The Museum Making community team is now complete with the addition of two engagement coordinators Helen Daniels is proud to have been part of Bath’s heritage and arts community for over 20 years, having held a … Read more...
Month: February 2025
Genesis: Showing of 1972 BBC Film on the Bowler Collection
Wednesday 9th April 12.30 for 1 p.m. £10.00 card/cash on the door to include sandwiches Director Stuart Burroughs introduces the rarely seen 1972 documentary on the Bowler Collection featuring founder trustees Kenneth Hudson and Russell … Read more...
Men of Steam (1962)
Wednesday 16th April 12.30 for 1 p.m. £10.00 cash/card on the door to include sandwiches As part of the Railway 200 celebrations in 2025, we are showing this documentary presented by John Betjeman and featuring … Read more...
Bathford Papermill 1914-18: Rural industry at War
Wednesday 23rd April 12.30 for 1 p.m. £10.00 cash/card on the door to include sandwiches After many years of research on our document collection of Bathford Papermill, volunteer Ben Marvell presents a fascinating tale of … Read more...
Road Rage: Traffic Planning in Bath in the 1960s and 1970s
Wednesday 30th April 12.30 for 1 p.m. £10.00 cash/card on the door to include sandwiches Bath City Council’s struggles to reconcile its obligations to the built heritage of the city and the demands of motor … Read more...
The Reckoning: War’s End
Wednesday 7th May 12.30 for 1 p.m. £10.00 cash/card on the door to include sandwiches To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War a showing of the last episode … Read more...
Charles Moutrie, General Manager at Bath Race Course
We are sharing some research about working lives in Bath in the 1890s and 1900s, using the portraits in our collection of glass plate negatives from the Bath studio of Tom Carlyle Leaman. Charles Linom … Read more...
Museum Looking for your Help
As part of our “Museum Making” project, we’re expanding our focus to tell the bigger story of Bath—a city full of history, creativity, and innovation. We’re diving into the diverse working lives of Bath’s residents, … Read more...
Louie Stride: Memoirs of a Street Urchin
“I was confronted by my childhood” In its first years in the early 1980s, the Museum was advertising for a volunteer tea lady. Louie, who was in her seventies, responded to the advert; recently widowed, … Read more...