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Adults Exhibition Food
February 15, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Museum is delighted to be hosting guest chef Josh Eggleton along with Rob Howell of ROOT Bristol. Enjoy a menu specially created for the Holburne that celebrates the best of ROOT and the sustainable fruit and vegetable suppliers from...
Adults Workshop
February 16, 2019 @ 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
Join printmaker, Jemma Gunning, for a lively day of sketching and printing. Spend the morning making site-specific drawings around Bath, using various drawing techniques to capture the beautiful architecture the city has to offer. In the afternoon, you will work...
Adults Cinema Exhibition In Conversation Talk
March 8, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join acclaimed director and activist Ken Loach in conversation with Holburne-exhibiting artist and Turner-prize nominee George Shaw as they talk about the links between their works. Best-known for his films Kes (1969), I, Daniel Blake (2016) and The Wind that...
Adults Talk Tour
March 9, 2019 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Explore the legacies of slave ownership in Bath, and the campaigns against the slave trade, through a discovery of plaqued and unplaqued buildings. This walk will start in the Holburne’s galleries, continue along Pulteney Street and return via St James’...
Adults Exhibition Featured Learning Study Day
April 5, 2019 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Friday 5 April, 10am–4.30pm £30 (includes refreshments on arrival and welcome pack) ‘Increasingly museums are an essential part of the social health infrastructure as well as the cultural and we are very much an active part of that development. Since...
Adults Talk Tour
April 6, 2019 @ 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
In this second walking tour with Richard White, journey from the Holburne Museum to Beckford’s Tower at a relaxed pace, taking in sounds and sights, photographs and sketches, as you discover the hidden history of Bath’s slaveowners. There will be...
Adults Evening Lecture Talk
April 18, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join Jacqueline Riding as she discusses her acclaimed book on the 1819 massacre of peaceful protesters for parliamentary reform,and in addition her role as historical consultant for Mike Leigh’s film on the same subject, Peterloo. Jacqueline Riding specialises in the...
Adults Learning Workshop
June 15, 2019 @ 10:30 am – June 16, 2019 @ 4:30 pm
Join artist Andrew Lansley for this two-day course in drawing and painting the city of Bath. Spend the first day sketching and exploring the local area on foot, and learn key skills in drawing, colour application and composition. On the...
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