POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more details Join us on the last Friday of every month from 5-9pm to experience the Museum free after-hours (Grayson Perry exhibition is ticketed). Immerse yourself in an eclectic programme of pop-up talks, art demos, installations, performances, DJ-sets and cocktails. Garden Cafe serving drinks until 8.45pm Common Salt Performances at...
POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more details Saturday Art Club for 5-11 year olds Mini Me : Discover the Holburne’s collection of miniature portraits and paint your own keepsake on a wooden medallion. NOW SOLD OUT - email for waiting list A monthly workshop (term-time, excluding bank holiday weekends) for aspiring young artists. Expand your...
POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more details Learn how to create an exquisite portrait miniature painting with award-winning artist, Jenny Brooks. In this two-day workshop you will be taught about the history of portrait miniature painting and the specialist techniques needed to work on a micro scale. Day One (10.30am-4.30pm) will be spent learning about...
This trip is now postponed. Please follow this link for further details. We return to Dorset this spring to see two of the county’s finest properties - Sherborne Castle (pictured) and Minterne House and Gardens, both still in the hands of branches of the extended Digby family. We have a private tour of each house,...
POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more detail Join us on the last Friday of every month from 5-9pm to experience the Museum free after-hours (Grayson Perry exhibition is ticketed). Immerse yourself in an eclectic programme of pop-up talks, art demos, installations, performances, DJ-sets and cocktails. Clay Workshops - Inspired by Grayson Perry Garden Cafe...
POSTPONED Please see our Coronavirus page for more detail Saturday Art Club for 5-11 year olds Exploring Glass Fully Booked Email for waiting list Taking inspiration from the collection, create your own stained glass-effect art work. A monthly workshop (term-time, excluding bank holiday weekends) for aspiring young artists. Expand your skills and discover new techniques, exploring...
Light and Dark Explore Tone and Form and help develop your drawing skills by studying details of the paintings in the Holburne collection and producing explorations in a variety of media. Develop ideas further by working from direct observation in pencil, charcoal, biro and mixed media, focusing on highlights and shadows from a Still Life...
This event is now postponed. Please follow this link for further details. Join Nathaniel Mander and Sam Brown in our annual celebration of Frank Brown’s contribution to the Holburne. Nathaniel Mander and Sam Brown present an evening of music in the Picture Gallery. We are thrilled to welcome back Nat, a virtuoso harpsichordist, and his...
With Jeff Cowton, Professor Stephen Gill, Professor John Strachan and Professor Robert Morrison FREE (Bath Spa Public Lecture Series) POSTPONED To book your place, please email Dr Goodman (h.goodman@bathspa.ac.uk) at Bath Spa University. A celebration of the great Romantic poet (1770-1850) whose collaboration with S.T. Coleridge The Lyrical Ballads was published in Bristol in 1798....
Saturday Art Club for 5-11 year olds Clay Plate Design - POSTPONED due to Coronavirus. Make your own clay dinner service inspired by the beautiful ceramics in the Museum. A monthly workshop (term-time, excluding bank holiday weekends) for aspiring young artists. Expand your skills and discover new techniques, exploring the Museum collection and temporary exhibitions...
Alison Cocklin from It's All About Wine has kindly offered to host a wine tasting this Spring. Alison's aim is to "create a passion for tasting" — to excite people about what they are drinking, encouraging organic, biodynamic and natural wines. The ticket price include fine cheeses and charcuterie. To join us please complete booking form...
Please join us for this year's Friends, Holburne's Plant Sale including our first ever produce stall. Many of our regular plant stalls will be returning this year, including gardening experts from Florrie Harris Herbs, In Clover, Necia West Plants, Wild Thyme, and Willow Cottage Plants.