Book your day ticket in advance here or just turn up on the day and purchase entry tickets at our Information desk. (Friends and Members no need to book in advance). Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the collection Regardless of their social status, most women were expected to be competent...
Book your tickets in advance or pay on arrival. If you're a member there's no need to pre-book. Your General Entry ticket includes entry to all exhibitions and the collection A sumptuous collection of rarely seen drawings by one of our most popular and recognisable artists The Telegraph ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Hockney at his most irresistible" Lucy...
A full day trip to see the glorious gardens at High Glanau Manor (pictured below) and Wyndcliffe Court. Both gardens were designed by the noted gardener H Avray Tipping in the 1920s. They retain much of his original design and Arts & Crafts flourishes such as bowling green lawns and yew topiary. Tickets, only available...
This exclusive trip for Patrons & Directors Circle Members is to Badminton House. Home to the 12th Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the property is not generally open to the public and so this is a rare opportunity. See a splendid collection of paintings and furniture in beautiful rooms with exceptional plasterwork. The guided tours...
Doors open 6pm, Garden Cafe open for drinks, Love Life exhibition open 6 to 7pm Award-winning film Director Bruno Wollheim in conversation with Chris Stephens, Holburne Director and curator of the critically acclaimed exhibition of David Hockney’s drawings Love Life, share what they have learned about David Hockney – the man and his art. Bruno...
Summer Art Camps at the Holburne Museum 2022- 10 days of creative day camps Colourful Creatures - Monday 25th July Get inspired by the menagerie of animals and fabled beasts in the Holburne's collections. Explore the galleries to discover how artists use colour and pattern to catch our eye. Design and 'dish up' your own magical creature...
Summer Art Camps at the Holburne Museum 2022- 10 days of creative day camps Old meets new – Bronstein it up - Tuesday 26th July All is not as it seems – is this old or new? Work with artist Matthew Jeanes to explore the work of artist Pablo Bronstein to creative an imaginative artwork...
Summer Art Camps at the Holburne Museum 2022- 10 days of creative day camps Extraordinary Insects - Wednesday 27th July Come join artist Holly Dabbs in a deep dive into the amazing world of insects! Observational drawing, crafting, creating and exploring. We will be hunting for bugs in art, seeing how creepy crawlies have inspired artists for centuries...
A day trip to see these two very fine Gloucestershire Gardens. Almost a century separates Painswick — the country's only surviving complete Rococo garden — from Miserden, a classically designed series of garden rooms and spaces. At Painswick (pictured below) ornate follies, gazebos and pavilions are as important as the plantings. Miserden's highlights include a...
Summer Art Camps at the Holburne Museum 2022- 10 days of creative day camps Thursday 28th July - The Wondrous World of Felting and Fabric Become a marvellous maker and take inspiration from the Holburne Museum’s exhibition of raised embroidery, ‘Wondrous Worlds and Marvellous Makers’. Learn about these amazing works of art and who...
by Sarah-Louise Young Musical direction from Michael Roulston Directed by Russell Lucas The hills are alive with the return of this critically acclaimed Off Broadway and West End hit. Even your critic found herself, unprecedentedly, singing along. My cheeks hurt with smiling.' **** Daily Telegraph Adored by millions, Dame Julie Andrews is a genuine showbiz...
by Sarah-Louise Young The chaotic cabaret cult, AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH is here! Enter Strange Phenomena, howl with the The Hounds Of Love and dance on the moors with Wuthering Heights. Kate’s not there, but you are. Acclaimed performer Sarah-Louise Young (Cabaret Whore, The Showstoppers, La Soiree) has teamed up with theatre maker Russell...
Slapstick Picnic would like to cordially invite you to its summer tea party at the Holburne Museum, where marvelous feats of performance and culinary capers await. Over tea and cucumber sandwiches, we ask that you prepare to witness the impossible - the entirety of Oscar Wilde’s classic play of manners, affairs and handbags being performed...