www.bathmuseumsweek.co.uk Enjoy 9 days of events and activities and find out more about the wonderfully diverse and dynamic museums in the City of Bath World Heritage Site. Contact details and days open – October 2016 Museum Sat 22 Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thur 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30 American Museum in Britain (gardens and grounds) | 01225 460503 ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ www.americanmuseum.org | [email protected] Bath Abbey | 01225 422662 | www.bathabbey.org [email protected] Bath Jewish Burial Ground | 07761 586728 ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ www.bathjewishburialground.org | www.thebathcrinium.com Bath Postal Museum | 01225 460333 ✘ ✘ ✘ www.bathpostalmuseum.co.uk | [email protected] Beckford’s Tower | 01225 460705 Free admission to the Tower during Museums Week is by booked tour only www.beckfordstower.org.uk | [email protected] Fashion Museum | 01225 477789 www.fashionmuseum.co.uk | [email protected] Herschel Museum of Astronomy 01225 4466865 | www.herschelmuseum.org.uk Holburne Museum | 01225 388569 www.holburne.org | [email protected] Keynsham Civic Centre | A Roman Baths event – 01225 477785 ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ Mayor’s Parlour | 01225 477411 ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ www.mayorofbath.co.uk | [email protected] Museum of Bath Architecture ✘ 01225 333895 | www.museumofbatharchitecture.org.uk Museum of East Asian Art ✘ 01225 464640 | www.meaa.org.uk | [email protected] Museum of Bath at Work 01225 318348 | www.bath-at-work.org.uk | [email protected] No. 1 Royal Crescent | 01225 428126 www.no1royalcrescent.org.uk | [email protected] Prior Park Landscape Garden | 01225 833977 ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ www.nationaltrust.org.uk/priorpark | @nationaltrust.org.uk Radstock Museum* | 01761 437722 ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ www.radstockmuseum.co.uk | [email protected] Roman Baths Museum | 01225 477785 www.romanbaths.co.uk | [email protected] Sally Lunn’s House | 01225 461634 | www.sallylunns.co.uk Saltford Brass Mill | 01225 317277 ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘ www.brassmill.com | [email protected] Victoria Art Gallery | 01225 477233 www.victoriagal.org.uk | [email protected] *Please note, although there is an event on Monday 24 October the museum is closed. Free admission is not available on the afternoon on Thursday 27 October. Saturday 22 October Beckford’s Tower and Lansdown Cemetery Tour 11am-12 noon Museums Week celebrates the unique Fully Alive Art Exhibition 9am-5.30pm A guided tour of the Tower and the cemetery An exhibition of paintings from the national that was once Beckford’s garden. Booking collections and activities in our local museums Methodist Modern Art Collection. The essential: [email protected] or 01225 in Bath & North East Somerset. exhibition will be complemented by a 460705. (Free admission to the Tower during family-friendly discovery trail. Museums Week is by booked tour only.) Enjoy 9 days of events and activities and find out more about the Bath Abbey A Beckford’s Tower and Museum A wonderfully diverse and dynamic museums in the City of Bath World Tastings of Sally Lunn Buns 10am-12 noon The Mail Coach 2pm-5pm Heritage Site. Go out and about in North East Somerset by taking Come and enjoy a tasting of one of our Getting letters around the country was slow fabulous Sally Lunn buns. Taste a different until a mail coach was introduced. Find out part in free events during this special celebration of museums. sweet topping every morning. about how the mail coach changed the mail Sally Lunn’s House A delivery in our special exhibition. Bath Postal Museum A Ex Libris 10am-1pm and 2pm-4pm Learn a bit of Latin and make a Roman Towers of Lansdown Walking Tour bookmark. 3pm-4pm Roman Baths A A walking tour of the various Towers which can be found around Lansdown. Booking Saltford, the Brass Industry and essential: [email protected] or 01225 Waterpower 10am-4pm 460705. (Free admission to the Tower during Displays in Saltford Brass Mill on the Avon Museums Week is by booked tour only.) Brass Industry, the use of waterpower and the Beckford’s Tower and Museum A wider history of Saltford. Saltford Brass Mill Project A Pleasure and Leisure Family Trail Sunday 23 October 10.30am-5.30pm (last entry at 4.30pm) Hunt around the museum for objects which Fully Alive Art Exhibition 9am-5.30pm connect with our exhibition’s theme of An exhibition of paintings from the national Indulgence. Draw a cake as part of the trail. Methodist Modern Art Collection. The No. 1 Royal Crescent A exhibition will be complemented by a family- friendly discovery trail. Draw like an Architect 10.30am-5.00pm Bath Abbey A Discover how architects use drawing instruments to create their designs by Ex Libris 10am-1pm and 2pm-4pm reproducing famous Bath buildings, using a Learn a bit of Latin and make a Roman protractor and other equipment. bookmark. Museum of Bath Architecture A Roman Baths A The Big Draw Saltford, the Brass Industry and 10.30am-12.30pm and 2pm-4pm Waterpower 10am-4pm We do mean BIG! Make a giant drawing of Displays in Saltford Brass Mill on the Avon yourself. Brass Industry, the use of waterpower and the Victoria Art Gallery A wider history of Saltford. Saltford Brass Mill Project A A All welcome or suitable ages shown. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Tastings of Sally Lunn Buns 10am-12 noon Monday 24 October Silver Carousels Tuesday 25 October Come and enjoy a tasting of one of our 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm fabulous Sally Lunn buns. Taste a different Fully Alive Art Exhibition 9am-5.30pm Come and make a moving carousel toy Fully Alive Art Exhibition 9am-5.30pm sweet topping every morning. An exhibition of paintings from the national inspired by a fountain in our exhibition An exhibition of paintings from the national Sally Lunn’s House A Methodist Modern Art Collection. The Silver: Light and Shade. Methodist Modern Art Collection. The exhibition will be complemented by a Holburne Museum 5-11 exhibition will be complemented by a Pleasure and Leisure Family Trail family-friendly discovery trail. family-friendly discovery trail. 10.30am-5.30pm (last entry at 4.30pm) Bath Abbey A Animal Art Trail 10.30am-5pm Bath Abbey A Hunt around the museum for objects which Explore the animals hiding in the gallery. connect with our exhibition’s theme of Autumn at Prior Park 10am-4.30pm Victoria Art Gallery A Hallowe’en Trail 10am-4.30pm Indulgence. Draw a cake as part of the trail. Discover creepy creatures on a spooky Discover creepy creatures on a spooky No. 1 Royal Crescent A Hallowe’en trail for £1.00 per child, or just Twenty Minute Tales: Bathampton Hallowe’en trail for £1.00 per child, or just enjoy Prior Park in its autumn finery. and Claverton 11am-11.20am enjoy Prior Park in its autumn finery. Draw like an Architect 10.30am-5.00pm Prior Park Landscape Garden A An illustrated talk on the stories of Bathampton Prior Park Landscape Garden A Discover how architects use drawing and Claverton. instruments to create their designs by Tastings of Sally Lunn Buns Museum of Bath at Work A Tastings of Sally Lunn Buns 10am-12 noon reproducing famous Bath buildings, using a 10am-12 noon Come and enjoy a tasting of one of our protractor and other equipment. Come and enjoy a tasting of one of our Welcome to the Mayor’s Parlour 11am-4pm fabulous Sally Lunn buns. Taste a different Museum of Bath Architecture A fabulous Sally Lunn buns. Taste a different 800 years of history – see the City’s Royal sweet topping every morning. sweet topping every morning. Charters, Gold, Silver and Sword. Sally Lunn’s House A Beckford’s Tower and Lansdown Sally Lunn’s House A The Mayor’s Parlour A Cemetery Tour 11am-12 noon Ex Libris 10am-1pm and 2pm-4pm A guided tour of the Tower and the cemetery Ex Libris 10am-1pm and 2pm-4pm The Mail Coach 11am-5pm Learn a bit of Latin and make a Roman that was once Beckford’s garden. Booking Learn a bit of Latin and make a Roman Getting letters around the country was slow bookmark. essential: [email protected] or 01225 bookmark. until a mail coach was introduced. Find out Roman Baths A 460705. (Free admission to the Tower during Roman Baths A about how the mail coach changed the mail Museums Week is by booked tour only.) delivery in our special exhibition. Silver Carousels Beckford’s Tower and Museum A Bath Postal Museum A 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm Come and make a moving carousel toy Towers of Lansdown Walking Tour Pleasure and Leisure Family Trail inspired by a fountain in our exhibition 3pm-4pm 12.00 noon-5.30pm (last entry at 4.30pm) Silver: Light and Shade A walking tour of the various Towers which Hunt around the museum for objects which Holburne Museum A can be found around Lansdown. Booking connect with our exhibition’s theme of essential: [email protected] or 01225 Indulgence. Draw a cake as part of the trail. 460705. (Free admission to the Tower during No. 1 Royal Crescent A Museums Week is by booked tour only.) Beckford’s Tower and Museum A Liquid Light Show 2pm-3pm Workshop with Bath Sound and Light. Use the technology of the 1960s to make a short film. Museum of Bath at Work A Outdoor Fossil Hunt 2pm-4pm Outdoor fossil hunt on coal spoil heap. Bring small hammer and suitable clothes and footwear. Goggles provided. Meet outside Museum. Radstock Museum 5-11 A All welcome or suitable ages shown.