About

The Shape of Care presents a remarkable body of work created through Pathways to Wellbeing, The Holburne Museum's community engagement programme that places art and creativity at its core.

Over the past year, our Pathways community has turned its attention to care — its presence and absence, the moments in which it is given or received, and the ways it can be felt, witnessed, or made visible through making. This collective exploration invites visitors to consider where care lives in our daily routines and how it shapes our sense of belonging.

Presented as a series of deeply personal responses, the display celebrates the quiet strength of everyday acts of care. These are the gestures often overlooked or unnamed: the patient attentiveness, the thoughtful exchanges, and the small yet sustaining actions that connect us to one another. Together, they reveal a powerful creative language through which care is expressed, noticed, and shared.

Tickets (includes entry to all collections, displays and exhibitions)
Full Price: £16.50
Concessions: £8 (Art Fund, 19 – 25 year olds, NSU card holders)
Universal and Pension Credit*: £2

Free Entry for:

• 18 and under
• Friends and Patrons of the Holburne Museum
• Students & Staff of University of Bath and Bath Spa University
• Adults accompanying a disabled visitor