Upcoming Events
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…
Find out more »Party in the City – Bath Festival’s opening night includes gigs with us!
What is Party in the City? Party in the City will take place on Friday 17 May in 2019. This is Bath’s biggest night of free entertainment across the city and an important part of The Bath Festival celebrations. The night includes over 2,000 performers across 30+ venues and 3 outdoor arenas. It is Bath’s…
Find out more »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.
Find out more »Museum Lates with Treasure Hunt (6-9pm)
Come and experience ‘Image Control’, our 2019 exhibition. Early Friday evenings on 7 June and 5 July, 6pm – 9pm. 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 ago!…
Find out more »Jane Austen Festival Talk: Kitchens and Cooking in Jane Austen’s England
In partnership with the Jane Austen Festival, come and hear Museum Manager Lizzie Johansson-Hartley talk about Regency kitchens and cooking in England at the time Jane Austen lived here in Bath. Food was at the very heart of society in Jane Austen’s England. Through this talk and tour, delve into how the Georgians prepared and…
Find out more »We’re dressed for Christmas!
Welcome to No.1 Royal Crescent, the home of Mr. Henry Sandford, ‘a gentleman of a most benevolent disposition’. It is December 1786 and the household is preparing for Christmas. Mr. Sandford’s housemaid has spent the morning decorating the house with garlands of greenery.
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