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EXHIBITION: Building Memory – The architecture of death and burial in Bath
From high Victorian cemeteries through sombre war memorials to a peaceful garden for suffragettes, architecture has the power to commemorate the dead and captivate the living. The celebration of great lives and commemoration of tragic loss has produced some of Bath’s most individual (and often forgotten) structures and spaces. As we mark the centenary of…
Architectural Photographer of the Year competition 2018
Architecture is all around us, virtually everywhere we go there is some kind of building, structure or space. Photography is now the most accessible format of recording our lives especially with the development of the smart phone. The Museum of Bath Architecture is exploring the intrinsic link between Architecture and Photography and the way in which…
Jennifer Crook in concert
Bath-based singer-songwriter, harpist and musician, Jennifer Crook is a much-loved feature of Britain’s folk and acoustic scene. Her collaborations encompass Boo Hewerdine, Eddi Reader, Darrell Scott, Miranda Sykes (Show of Hands), Eliza Carthy, Andy Davis (Stackridge), and many more. Since first coming to attention in the BBC Young Tradition Award, she has released a string of…
LECTURE: Arnos Vale – Civilising Death
Janine Mariott, Public Engagement Manager at Arnos Vale Cemetery, talks about the residents, history and architecture of this grand Victorian cemetery. Arnos Vale is a 'secret world' - a unique heritage site in the heart of Bristol with 45 green acres of spectacular Victorian Garden Cemetery. It was established in 1837, with it first burial…
Introduction to British Architecture, Part 2. 1800-1914
Join Dr Amy Frost on a 3-week course exploring the development of British architecture from the Neo-classicism of the early 1800s, through the variety of the Victorians, and into the first decades of the 20th century. Tuesdays 9, 16 and 23 October, 9.30am – 12.00noon at the Museum of Bath Architecture. £25 per session. 9…
CONCERT: Amor et virtute: lute songs and duets associated with Sir Walter Raleigh (d.1618)
Musicke in the Ayre bring their 2018 season of early music in the Chapel to a close with a musical portrait of a most remarkable West Country gentleman Sir Walter Raleigh, 400 years after his execution. Din Ghani will accompany sopranos Philippa Neaverson and Jane Hunt in a programme of lute songs and duets, some…
Introduction to British Architecture, Part 2. 1800-1914
Join Dr Amy Frost on a 3-week course exploring the development of British architecture from the Neo-classicism of the early 1800s, through the variety of the Victorians, and into the first decades of the 20th century. Tuesdays 9, 16 and 23 October, 9.30am – 12.00noon at the Museum of Bath Architecture. £25 per session. 9…
Introduction to British Architecture, Part 2. 1800-1914
Join Dr Amy Frost on a 3-week course exploring the development of British architecture from the Neo-classicism of the early 1800s, through the variety of the Victorians, and into the first decades of the 20th century. Tuesdays 9, 16 and 23 October, 9.30am – 12.00noon at the Museum of Bath Architecture. £25 per session. 9…
Museums Week (Half term) at BPT museums – full list of events
Here is a list of all the events taking place at Bath Preservation Trust museums during Museums Week, 27 October to 4 November. Museums Week events 2018.
Museums Week: Printing Workshop
Come along during October half term with your Discovery Card to gain free entry and make the most of the museum. Look around to enjoy our examples of beautiful and elegant wallpaper and plasterwork patterns. Then design and produce your own Georgian inspired prints using stampers or by tracing onto polystyrene.
Decorative Printing workshop
Look around the museum to spot our examples of beautiful and elegant wallpaper and plasterwork patterns. Then design and produce your own Georgian inspired prints using stampers or polystyrene tiles and printing ink. FREE admission to the museum with a valid Discovery Card, otherwise normal admission charges apply. In association with B&NES Museums Week 2018
Lecture: Bath’s War Memorial: Memory and Meaning.
Bath’s War Memorial was unveiled in 1927, nine years after the First World War ended. In this talk, Andrew Swift discusses the ways in which the long-drawn-out and often heated debate about its design, purpose and location revealed conflicting ideas about how those killed in the conflict – and the conflict itself – should be…