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Address
The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4DBTelephone
+44 (0)1225 388569Bath
The Holburne Museum are pleased to present the first exhibition in the UK by US artist Diedrick Brackens this spring.
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- 24 Jan 2025to26 May 2025
Address
American Museum & Gardens, Bath, Claverton, Bath, Somerset, BA2 7BDTelephone
+44 (0) 1225 460503Bath
Myths and Memories: Renaissance Maps is the first major display of the Museum's world-renowned collection in a decade, reframing the way the maps have historically been shown.
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- 15 Feb 2025to22 June 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
Address
No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2LRTelephone
+44 (0)1225 428126Bath
This spring, take in a unique collaborative project focused on the work of two female artists two and half centuries apart at No.1 Royal Crescent.
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- 15 Mar 2025to15 June 2025
Bath
This exhibition explores how flowers have inspired generations of artists across East and Southeast Asia, showcasing floral-themed objects from the Museum's collection alongside works by contemporary artists and makers.
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- 1 Apr 2025to20 Dec 2025Open 10:30 - 17:00
Address
Bath Abbey, Bath, BA1 1LTTelephone
+44 (0) 1225 422462Bath
In celebration of Jane Austen's 250th Birthday, Bath Abbey is proud to present their new exhibition about Jane Austen.
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- 5 Apr 2025to27 Sept 2025
Address
Bridge Street, Bath, BA2 4ATBath
A free to enter, selling exhibition of wood engravings drawn from natural forms.
Dates
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- 15 Apr 2025to13 July 2025Open 10:30 - 17:00
Address
Bridge Street, Bath, B&NES, BA2 4ATTelephone
+44 (0)1225 477233Bath
Featuring works by Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach and Bridget Riley, the exhibition showcases dozens of printers' proofs, revealing the trial-and-error process behind some of the most iconic prints in modern art.
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- 2 May 2025to6 July 2025Open 10:30 - 17:00
Address
Abbey Church Yard, Bath, BA1 1LZBath
Celebrate Thomas Tompion, the father of english clock making, and the Pump Room clock with this new free display - Time for Tompion.
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- 9 May 2025to30 May 2025Open 09:00 - 17:00
Address
The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4DBTelephone
+44 (0) 1225388569Bathwick, Bath
The presentation brings together oil paintings on copper, works on linen and a new large-scale, site-specific mural, executed in soft pastels in the Picture Gallery.
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- 12 May 2025to31 Aug 2025Open 10:00 - 17:00
Address
Roseberry Road Studios, 25-28 Roseberry Road, Bath, Somerset, BA2 3DXTelephone
+44 (0) 1225931364Bath
Always unravelling, Crews' works are a visual mediation on the human desire for order.
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- 16 May 2025to18 May 2025Open 11:00 - 17:00
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- 23 May 2025to24 May 2025Open 11:00 - 17:00
Address
Bridge Street, Bath, BA2 4ATBath
Join for free talks about the art on display for blind and partially sighted visitors.
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- 19 May 2025Open 10:00 - 11:30
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- 23 June 2025Open 10:00 - 11:30
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- 21 July 2025
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- 18 Aug 2025
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- 15 Sept 2025
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- 27 Oct 2025
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- 24 Nov 2025
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- 15 Dec 2025
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Victoria Art Gallery, Bridge Street, Bath, BA2 4ATBath
Join a curator and explore the wonderful paintings, drawings and sculpture in the permanent collection housed in the Victoria Art Gallery's art stores.
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- 22 May 2025Open 12:00 - 12:45
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- 19 June 2025
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- 24 July 2025
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- 21 Aug 2025
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- 18 Sept 2025
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- 23 Oct 2025
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- 20 Nov 2025
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- 18 Dec 2025
Address
No.1 Royal Crescent, 1 Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2LRBath
Acclaimed writer and art historian Tanya Harrod will lead an engaging discussion exploring a variety of themes and ideas around the work of artists Georgie Hopton and Mary Delany.
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- 22 May 2025Open 17:30 - 20:00
Address
Newark Works, 2 Foundry Ln, Bath, Bath & NE Somerset, BA2 3DZBath
Fringe Arts Bath Festival (FaB) is Bath's free annual visual art festival, bringing exhibitions, events and surprises to empty shops and unexpected spaces in Bath.
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- 23 May 2025to7 June 2025Open 18:00 - 18:00
Address
The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4DBTelephone
+44 (0) 1225388569Bathwick, Bath
This will be a rare opportunity to see some of Turner's finest watercolours from a private collection.
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- 23 May 2025to14 Sept 2025
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Various venues, BA1 2EBHistoric venues across Bath open their doors to reveal queer histories from archives and collections, offering new trails, tours, talks, workshops, exhibitions and more.
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- 26 May 2025to30 June 2025
Address
Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein, 37 Gay Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2NTTelephone
+44 (0) 1225551542Bath
The ultimate games night awaits at The House of Frankenstein!
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- 30 May 2025to31 May 2025Open 17:00 - 22:30
Address
Abbey Church Yard, Bath, BA1 1LZBath
Explore the Roman Baths collection through a queer lens with our free temporary display in the King's Lounge.
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- 31 May 2025to14 Sept 2025Open 09:00 - 17:00
Bath
Inspired by the woodblock works featured in the In Bloom exhibition, guests can create their own works of art using petal-shaped ink print stamps to design patterns on craft paper.
Dates
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- 31 May 2025Open 11:00 - 15:00
Address
Museum of East Asian Art, 12 Bennett Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2QJTelephone
+44 (0) 1225 464640Bath
Take some time to slow down at the Museum of East Asian Art with our summer Calm Morning sessions.
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- 4 June 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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- 11 June 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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- 18 June 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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- 25 June 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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- 2 July 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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- 9 July 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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- 16 July 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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- 23 July 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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- 30 July 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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- 6 Aug 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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- 13 Aug 2025Open 09:30 - 10:00
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- 20 Aug 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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- 27 Aug 2025Open 09:30 - 10:30
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No.1 Royal Crescent, 1 Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2LRBath
This summer, No.1 Royal Crescent will open its doors for a series of special evening events on the third Thursday of every month from June to September 2025.
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- 19 June 2025Open 16:30 - 20:00
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- 17 July 2025Open 16:30 - 20:00
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- 21 Aug 2025Open 16:30 - 20:00
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- 18 Sept 2025Open 16:30 - 20:00
Bath
This free exhibition at The Guildhall showcases, for the first time since 1923, a selection of extraordinary books and fine bindings from the Bath Record Office collection.
Dates
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- 27 June 2025to28 June 2025Open 10:00 - 16:00
Address
No.1 Royal Crescent, 1 Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerst, BA1 2LRTelephone
+44 (0) 1225428126Bath
Letters, contemporary responses and the only manuscript she wrote in Bath will reveal the highs and lows of Jane Austen's time in Bath, as this exhibition exposes how turbulence and loss cast a long shadow over the time she spent here.
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- 5 July 2025to2 Nov 2025Various Opening Times
Address
Museum of East Asian Art, 12 Bennett Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2QJTelephone
+44 (0)1225464640Bath
This summer holiday, the Museum of East Asian Art is opening its doors on Mondays for a special kids' takeover!
Dates
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- 28 July 2025to1 Sept 2025Open 12:00 - 15:00
Address
Walcot Chapel, Walcot Gate, Bath, Somerset, BA1 5UGTelephone
+44 (0)7790203829Bath
This contemplative show will explore the fragile boundary between spiritual reverence and the mundane, as well as the shifting meanings we attach to objects, materials and places over time.
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- 30 July 2025Open 10:30 - 17:30
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- 31 July 2025Open 10:30 - 17:30
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- 1 Aug 2025Open 10:30 - 17:30
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- 2 Aug 2025Open 10:30 - 17:30
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- 3 Aug 2025Open 10:30 - 13:00
Address
The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4DBTelephone
+44 (0) 1225388569Bathwick, Bath
In the 250th anniversary year of Jane Austen's birth, the Holburne Museum's autumn display will offer audiences the opportunity to see the artwork behind some of Austen's most beloved novels.
Dates
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- 11 Sept 2025to11 Jan 2026
Address
Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein, 37 Gay Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2NTTelephone
+44 (0)1225551542Bath
your imagination will be severely tested as The House of Frankenstein's notorious horror event After Dark presents 'Parasomnia' - a twisted journey through waking terror where the lines between reality and nightmares are erased returns...
Dates
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- 18 Oct 2025to1 Nov 2025Open 18:00 - 22:00
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