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Here's our guide to Bath's marvellous museums, which offer a wealth of remarkable stories and bring the city’s history to life.
Bath's museums offer a wealth of remarkable stories and many are available to discover online. Here's our roundup of some of their virtual experiences.
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24258 reviewsAbbey 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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437 reviewsBath
Step into the world of Mary Shelley and her most infamous creation, Frankenstein.
Bath
Step back 250 years to explore a fascinating Georgian townhouse.
Bath
Discover Bath’s unique cultural offering as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and learn what makes the city so special.
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8787 reviewsBath
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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1647 reviewsChippenham
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.
Bath
The past, present and future of Bath’s working life.
Bath
Explore the life of William Herschel, the astronomer who discovered Uranus in 1781.
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1941 reviewsPontyclun
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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2947 reviewsBath
Immerse yourself in everything Austen at The Jane Austen Centre.
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1701 reviewsBath
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.
Bath
Bath's Oldest House is open for diners in the restaurant. Museum is open 11am - 4pm.
Bath
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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1671 reviewsYeovil
The multi award-winning Haynes Motor Museum is home to the UK’s largest collection of iconic cars and motorbikes from around the world.
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804 reviewsBath
Located on the outskirts of town, find the best day out in Bath with breath-taking views, fascinating museum collections, stunning gardens, shop, children’s play area and the new American Garden Deli.
Bitton, Bristol
The Avon Valley Railway is returning steam to the Avon Valley.
Glastonbury
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.
Bath
The only UK museum solely dedicated to the arts and cultures of East and South East Asia.
Bath
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.
Bath
Through conservation, education and museums, Bath Preservation Trust ensures the future success of our beautiful heritage city.
Marlborough
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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9527 reviewsWarminster
Longleat, nestled within 900 acres of ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped grounds, is home to the UK’s original Safari Park.
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24259 reviewsBath
Discover the newly opened Roman Gym as part of your visit to the Roman Baths.
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1223 reviewsBath
Fascinating art exhibitions in an impressively majestic setting.
Bath
Victoria Art Gallery is Bath’s public art museum and home to a richly diverse collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.
Bath
A nineteenth-century folly and museum collection, offering splendid cityscape views.
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850 reviewsRalph Allen Drive, Bath
Prior Park Landscape Garden is a beautiful and intimate 18th-century landscape garden in Bath with stunning views across the city.
Radstock
An award-winning museum that transports you back to the Victorian industrial age; a time when Somerset had 75 coal mines with the associated communities and supporting industries.
Bath
Bath's contemporary art cultural scene.
Chippenham
Chippenham Museum tells the fascinating story of this historic market town.