OPEN LATER: 10.30am – 5pm

Enter the world of working Bath through a series of authentically reconstructed workplaces, workshops and display galleries. Two thousand years of working life are here to see:
furniture-making, J.B. Bowlers’ ironmongers, a soft drinks factory, even a Bath Stone mine – all on show in our amazing building, a 1777 former ‘Real Tennis’ Court. And we’ve got displays about Stothert & Pitt crane-makers, the Bath Press, and many local trades, shops and businesses.

Opening times

1 April – 31 October
Every day Monday – Sunday
10.30am – 5.00pm Last admission 4.00pm

November - Weekends only

10.30am - 5.00pm Last admission 4.00pm

December and January – Closed

February and March – Weekends only

10.30am – 5.00pm Last admission 4.00pm

10 minutes walk from Bath City Centre near Royal Crescent and Victoria Park

Every visitor can listen to a free audio guide on their mobile phone, and we offer a free guided tour daily at 11.00am as well. There’s a brilliant gift shop with some unusual books and other gifts that you won’t find in other museums. We regularly have children’s activities, working machinery demonstrations, film screenings, talks and other events.

Latest / What’s on

A Circus Parade

August 23, 2026
Here is a fascinating journal entry from the Rev. Francis Kilvert, who we have met before, visiting Bath from Langley Burrell near Chippenham. Tuesday 30 September 1873 Went down to Bath with Dora [his youngest […]
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Nov 1

Up on the Down: An Exhibition on Odd Down

August 23, 2026
An exhibition created by the Odd Down Local History Society will be on show in the Hudson Gallery from Friday 24th July until Sunday 1st November. The exhibition is part of the museum’s ‘Knowing Your […]
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Talk: “The Sack of Julian Road” with Dr Amy Frost

August 22, 2026
Wednesday 14th October at 18.30 (doors 18.00) Museum of Bath at Work Tickets £10, pay on the door, cash or card This year’s lecture, kindly sponsored by Cross Manufacturing, explores Bath’s planning and urban design […]

We love to tell the stories of working people in Bath. The first part of your visit will take you through Bowlers’ factory, workshops and office – you’ll step back in time straightaway when you buy your ticket at his shop counter. Your visit next takes you to the floor above which shows how the city’s workers have served residents and visitors with goods and services since the time of the Romans. And the Hudson Gallery features a changing programme of exhibitions, designed and researched with local people.

Audio guides • Gift shop • Children’s activities • Events • Talks • Films • Room hire
• Reconstructed workplaces • Demonstrations • Workshops • Display galleries