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Become a culture vulture
Bath is a city full to the brim with cultural attractions, from historical sites and museums, to theatre and performance venues, to unique art galleries.- Bath is home to an array of fascinating museums, offering a regularly changing programme of exhibitions. Get a culture fix, discover a new artist, or revisit classics at museums and galleries across the city.
- Bath is steeped in history. As well as being a vibrant and thriving twenty-first-century city, Bath is a living museum. History and heritage line the city’s streets.
Discover the city's history
Here's our guide to Bath's marvellous museums, which offer a wealth of remarkable stories and bring the city’s history to life.
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Roman Baths, The Pump Room, Abbey Church Yard, Bath, BA1 1LZTelephone
+44 (0)1225 477785Abbey Church Yard, Bath
Famed for its hot springs, Bath houses the best preserved Roman Spa from the ancient world. Delve into the history of this magical monument and admire its architecture and engineering.
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- 1 Jan 2025to28 Feb 2025Open 09:30 - 18:00
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- 1 Mar 2025to15 June 2025Open 09:00 - 18:00
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- 16 June 2025to21 June 2025
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- 22 June 2025to31 Oct 2025Open 09:00 - 18:00
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- 1 Nov 2025to31 Dec 2025Open 09:30 - 17:00
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Accessibility
- Accessible to Wheelchair Users - The site is 90% accessible to wheelchair users.
- Facilities for Disabled Visitors
- Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors - The fire alarm has flashing lights, and there is a hearing loop in ticket desks, the gift shop, and main meeting rooms.
- Facilities for Visually Impaired Visitors - Some parts of the venue have low lighting. The museum has display information in audio, braille, BSL and large print.
Address
10 York Street, Bath, BA1 1NHTelephone
+44 (0)1225 477584Bath
Discover Bath’s unique cultural offering as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and learn what makes the city so special.
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- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Open 09:30 - 17:00
Bath
Step back 250 years to explore a fascinating Georgian townhouse.
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- From:
- 1 Feb 2025to31 Dec 2025
Special Offers
Facilities
Accessibility
- Accessible to Wheelchair Users - Step-free route around museum, which misses four rooms.
- Facilities for Disabled Visitors - Multimedia guides available for wheelchair users to experience the four rooms inaccessible via the step-free route, seating available throughout venue, immersive experiences connected to hearing loop system, captioned videos, iPad BSL tour available for those with hearing impairments, one manual wheelchair available
- Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors - One adapted toilet on the ground floor directly opposite the lift.
Address
37 Gay Street, Bath, BA1 2NTBath
Step into the world of Mary Shelley and her most infamous creation, Frankenstein.
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- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
Special Offers
Bath
There's nowhere else quite like Bath Abbey. Magnificent stained-glass windows, columns of honey-gold stone and some of the finest fan vaulting in the world, create an extraordinary experience of light and space.
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- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
Special Offers
Facilities
Accessibility
- Accessible to Wheelchair Users - Wheelchairs available to borrow by asking at Welcome Desk. Abbey Tower not accessible.
- All Areas Accessible to Disabled Visitors - Wheelchairs are available to borrow by asking at Welcome Desk. The Abbey's tower is not accessible.
- Changing Places Toilet
- Facilities for Disabled Visitors
- Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors
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Specialist Features
- Marketed towards families
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High Street, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2LGTelephone
+44 (0)1249 730459Chippenham
A quirky country house and grounds, built on the foundations of a medieval nunnery, that celebrates the scientific genius of the inventor of the photographic negative.
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- From:
- 2 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025
Facilities
Accessibility
- Accessible to Wheelchair Users
- Facilities for Visually Impaired Visitors - Braille guide, audio tape, large print guide.
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors
Facilities
Key Features
- Families
Specialist Features
- Marketed towards families
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Parking & Transport
- Car parking - Parking (charge for non-National Trust members, members park for free)
Bath
Through conservation, education and museums, Bath Preservation Trust ensures the future success of our beautiful heritage city.
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- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025
Address
40 Gay Street, Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2NTTelephone
+44 (0)1225 443000Bath
Immerse yourself in everything Austen at The Jane Austen Centre.
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- 1 Nov 2024to31 Mar 2025Various Opening Times
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- 1 Apr 2025to31 Oct 2025Open 09:45 - 17:30
Facilities
Accessibility
- Accessible to Wheelchair Users - A ramp up to the main entrance and down into the exhibition space is available. The talk room and Tearoom is inaccessible to wheelchair users.
- Facilities for Disabled Visitors
Address
Bitton Station, Bath Road, Bitton, Bristol, BS30 6HDTelephone
+44 (0) 117 932 5538Bitton, Bristol
The Avon Valley Railway is returning steam to the Avon Valley.
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- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Open 09:00 - 17:00
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- Dog Friendly
- Dogs-Accepted
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Key Features
- Families
Children & Infants
- Accept Children Over 3
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Parking & Transport
- Parking (free)
- Parking On Site
Address
Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4DBTelephone
+44 (0) 1225 388588Bath
Fascinating art exhibitions in an impressively majestic setting.
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- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
Special Offers
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Establishment Features
- Dog Friendly
- Dogs-Accepted
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Accessibility
- All Areas Accessible to Disabled Visitors
- Designated parking provided for guests with disabilities
- Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors
- Facilities for Visually Impaired Visitors
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors
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Children & Infants
- Facilities for children
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Parking & Transport
- Car parking
Address
Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8DBTelephone
+44 (0)1458 831197Glastonbury
Visitors to Somerset Rural Life Museum can explore Somerset’s rural and social history from the 1800s onwards, discovering more about the county’s landscape, farming, working life and rural crafts.
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- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
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Establishment Features
- Dog Friendly
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Accessibility
- Parking Areas for Disabled Visitors
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Parking & Transport
- Parking (free)
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Victoria Art Gallery, Bridge Street, Bath, BA2 4ATTelephone
+44 (0) 1225 477233Bath
Victoria Art Gallery is Bath’s public art museum and home to a richly diverse collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.
Dates
- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
Special Offers
Facilities
Accessibility
- Accessible to Wheelchair Users
- Facilities for Disabled Visitors
Facilities
Children & Infants
- Facilities for children
Specialist Features
- Family Fun
- Marketed towards families
Bath
The only UK museum solely dedicated to the arts and cultures of East and South East Asia.
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- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to24 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
Facilities
Accessibility
- Accessible to Wheelchair Users
- Facilities for Disabled Visitors
- Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors - All our galleries have panels and labels.
- Facilities for Visually Impaired Visitors
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors
Facilities
Children & Infants
- Accept Children Over 3
- Facilities for children
Specialist Features
- Family Fun - We run regular family fun events and also have a family activity area and dressing up box in the galleries.
- Marketed towards families
Bath
The past, present and future of Bath’s working life.
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- 11 Feb 2025to31 Mar 2025Various Opening Times
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- 1 Apr 2025to30 Nov 2025Open 10:30 - 17:00
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Accessibility
- Facilities for Visually Impaired Visitors
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors
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Specialist Features
- Family Fun
- Marketed towards children
- Marketed towards families
Yeovil
The multi award-winning Haynes Motor Museum is home to the UK’s largest collection of iconic cars and motorbikes from around the world.
Dates
- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025
Facilities
Accessibility
- Accessible to Wheelchair Users
- All Areas Accessible to Disabled Visitors
- Facilities for Disabled Visitors
- Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors
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Key Features
- Families
Specialist Features
- Family Fun
Address
Abbey Church Yard, Bath, BA1 1LZTelephone
+44 (0)1225 477785Bath
Discover the newly opened Roman Gym as part of your visit to the Roman Baths.
Dates
- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025
Address
Sally Lunn's House, 4 North Parade Passage, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1NXTelephone
+44 (0) 01225 461634Bath
Bath's Oldest House is open for diners in the restaurant. Museum is open 11am - 4pm.
Dates
- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
Facilities
Children & Infants
- Accept Children Over 3
- Facilities for children
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Herschel Museum of Astronomy, 19 New King Street, Bath, BA1 2BLTelephone
+44 01225 446865Bath
Explore the life of William Herschel, the astronomer who discovered Uranus in 1781.
Dates
- From:
- 11 Feb 2025to31 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
Special Offers
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Accessibility
- Facilities for Disabled Visitors
- Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors
- Facilities for Visually Impaired Visitors
- Parking Areas for Disabled Visitors
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Parking & Transport
- Parking (charge) - Charlotte Street Car Park
Pontyclun
The only place in the world where you can watch the United Kingdom's coins being made. Go behind the scenes to follow the journey of a coin in our Guided Factory Experience.
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- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Open 09:30 - 17:30
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- Families
Specialist Features
- Family Fun
Address
BathBath
The Fashion Museum Bath left the Assembly Rooms on 30 October 2022. A new home for the museum is being created in the Old Post Office on New Bond Street, in the centre of Bath.
Address
High Street, Avebury, Marlborough, Wilts, SN8 1RFTelephone
+44 (0) 1672 539250Marlborough
At Avebury you will find the largest stone circle in the world, a museum and a manor house in the heart of the Avebury World Heritage Site.
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- Dog Friendly
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- Families
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Parking & Transport
- Parking (charge)
- Parking On Site
Bath
Located on the outskirts of town, find the best day out in Bath with breathtaking views, fascinating museum collections, stunning gardens, gallery shop, children’s play area and the American Garden Deli, with its scenic garden terrace.
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- From:
- 15 Feb 2025to31 Dec 2025
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Establishment Features
- Dog Friendly
- Dogs-Accepted
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Accessibility
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors - An accessible toilet is located in the Gallery Shop. There is also an accessible toilet in the Coach House which is open on event days.
Facilities
Children & Infants
- Accept Children Over 3
Facilities
Parking & Transport
- Parking (free)
Address
Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 7NWTelephone
+44 (0)1985 844 400Warminster
Longleat, nestled within 900 acres of ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped grounds, is home to the UK’s original Safari Park.
Dates
- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025
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- 1 Feb 2026to9 Feb 2026Various Opening Times
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Accessibility
- Parking Areas for Disabled Visitors
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors
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Key Features
- Families
Specialist Features
- Family Fun
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Parking & Transport
- Parking On Site
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The National Trust, Prior Park Landscape Garden, Ralph Allen Drive, Bath, North East Somerset, BA2 5AHTelephone
+44 01225 833977Ralph Allen Drive, Bath
Prior Park Landscape Garden is a beautiful and intimate 18th-century landscape garden in Bath with stunning views across the city.
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- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to30 Dec 2025
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Establishment Features
- Dog Friendly
- Dogs-Accepted - Dogs allowed on a short lead all year
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Accessibility
- Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors
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Key Features
- Families
Specialist Features
- Family Fun
- Marketed towards families
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The Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, The Vineyards, The Paragon, Bath, BA1 5NATelephone
+44 (0) 1225 333895Bath
Celebrating the distinctive Georgian architecture that makes Bath so special, and which has contributed to it becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site, highlights of the collection include a 1:500 scale model of Bath, giving a miniature birds-eye-view…
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- From:
- 30 Mar 2025to15 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
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Establishment Features
- Dogs-Accepted
Facilities
Children & Infants
- Accept Children Over 3
Address
25-28 Roseberry Road, Bath, BA2 3DXTelephone
+44 (0) 7548722454Bath
Roseberry Road Studios, the newest exhibition space in Bath, hosts a major retrospective featuring past and new works from one of the UK's foremost video artists Terry Flaxton.
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- Dog Friendly
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- Toilets for Disabled Visitors
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Parking & Transport
- Free Car Parking
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The Edge, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AYTelephone
+44 (0)1225 386777Bath
Contemporary arts centre home to exhibitions, performances and workshops.
Dates
- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025Various Opening Times
Facilities
Accessibility
- Accessible to Wheelchair Users
Facilities
Parking & Transport
- Parking On Site
Address
54A Combe Rd, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5HZTelephone
+44 (0) 1225 837439Bath
Follow the story of Bath Stone from its geological beginnings, its 18th-century heyday to the present day; from its microscopic beginnings to its continued use for buildings around the world.
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- Dog Friendly
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Accessibility
- All Areas Accessible to Disabled Visitors
- Free admission for dedicated assistants / carers
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors
Bath
A recently refurbished nineteenth-century folly and museum collection, offering splendid views over the Bath cityscape.
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Accessibility
- Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors
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Parking & Transport
- Parking On Site
Address
12 Old Orchard Street, Bath, BA1 1JUTelephone
+44 (0)1225 462233Bath
The Old Theatre Royal is an anonymous building in a quiet cobbled backstreet in the city of Bath, with a unique 265 year history.
Dates
- From:
- 1 Jan 2025to31 Dec 2025
Facilities
Accessibility
- Accessible to Wheelchair Users - Most of the building is accessible, apart from the stage, chapel and library.
- Toilets for Disabled Visitors - One accessible toilet.
Facilities
Specialist Features
- Marketed towards families
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