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. See https://www.americanmuseum.org/
Bath Medical Museum. The Hetling Pump Room, 1 Hetling Court. Collections include records dating back to the 1740s, as well as artefacts and photographs relating to rheumatology, medicine and pharmacy. Check when it is open at https://bathmedicalmuseum.org/
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. From April 5th: Capturing the Cosmos: Astrophotography by the Bath Astronomers; Paper Planets Origami. Family fun 25 Oct-2 Nov. See https://herschelmuseum.org.uk/
Holburne Museum. At the heart of the Holburne Museum is the collection of Sir William Holburne (1793-1874), fifth baronet of Menstrie. Exhibitions: Dreams of the everyday: paintings by Winifred Nicholson & Andrew Cranston to Jan 11; Illustrating Austen to Jan 11; Sculpting the Earth: Ceramics by Natalie Bevan, Psiche Hughes & Ann Stokes, to Jan 4. See https://holburne.org/
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. see https://museumofbath.org/
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. See https://meaa.org.uk/https://meaa.org.uk/
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. To 5 Oct; BSA 120th Open Exhibition. 18 Oct to 10 Jan. See https://www.victoriagal.org.uk/
Exhibition Picks near Bath
Arnolfini, Narrow Quay Bristol. ‘What is life?’ is just one of many gently probing questions addressed by British artist Emma Talbot (b.1969) in her solo exhibition Everything is Energy, in which the artist leads us through a rich eco-system of works – including silk painting installations, intimate drawings, sculptural forms (Talbot calls them ‘intangible things’) and animation – each exploring the complexity of our relationship with nature, technology and the world around us. See https://arnolfini.org.uk/
Axbridge. King John’s Hunting Lodge Museum. To 30 October. Commemoration of the end of WW2. Items from 1945 from the home front. King John’s Hunting Lodge is a wool-merchant’s house built c.1460 and is leased by the National Trust to Axbridge and District Museum Trust, who operate it as a local museum which includes exhibits relating to local geology and history from the Neolithic to World War II. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury. A Life Outside:Hope Bourne on Exmoor. To 10th January 2026. A landmark exhibition showcasing the life and work of Hope Bourne, one of the West Country’s most distinctive nature writers and artists. See https://swheritage.org.uk/somerset-rural-life-museum/
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