The Holburne Museum welcomes gardeners to a special occasion: Gardeners' Question Time. This will be a rare opportunity to pick the brains of our panel of experienced gardeners: Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, a garden designer and author; her books include Peonies - The Imperial Flower and The Garden, an English Love Affair. Jane has also won two...
Galliarda’s An Enlightened Heart project highlights the music and performing traditions of women in the eighteenth-century. With the inclusion of new pieces for early instruments commissioned by group members from young female composers (Jenni Pinnock and Rebecca Rowe) connect with the developing tradition of female composers today. We aim to raise awareness of the music,...
Alberta Whittle, Dr Jill Sutherland, Natalie McGuire and Allison Thompson discuss the legacies of the Ball’s Plantation, owned by Sir William Holburne’s great-grandfather, Guy Ball. The conversation will be chaired by Dorothy Price. Alberta Whittle is a Scottish-Barbadian artist; she won the Turner Bursary in 2021 and in 2022 represented Scotland at the 59th Venice...
Bath Assembly Rooms are open from 10am - 5pm Monday to Saturday and 11am - 5pm on Sundays and public holidays, admission is free. Entrance via Saville Row Courtyard. The first ever retrospective exhibition devoted to Jeremy Fry’s ground-breaking Unlimited. In 1966, Bath based inventor and entrepreneur Jeremy Fry established Unlimited as an antidote...
Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. Members are granted free entry. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the Collection Galleries. Winner of the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize, Michael Simpson, who lives and works locally, has been the subject of solo exhibitions at major galleries and museums in London,...
Creativity & Wellbeing Coffee Morning Wed 17 May 10.30 - 12.30pm Come for coffee, cake and creativity – a free and friendly event to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week. Make something beautiful, inspired by our museum collection and find out about our museums and wellbeing programme which promotes mental health and wellbeing through engaging with...
Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. Members are granted free entry. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the Collection Galleries. The Times ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "it tugs the heartstrings and stirs the loins" The Guardian ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This lavish exhibition explores the role of portraiture in the process of marriage in Renaissance Europe. Marriage...
This seven-panel mural depicting 130 women from British history and culture was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery as part of a three-year project to enhance female representation in its collection. The mural, by Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake, was inspired by the absence of women in the album cover for the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely...
Join guest curator Lucy Whitaker for an evening of discovery and exploration of marriage portraiture in the Renaissance. The social and political implications of wedlock, its rituals and ceremonies, and the way these aspects interacted with the fine and decorative arts, will be underpinned by an ultimately elusive and current question: how to convey deep...
Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. Members are granted free entry. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the Collection Galleries "Sheer pleasure everywhere you look" Ali Smith, The New Statesman This major exhibition celebrates Lucie Rie (1902–1995), one of the most accomplished and influential potters of the twentieth century....
Button it! A drop-in day of simple ceramic button making inspired by Lucie Rie. Create a beautiful button and decorate with coloured slip. When? Friday 4 August, 10.30 - 3.30pm Where? Clore Learning Room , ground floor of museum Open to All £1 per person = 1 button Payment...
*Doors open 6:30pm, refreshments available in the cafe. Concert starts 7:30pm. Two accomplished musicians bring a sparkling programme of pieces written for the beloved instruments of the 19th century salon: the fortepiano and romantic guitar. The programme will feature virtuoso and chamber music by Schubert, Rossini, Giuliani and others. Dominika Maszczyńska, in her Holburne...