Plant Sale
9 May Holburne Museum Grounds from 10am to 2.30pm Spring is here, and thoughts turn to getting gardens ready for the brighter days ahead. We are very glad that the…
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Holburne Friends Newsletter Spring 2021
As a Friend of the Holburne you receive a Newsletter packed full of information about the forthcoming season as well as behind the scenes at the Museum. View a pdf…
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Membership Offer
An Anniversary Offer Not to be Missed! 10 Weeks FREE admission This May we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the refurbishment and extension of the Holburne Museum. If you renew…
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Garden Cafe and Shop Opening 12 April 2021
We are delighted to welcome you back to our Garden Cafe and shop from 12 April. Our beautiful canopy on the terrace has wonderful views of the museum gardens. We…
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Nicholas Pope: Portraits of a Marriage – Coming Soon
17 May to 30 August 2021 A contemporary of Antony Gormley, Richard Deacon and Tony Cragg, Nicholas Pope (b.1949) is one of the most original and under-rated artists working in…
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Supporters Newsletter Autumn 2020
The Autumn 2020 Newsletter has been published and can be viewed here
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Thomas Lawrence: Coming of Age – Coming Soon
Coming Soon Online When he arrived in Bath in 1780, aged just eleven, Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) was already being hailed as a prodigy in the mould of Renaissance masters such…
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Canaletto: Painting Venice
17 May – 5 September 2021 In 2021, the Holburne Museum in Bath will present the most important set of paintings of Venice by Canaletto (1697 – 1768), which will…
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The Eyes Have It
Eye Smile at the Holburne https://www.holburne.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Eye_Smile_at_the_Holburne_Low_res.mp4
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Family Letter
Letter from Frank Holburne to Catherine Cussans November 3rd, 1804 This is a letter from Sir Thomas William Holburne’s older brother Frank to their wealthy aunt Catherine Cussans, who was…
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Gemstone Ring
Ring with intaglio: Ulysses shooting at Scylla Italian (Rome), early nineteenth century Carnelian, gold Gems and precious materials carved in relief are known as cameos and intaglios. They are the…
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Erard Harp
Single-action harp Sebastien Erard (1752–1831) Japanned and gilded wood, 1802 Music played an important role in the eighteenth century, both in public settings and in domestic contexts. Musical accomplishment was…
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