Exhibition Picks in Bath
American Museum, Bath. Claverton. Beyond Infinity: American Space Exploration Exhibition. Until 4 January 2026. Discover the wonders of space! This special family exhibition showcases innovation, collaboration, and the sublime magic of space that ignites awe in all of us. Features include a giant moon, real lunar rock, amazing rocket models, games, facts, out-of-this-world stories and hours of interactive play.
Bath Medical Museum. The Hetling Pump Room, 1 Hetling Court BA1 1SH. Collections include records dating back to the 1740s, as well as artefacts and photographs relating to rheumatology, medicine and pharmacy.
Herschel Museum of Astronomy. It is located in a town house at 19 New King Street that was formerly the home of William Herschel and his sister Caroline and features a permanent display of prints, objects and everyday items from the Georgian era when the Herschels lived there including telescopes. There is also a new object: a Gregorian Reflector telescope created by James Short, the pre-eminent telescope maker of the 18th century. The telescope, which is on long-term loan from Richard N. Blythe of Shropshire, was created between 1738-1768. From April 5th: Capturing the Cosmos: Astrophotography by the Bath Astronomers.
Holburne Museum. At the heart of the Holburne Museum is the collection of Sir William Holburne (1793-1874), fifth baronet of Menstrie. Exhibitions: Nicolas Party: Copper & Dust. May 12 to Aug 31. Impressions in Watercolour. Turner and his Contemporaries. To Sep 14.
Museum of Bath at Work. Julian Rd, Bath BA1 2RH. Enter the world of working Bath through a series of authentically reconstructed workplaces, workshops and display galleries. Exhibition: All Day Long: The Workers of Bath in Fifty Portrait Photographs; On Court: Bath and Tennis from Indoor to Outdoor to October 31. Through interpretation boards and loan items it reveals the rich history of tennis in Bath from the indoor real tennis courts of Georgian times, including the building housing the Museum itself, through early lawn tennis clubs to a game still thriving in the city today. Did you know that Bath had two of the earliest clubs in the country, Bath Lawn Tennis Club and Lansdown Lawn Tennis Club which are still in existence today, and that the city hosted the prestigious West of England open tournament in the 1880s? The magnificent silver trophy, or Bath Cup, presented to the men’s singles champion will be on display. The exhibition shows the increasing popularity of tennis in the twentieth century as clubs associated with churches and workplaces, and the provision of public courts, made it accessible for all. The game of tennis is placed in the context of a broader social history. One focus is on clothing – there are costumes on display which show changes from the 1880s onwards. Another theme is the local manufacture of tennis rackets, corsets, gut for tennis racket strings and of course tennis balls, still proudly made in Box by Price of Bath.
Museum of East Asian Art. MEAA’s collections consist of some 2,000 objects. The majority of these are of Chinese origin, spanning from 5,000 BC to the present. The tea ceremonies run on Thursdays every month.
Victoria Art Gallery. The public art museum opened in 1900 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It is a Grade II listed building and houses over 1,500 objects of art including a collection of oil paintings from British artists dating from 1700 onwards as well as many paintings and illustrations depicting Bath over the centuries. The Lost Spells. The exhibition runs from 18 July until 5 October 2025.
Exhibition Picks outside Bath
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. Queens Road. Exhibition: Gender Stories. 31 May to 12 October. Step into a thought-provoking journey with Gender Stories.
Axbridge, Somerset. King John’s Hunting Lodge Museum: The current building, which was constructed around 1460, was occupied by shops on the ground floor, living areas and workshops on the first floor, and storage and sleeping areas on the second floor. The house is the finest of a number of timber-frame houses in the High Street and The Square.