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Museums & Galleries in Bath
Rainy day or culture fix, the museums and galleries around Bath have you covered — think Bath World Heritage Centre, Bath Medical Museum and Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution — many are free, and the distances below help you pick the closest.
Museums & Galleries
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Bath World Heritage Centre
Bath World Heritage Centre sits right in the centre of Bath, near Bath Abbey, and is free to enter. Inside you'll find interactive exhibits and displays exploring what gives the ci...
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0.1 mi from Bath
Bath Medical Museum
Bath Medical Museum is a volunteer-run organisation celebrating the rich medical history of Bath, based in the Hetling Room at Thermae Bath Spa. You can explore collections dating...
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0.3 mi from Bath
Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution
The Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution is a long-established museum and cultural hub in central Bath, offering talks, exhibitions and youth education projects covering sc...
0.3 mi from Bath
Jane Austen Centre
The Jane Austen Centre is a Regency-themed museum in Bath exploring how the city shaped Jane Austen's life and writing, with an accompanying Regency Tea Room serving afternoon tea...
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0.3 mi from Bath
Mary Shelly's House of Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein is a multi-sensory museum in Bath exploring the story behind Shelley's novel, with a creepy basement walkthrough available alongside the main e...
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0.4 mi from Bath
Herschel Museum of Astronomy
The Herschel Museum of Astronomy is the former Georgian home of astronomers William and Caroline Herschel, set at 19 New King Street in Bath. You can explore the workshop where Wil...
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0.4 mi from Bath
Assembly Rooms and Fashion Museum
Fashionable dress for men, women and children from the late 16th century to the present day
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0.4 mi from Bath
Museum of East Asian Art
The Museum of East Asian Art is an independent educational charity based in a converted Georgian townhouse in Bath, holding a collection of over 2,000 objects from East and Southea...
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0.4 mi from Bath
Museum of Bath Architecture
The Museum of Bath Architecture explores the city's architectural story, from medieval beginnings through Georgian Palladianism to the present day. It's housed in the Countess of H...
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0.5 mi from Bath
Holburne Museum
The Holburne Museum is Bath's first art museum, set in a striking building where a permanent collection sits alongside a changing programme of exhibitions and events. You can explo...
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0.5 mi from Bath
No.1 Royal Crescent Museum
No.1 Royal Crescent is a restored Georgian townhouse museum on Bath's famous Royal Crescent, furnished as it would have looked between 1776 and 1796. You wander from room to room u...
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1.6 mi from Bath
Museum of Bath Stone
The Museum of Bath Stone tells the story of Combe Down and the oolitic limestone that built Georgian Bath, from its formation 160 million years ago to its use by Ralph Allen and Jo...
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2 mi from Bath
Beckford's Tower
Beckford's Tower is a Georgian tower and museum just outside Bath, built for collector William Beckford, telling his story while honestly addressing the transatlantic slave trade t...
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2.1 mi from Bath
The American Museum (Claverton Manor)
The American Museum & Gardens sits on a hilltop estate at Claverton, just outside Bath, with American collections displayed in the manor house alongside changing special exhibition...
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5.3 mi from Bath
Bradford on Avon Museum
This small, volunteer-run museum tells the story of Bradford on Avon and the surrounding villages of the old Hundred of Bradford, with collections covering local industries, natura...
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7.2 mi from Bath
Radstock Museum
Radstock Museum tells the story of the former Somerset Coalfield and the life of a typical Somerset coal miner and his family, with permanent displays on mining heritage and a rece...
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10.4 mi from Bath
Frome Museum
Frome Museum in Frome, Somerset, England houses a collection of local history and has a particularly important collection of artefacts from the bronze foundry of J. W. Singer. — Wikipedia
10.6 mi from Bath
Fox Talbot Museum
The Fox Talbot Museum sits within Lacock Abbey's grounds and explores the history of photography, celebrating the achievements of former Lacock resident William Henry Fox Talbot, a...
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