Welcome to Bath’s Holburne Museum, open daily 10am to 5pm (Sunday and Bank Holiday 11am to 5pm). There’s an admission charge to visit the Holburne’s collection, displays and exhibitions on the first and second floor galleries. Admission is free from 3 to 5pm every Wednesday and from 5 to 9pm the last Friday in the month.
Changing Lives Through Art
Featured Exhibitions and Events
Upcoming Featured Events
Candace Bahouth’s Box of Delights
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.
Matisse Master of Line
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 they preserve the vivacity and clarity of his drawing, giving them an immediacy that is especially striking in dialogue with the etchings of Rembrandt. The core of this exhibition is a group of etchings drawn together by the legendary London…
Coming Home Ira Aldridge
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 first performed on the London stage a year later, going on to become the first black actor known to have established a successful career in Europe. He toured theatres across Britain and Europe, including the Theatre Royal in Bath in…
Rembrandt in Print
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 be sold and distributed but also as distinctive artistic expressions. His characteristic scratchy, fine line creates images remarkable for their atmospheric power and sense of detail. In the nineteenth century Sir William Holburne owned numerous examples of the artist’s etchings,…
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Hear Why Museums Matter
Following our sell out evening with Tristram Hunt (Director, V&A), Maria Balshaw (Director, Tate), Sonia Boyce (artist and academic) and…
Forest of Imagination 2019
Forest of Imagination 2019 20 to 24 June Forest of Imagination is a collaborative, creative partnership. Discover a free, fantastical…
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Collection in focus
At the heart of the Holburne Museum is the collection of Sir William Holburne (1793-1874), fifth baronet of Menstrie.
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