pm⁠ https://t.co/879uiCDtS9 NB there’s no parking nearby, head down there on foot or by bus! @Holburne

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Instagram or be Damned

Matisse Master of Line

Holburne Party: A Very Georgian Soirée - POSTPONED

Rembrandt in Print

Coming Home Ira Aldridge

Candace Bahouth's Box of Delights

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Felicity Hammond Surface Treatment

2020 Exhibition Programme

Funding for Pathways to Wellbeing

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