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Servants in costume on Mother’s Day
Dreams are free! Let your mother indulge her inner desires to be Lady of a a grand house and imagine life with servants at beck and call! Find seamstresses, laundry maids, housekeepers, cooks and dressers today, bringing the house to eighteenth century life. How would she command the butler or footman?
See Conservation in Action today
Every month our Conservation Housekeeper and her volunteers carry out some delicate cleaning or conservation work for you to watch and ask questions about. It could be fabric repairs, pest control, furniture care or polishing silver: visit today to see what's happening.
Crazy Portraits
EASTER HOLIDAYS. Find out how important portraits were in Georgian times, then design your own self portrait and make it as crazy as you like! Drop in activity, free with normal admission
Infrared radiation: seeing farther and deeper
A free talk for families with children aged 9 years and above by Dr Bob Fosbury, an astronomer who worked for 26 years at the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of ESA’s collaboration with NASA on the Hubble Space Telescope. Sir William Herschel accidentally discovered Infrared radiation in 1800 through a simple experiment using a prism and…
Exhibition: Image Control
As the Age of Instagram erodes our mental well-being with manipulated and curated images of ideal lifestyles and standards, this exhibition explores the way Georgians manipulated their own images to convey certain messages. By using these techniques, we aim to create our own manipulated images of historical figures to show how easy it is to…
Bath World Heritage Day
Architecture and engineering under the spotlight at Bath World Heritage Day Bath World Heritage Day 2019 leaflet Bath will celebrate the annual UNESCO World Heritage Day with a free event at Green Park Station on Thursday 18 April 2019, from 11am to 3pm. We look forward to seeing you at the Bath Preservation stand -…
Late nights over Easter
Come and experience ‘Image Control’, our 2019 exhibition. Early evenings on Good Friday, Easter Weekend and Easter Monday, 6pm – 8pm. In the ‘Age of Instagram’ we are surrounded by carefully created images of ideal lifestyles and standards. However this is not new; come and explore how the Georgians manipulated their own portraits 250 years…
Servants in costume today
Visit today to see servants in costume bringing the house to eighteenth century life. You'll find seamstresses, laundry maids, housekeepers, cooks and dressers, perhaps also a butler and footman.
Pop in pocket making
HALF TERM. Find out what Georgians kept in their secret pockets and then make your own. A drop-in activity open all day in the Servants' Hall. Included in the admission price.
Infrared radiation: seeing farther and deeper
A free talk for families with children aged 9 years and above by Dr Bob Fosbury, an astronomer who worked for 26 years at the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of ESA’s collaboration with NASA on the Hubble Space Telescope. Sir William Herschel accidentally discovered Infrared radiation in 1800 through a simple experiment using a prism and…
Bonnets and Bicorns
Give yourself an instant Georgian makeover with our elegant headwear. Make a Georgian bonnet or bicorn hat to take away. Will you be inspired by Jane Austen or Napoleon? A drop-in activity all day in the Servants' Hall. Free with normal admission.
Jane Austen Festival Twilight Tours
In partnership with the Jane Austen Festival, come and explore the elegant interiors of No. 1 Royal Crescent at this exclusive event. Join a candle-lit guided tour, led by one of our costumed guides who will reveal the stories of this elegant Georgian home and bring to life moments from Jane Austen’s novels. Tickets include…