His Majesty’s 33rd Regiment of Foot
15 Sep 2018 to 16 Sep 2018Living History Display in Partnership with the Jane Austen Festival
Bronze Arts Award Week for 11-16 year old’s FULLY BOOKED
06 Aug 2018 to 11 Aug 2018Bronze Arts Award Week for 11-16 year olds
Dutch Still-Life Oil Painting Masterclass FULLY BOOKED
21 Jul 2018 to 29 Jul 2018An Two -day Adult Workshop with David Cranswick
Half Term at The Holburne
23 Oct 2017 to 26 Oct 2017Come and enjoy our creative workshops, all inspired by our new exhibition Seurat to Riley: The Art of Perception opening 20 October. .
San Miguel Picturehouse Pop- Up Cinema
10 Aug 2017 to 13 Aug 2017The San Miguel Picturehouse Pop-Up is heading to the Holburne Museum, Bath in August for a weekend of outdoor cinema.
The screenings take place in the open, with a limited number of deckchairs available on a first come first served basis. We will also have cardboard ‘bumbox’ seating available for sale […]
The Gardener’s Lodge Art Group – Fringe Art Festival
27 May 2017 to 11 Jun 2017The Gardener's Lodge Art Group - Fringe Art Festival May 27 - June 11
Easter at the Holburne
25 Mar 2016 to 12 Apr 2016Visit us this Easter or let us inspire your children at Easter Art Camp with days packed full of fun.
Sound Shift
22 Feb 2016 to 28 Feb 2016IMO (Ideas, Materials and Objects). BA Course- 2nd Year Students
Half Term at the Holburne
13 Feb 2016 to 21 Feb 2016Feb 2016 Family workshop
There is so much happening this half term at the Holburne Museum:
Impressionism: Capturing Life ( 13 February to 5 June)
Kids go free to our exquisite new exhibition! Don’t forget to take the children to the Sackler Discover Centre after your visit for plenty of fun activities inspired by […]
Gold An exhibition from the Royal Collection
24 Oct 2015 to 24 Jan 2016Explore the beauty and symbolism of this precious metal through 60 exquisite works, on loan from the Royal Collection, from the Early Bronze Age to the 20th century.
Illuminate 2015
03 Jan 2015 to 10 Jan 2015Eight nights of projection, performance, installation and illumination from 5 to 8pm
Morning Toddlealongs (2-5 Years) FULLY BOOKED
20 Sep 2018 to 15 Dec 2018Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance.Get arty with a new museum-related theme every week.
Afternoon Toddlealongs (2-5 years) FULLY BOOKED
20 Sep 2018 to 15 Dec 2018Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one.Get arty with a new museum-related theme every week. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance.
Tuesday Yearlings (12-24 months) FULLY BOOKED
17 Sep 2018 to 12 Dec 2018Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance.Celebrate the changing seasons with songs, sensory exploration and creative activities. Sessions designed for both adults and children to enjoy.
Monday Yearlings (12-24 months) FULLY BOOKED
16 Sep 2018 to 11 Dec 2018Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one. . Celebrate the changing seasons with songs, sensory exploration and creative activities. Sessions designed for both adults and children to enjoy. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance
Arty Babies (0-9 months)
16 Sep 2018 to 11 Dec 2018Arty Babies for up to 9 months This group provides a relaxed, creative space for mums to meet other new mums over a cuppa and make something different each week while their babies enjoy safe and sensory play. No experience necessary! Mondays 1-2.30pm Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance. If you wish to do a trial session for £10 ahead of booking the rest of a block please call 01225 388568
Colourscape
19 Aug 2018 to 29 Aug 2018An amazing experience of colour, music and light for all ages
Summer Art Camp for 5-11 Yrs
12 Aug 2018 to 17 Aug 2018Summer Art Camp for 5-11 year olds
Pop Up Cinema
08 Aug 2018 to 12 Aug 2018One of the best things in life has to be enjoying a fabulous film framed by a backdrop of stars, surrounded by the horticultural heaven of the Holburne’s grounds. This August The Little goes free range, as we bring four terrific films to a huge screen set under the summer […]
Summer Art Camp (For 5-11 yrs)
05 Aug 2018 to 10 Aug 2018Summer Art Camp for 5-11 year olds
Summer Art Camp (5-11 year olds)
29 Jul 2018 to 03 Aug 2018SUMMER ART CAMP for 5-11 Years Monday 30 July to Friday 3 August 9am-4pm £38 per day; £20 discount for booking 5 consecutive days.
Summer Art Camp (5-11yrs) FULLY BOOKED
24 Jul 2018 to 27 Jul 2018Summer Art Camp for 5-11 year olds FULLY BOOKED
Bath to Baghdad
13 Jun 2018 to 21 Oct 2018Ellen Tanner's Collection of Middle Eastern Art, Wirth Gallery
Spring Half Term Art Camp (5-11 year old’s)
28 May 2018 to 01 Jun 2018SPRING HALF TERM ART CAMP for 5-11 year old's.
Prized Possessions Dutch Masterpieces from National Trust Houses
24 May 2018 to 16 Sep 2018Dutch seventeenth-century paintings by some of the finest masters of the ‘Golden Age’ from National Trust collections around the country are to go on display together for the first time at the Holburne Museum in Bath.
The Long Way Home
18 Apr 2018 to 29 Apr 2018A Photography Exhibition by David Molina Gadea- The Holburne Museum GardenMorning Toddlealongs (2-5 Years) FULLY BOOKED
12 Apr 2018 to 20 Jul 2018Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one.Get arty with a new museum-related theme every week. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance.
Made for the Table
12 Apr 2018 to 01 Jul 2018Davidson Ballroom GalleryAfternoon Toddlealongs (2-5 years) FULLY BOOKED
12 Apr 2018 to 20 Jul 2018Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one.Get arty with a new museum-related theme every week. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance.
Tuesday Yearlings (12-24 months) FULLY BOOKED
09 Apr 2018 to 10 Jul 2018Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance.Celebrate the changing seasons with songs, sensory exploration and creative activities. Sessions designed for both adults and children to enjoy.
Monday Yearlings (12-24 months)
08 Apr 2018 to 09 Jul 2018Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one. . Celebrate the changing seasons with songs, sensory exploration and creative activities. Sessions designed for both adults and children to enjoy. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advanceArty Babies (0-9 months)
08 Apr 2018 to 09 Jul 2018Arty Babies for up to 9 months (pre crawlers) This group provides a cosy relaxed, creative space for mums to meet other new mums over a cuppa and make something different each week while their babies enjoy safe and sensory play (maximum 10 places). No experience necessary! Mondays 1-2.30pm Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance.Easter Art Camp (5-11 year olds) ALL FULLY BOOKED
02 Apr 2018 to 06 Apr 2018EASTER ART CAMP for 5-11 year olds. Tuesday 3 April to Friday 6 April (3, 4 and 6 APRIL NOW SOLD OUT) 9am-4pm £38 per day; £15 discount for booking 4 consecutive days.Easter Art Camp (5-11 year old’s)
25 Mar 2018 to 29 Mar 2018EASTER ART CAMP for 5-11 year old's. Monday 26 -Thursday 29 March 9am-4pm £38 per day; £15 discount for booking 4 consecutive days.
Elephants on Parade
13 Feb 2018 to 15 Feb 2018Free Holiday Drop-ins
Anthony Fry: A Retrospective
09 Feb 2018 to 07 May 2018'...a delicious small survey...' Four Stars, Philip Hensher
Lighting Up the Stage: Stars of the Georgian Theatre
02 Feb 2018 to 03 Jun 2018Wirth Gallery
Big Give Campaign: Thank You
28 Nov 2017 to 06 Dec 2017Donate to the Big Give – help us raise £50,000 to restore and display a fascinating collection of unseen Persian treasures – and double your donation!
Seurat to Riley: The Art of Perception
19 Oct 2017 to 22 Jan 2018 “… dazzling” The Sunday Times
This exhibition will explore one of the most exciting threads of art history of the past 150 years. Many artists from the Impressionists onwards were inspired by scientific colour theories, such as the pointillist work of Georges Seurat, where colours other than those actually painted on […]
Michael Petry: In the Realm of the Gods
19 Oct 2017 to 08 Apr 2018Free Exhibition- Davidson Ballroom Gallery
A New Portrait for Bath – A Celebration of Work with Local Schools
28 Jun 2017 to 02 Jul 2017Thursday 29 June to Sunday 2 July 10am to 5pm (Sunday 11am to 5pm)
Tapestry Here and Now
22 Jun 2017 to 01 Oct 2017Tapestry: Here & Now celebrates the vibrancy of tapestry-weaving today. The exhibition brings together the work of international makers to showcase the most innovative approaches to the art of contemporary tapestry. Alongside British tapestry weavers, the exhibition features artists from Australia, Norway, Latvia, Japan and the USA with over 20 artists represented, including Erin Riley, Caron Penney, Ai Ito, Jilly Edwards, Yasuko Fujino and Fiona Rutherford. Their work explores themes of enduring relevance including how we respond to nature and the urban environment, how tapestry can tell personal and political stories, and the skill of the hand-made. The Holburne’s Arts tapestry (1934-5) by Edward McKnight Kauffer will also be on show for the first time. Here & Now was curated by the National Centre for Craft & Design in partnership with Lesley Millar, Professor of Textile Culture and Director of the International Textile Research Centre at the University for the Creative Arts. The exhibition is accompanied by a programme of talks and workshops and a symposium.
The Mixed Technique of Egg Tempera and Oil FULLY BOOKED
02 Jun 2017 to 04 Jun 2017A Workshop with David CranswickMorning Toddlealongs (2-5 Years) FULLY BOOKED
27 Apr 2017 to 14 Jul 2017Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one.Get arty with a new museum-related theme every week. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance.
Tuesday Yearlings (12-24 months) FULLY BOOKED
24 Apr 2017 to 11 Jul 2017Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance.Celebrate the changing seasons with songs, sensory exploration and creative activities. Sessions designed for both adults and children to enjoy.
Easter Art Camp (5-11 year olds)
17 Apr 2017 to 21 Apr 2017EASTER ART CAMPS for 5-11 year olds 18, 19 & 21 APRIL ALL FULLY BOOKED Booking also available for Monday 10-Thursday 13 April 9am-4pm £38 per day; £20 discount for booking 4 consecutive daysEaster Art Camp (5-11 year olds)
09 Apr 2017 to 13 Apr 2017EASTER ART CAMPS for 5-11 year olds. Monday 10-Thursday 13 April Tuesday 11 April NOW FULLY BOOKED Booking also available for Tuesday 18 – Friday 21 April 9am-4pm £38 per day; £20 discount for booking 4 consecutive days.
Anne Desmet RA
11 Mar 2017 to 04 Jun 2017Under Changing Skies
Paint a Self-portrait in Oils
04 Mar 2017 to 06 Mar 2017An Adult Workshop with Rob Lunn
MAKE:SHIFT HOLBURNE
20 Feb 2017 to 28 Feb 2017Industry Live Project
Holiday Drop-Ins
14 Feb 2017 to 16 Feb 2017Magnificient Mobile!
Bruegel Defining a Dynasty Exhibition
11 Feb 2017 to 04 Jun 2017UK’s first exhibition devoted to the Bruegel dynasty includes newly discovered paintings in the Holburne Museum’s own collection
The Moving Exhibition
07 Feb 2017 to 09 Feb 2017In partnership with Bath Spa University
Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 February 1-4pm
A series of interventionist performances give a fresh interpretation to the museum exhibits. Throughout the afternoon dancers and composers from Bath Spa University will present a series of short original performance works in response to the displays and spaces […]
Djordje Ozbolt: The Grand Detour
17 Nov 2016 to 06 Mar 2017Contemporary Exhibition. Wirth Gallery and around the Museum and grounds
Competition Winners: The Finishing Touch
14 Nov 2016 to 01 Dec 2016'Finishing Touch' Competition Winners.
Family Holiday Drop-Ins
23 Oct 2016 to 25 Oct 2016Museums Week Free Holiday Drop-ins
Silver Light and Shade
21 Oct 2016 to 23 Jan 2017An exhibition that brings together historic and contemporary silver masterpieces to tell a new story about the texture, form and colour of this precious metal. Roper Gallery Your ticket will state 22 January 2017, however it is valid on any day during the run of the exhibition. Please print your ticket purchase and show at the Information desk on arrival
Morning Toddlealongs (2-5 yrs) FULLY BOOKED
08 Sep 2016 to 17 Dec 2016Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance. Get arty with a new museum-related theme every week.
Afternoon Toddlealongs (2-5 yrs) FULLY BOOKED
08 Sep 2016 to 17 Dec 2016Our weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Due to room capacity, we request that parents make alternative arrangements for additional siblings over the age of one. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance. Get arty with a new museum-related theme every week.Tuesday Yearlings (12-24 months) FULLY BOOKED
05 Sep 2016 to 14 Dec 2016HOLBURNE EARLY YEARS WORKSHOPS Our popular weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance.Celebrate the changing seasons with songs, sensory exploration and creative activities. Sessions designed for both adults and children to enjoy.
Monday Yearlings (12-24 months) FULLY BOOKED
04 Sep 2016 to 13 Dec 2016HOLBURNE EARLY YEARS WORKSHOPS Our popular weekly workshops, led by Chrissie Weltike, are held in the cosy environment of the Gardener’s Lodge. They help parents and pre-school children to play and learn together through songs, stories, and creative activities inspired by the Museum’s collection, exhibitions and location. Please note that all places must be booked and paid for in advance.Celebrate the changing seasons with songs, sensory exploration and creative activities. Sessions designed for both adults and children to enjoy.
Cinema Under the Stars
10 Aug 2016 to 14 Aug 2016This August, The Little Theatre Cinema brings four terrific films to a huge screen set under the summer firmament at the Holburne Museum. What’s more, the Holburne’s gorgeous café will be open, serving food, soft drinks and alcoholic refreshment.
Screenings will take place around 9.00, or as soon as it becomes […]
Linda Brothwell: The Missing
05 Aug 2016 to 03 Jan 2017In a new On the Table commission Linda Brothwell, a pioneer of contemporary British craft skills, will create a playground of textures and colours in stone, wood and metalwork in response to the most intricate works in the Holburne Museum’s collection. In a dramatic exploration of materials, Brothwell’s work will […]
Take One: Witcombe Cabinet
01 Jul 2016 to 03 Jul 2016Clore Learning Space
Stubbs and the Wild
24 Jun 2016 to 02 Oct 2016‘This is not a huge exhibition, but it might just change your life.’ Jonathan Jones, The Guardian
‘a diverting new exhibition at the sparkling Holburne museum’ Alastair Sooke, The Daily Telegraph
Today George Stubbs (1724-1806) is known and loved for his anatomically accurate and sensitively realistic portraits of magnificent horses and their […]
Impressionism: Capturing Life
13 Feb 2016 to 05 Jun 2016An exquisite new exhibition curated by the Holburne Museum’s Director, Jennifer Scott, which brings together 28 masterpieces from British public collections to celebrate the Impressionists’ observations of humanity.
A Handful of Dust
13 Feb 2016 to 07 Nov 2016Georgian Pastels from the Permanent Collection. Free admission.
The Holburne Lantern Procession 2015
23 Nov 2015 to 01 Jan 2016Well done and thank you to everyone involved in this year’s Holburne Lantern Procession. It was amazing! Please visit our Lantern Procession Gallery to see some images of this wonderful evening. Our thanks to students from the Film and TV course at Bath Spa University for the film below.
Michael Eden History Re-Printed
21 Nov 2015 to 28 Mar 2016A new commission for the Holburne
Nahoko Kojima Honey Bee
23 Oct 2015 to 25 Jan 2016A paper cut sculpture in gold
Canaletto Weekender
23 Jul 2015 to 26 Jul 2015A long weekend of fun exhibition-inspired events.
Murmuration
26 Jun 2015 to 04 Oct 2015Murmuration: a new work by Laura Ellen Bacon
Canaletto Celebrating Britain
26 Jun 2015 to 04 Oct 2015When the Venetian painter Antonio Canal arrived in London in 1746, Britain was booming. During his nine-year stay, the artist captured the latest achievements of British architecture and engineering. Including loans from Compton Verney, The National Trust, The British Museum, Royal Collection Trust and Tate this exhibition also features Canaletto’s British contemporaries and a review of John Wood’s reinvention of architecture in Bath.
Nicholas Rena: After Matisse
21 Mar 2015 to 17 May 2015A brand new commission for the Holburne Museum
The Observer Observed: A Portrait of Don McCullin by Charlotte Sorapure
14 Mar 2015 to 07 Jun 2015The Observer Observed: A Portrait of Don McCullin by Charlotte Sorapure
Gwen John to Lucian Freud Home and the World Dexter Dalwood Selects from the Swindon Collection
28 Feb 2015 to 07 May 2015Gwen John to Lucian Freud: Home and the World Dexter Dalwood selects from the Swindon Collection. The 32 works in this exhibition are linked by the theme ‘Home and The World’, which juxtaposes a confident sense of national identity with a yearning for exploration. Varied artistic approaches reveal the changing landscape of twentieth-century art in this country: the boldness of Vanessa Bell, the introversion of Gwen John, the gravitas of Duncan Grant, the Pop Art invention of Richard Hamilton and the intensity of Lucian Freud. Despite the differences in their approach to making art, we see how these artists responded to the world around them and to each other.
Turner: Watercolours from the West – An intimate touring Show
10 Jan 2015 to 09 Mar 2015This small exhibition brings together watercolours by JMW Turner from five important art collections: Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, the Holburne Museum and the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath, The Wilson in Cheltenham as well as a private collection in Somerset.
JMW Turner, one of the foremost landscape painters in […]
Confected, Borrowed and Blue…an installation by Paul Scott
01 Nov 2014 to 19 Jan 2015In Paul Scott’s hands, domestic ceramics mutate into subversive comments on our life and times. Radioactivity warning signs are tucked into the border of Willow Pattern plates; jet planes streak across idealised rural landscapes.
The Nameless Grace an Installation by Holly Davey
17 Oct 2014 to 05 Jan 2015Holly Davey has been researching the Museum’s collection with a particular interest in the three Holburne sisters, especially Mary Ann Barbara (1802 – 1882), the last of the Holburne family line. Working with objects from the collection and research surrounding the period, Davey’s installation blurs the boundaries between fact and […]
High Spirits – The Comic Art of Thomas Rowlandson
26 Sep 2014 to 16 Feb 2015 The absurdities of fashion, the perils of love, political machinations and royal intrigue were the daily subject matter of Thomas Rowlandson, one of the leading caricaturists of Georgian England.
Rowlandson was working at a time when English satirical prints were prized by collectors across Europe. A number of the works in […]
Unwelcome Visitors
13 Jun 2014 to 17 Sep 2014 The Museum is under threat from an infestation of minute malevolent skeleton fairies. A spate of thefts and mysterious breakages have alerted us to their presence, and they have been observed wreaking quiet havoc amongst the decorative art collections. Please be vigilant.
We are working to get the infestation under control, […]
Julian Opie Collected Works
20 May 2014 to 14 Sep 2014Julian Opie: Collected Works continues a series of exhibitions at the Holburne exploring artists and their collections. One of this country’s most important and successful contemporary artists this will be Opie’s first one person exhibition in a UK museum for over ten years. Uniquely it will bring together his own […]
Stereoscopic Photographs of Picasso
22 Feb 2014 to 01 Jun 2014 Stereoscopic Photographs of Pablo Picasso by Robert Mouzillat
Wirth Gallery | Free
This exhibition presents, for the first time, a small part of an extraordinary collection of colour stereoscopic photographs of Picasso taken over the Easter weekend of 1957 by the pioneering 3D photographer Robert Mouzillat.
These amazing photographs of Picasso were taken […]
A Ballroom Banquet
15 Feb 2014 to 21 Apr 2014‘A Ballroom Banquet’ by Kathy Dalwood continues a series of contemporary interventions at the Holburne Museum which juxtapose the traditional and modern to create unique and surprising interpretations which reference the Holburne’s history, building, location and collection. Spectacular displays using the Museum’s Ballroom Table have to date included work by […]
Joseph Wright
25 Jan 2014 to 05 May 2014 Joseph Wright of Derby: Bath and Beyond
Roper Gallery £6.95 | Concessions
‘A cracking show about a fascinating painter’ Richard Dorment The Telegraph>>
‘Wright there: Derby artist’s sojourn in Bath revisited’ Mark Brown The Guardian>>
‘Joseph Wright’s time in Bath was grim but, as an exhibition in the city illustrates, it was also the […]
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