Bath Preservation Trust

We were delighted to accept £120 from Finley Spurr and Edward Lloyd, who spent their summer school term selling ice lollies in order to fundraise for Beckford’s Tower and Bath Preservation Trust! Finley (pictured) visited the Tower to present the funds raised to our CEO Alex Sherman in person.

Did you know? This grotto was buried underground for over 100 years, until a team of excavators uncovered it two years ago. Once used by William Beckford as a tunnel in his garden between his home in Lansdown and the Tower in the early 19th century, it gradually became buried and forgotten about...

📢 HIRING! 📢

Are you mad about #museums? Crazy about #conservation? Do you fall head over heels for historic objects? You could be our new Assistant Curator!

- Part-time, fixed term (3 year)
- Salary: £24,500, pro rata (actual gross pay: £19,600)

www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk/get-involved...

A rare bird's eye view of our box hedges!

We are currently closed while we undertake refurbishments, however we are still able to offer private tours of the collection - contact moba@bptrust.org.uk.

We are also running a programme of events and talks: museumofbatharchitecture.org.uk/whats-on/

Half term family fun! Book via website www.beckfordstower.org.uk/whats-on

#halfterm #kidsactivities

Learn the art of #origami with our half term activity! Free with museum entry (no booking required)

no1royalcrescent.org.uk/events/origa...

#halfterm #familyfun #bathuk

Get creative this half term with our Marvellous Moonscapes activity! Drop in, no booking required 🌕

herschelmuseum.org.uk/event/marvel...

#halfterm #kidsactivities #bathuk #familyfun

DON'T MISS: Botanical Collage Workshop with Angie Girling 🌺✂
📍 No.1 Royal Crescent
📆 Monday 19 May 6-8pm
🎫 £45 including all materials and tea/coffee. Book here no1royalcrescent.org.uk/events/botan...

#artworkshop #whatson #botanica #marydelany #bathuk

🎪 Farm Yard Circus 🎪

Tickets are selling fast for this fun-packed day of circus fun for all the family!

📍 Beckford's Tower
📆 Sunday 10 August 2025
🎫 Children £7, Adults £15, Family ticket £40 - www.tickettailor.com/events/bathp...

📢 Last call for tickets! 📢

Regenerative Places: Designing a Sustainable Future - a talk with Tara Gbolade and Lanre Gbolade.

📆 Wednesday 7th May, 5.30pm
📍 Museum of Bath Architecture
🎫 museumofbatharchitecture.org.uk/events/regen...

Image credit: Gbolade Design Studio

Happy #InternationalDarkSkyWeek - the global celebration of the night! Our new astrophotography exhibition displays @bathastronomers.org.uk' images of space alongside drawings by William and John Herschel!

Book Talk - Billy Waters is Dancing Join us for a talk by Dr Mary L Shannon on her book Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain. ‘Finding Billy Waters: Uncovering Black Lives in Regency Britain’ Wil...

🎉It's official! I'm going to be giving a talk about Black Regency Londoners and #BillyWatersIsDancing at the gorgeous No. 1 Royal Crescent Bath for @bathprestrust.bsky.social June 12!

Book here:

no1royalcrescent.org.uk/events/book-...

and you can get a signed copy of the book too!

A new range of resources for retrofitting has been produced in a collaborative project between BPT, BWCE Bath, Bath & West Community Energy (project lead), Bath and North East Somerset Council, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and People Powered Retrofit:
www.bwce.homeenergy.coop/green-herita...

Interview with Dr Amy Frost: heritage, communities and technology Dr Frost shares how community co-creation and digital technologies are supporting inclusive access to heritage sites.

In this interview Dr Amy Frost, Senior Curator @bathprestrust.bsky.social, shares her views on how community co-creation and digital technologies are supporting inclusive access to heritage sites: calvium.com/amy-frost/

Check out this year's Curious Minds festival from Bath Arts Collective and partners including @bathprestrust.bsky.social and @brlsi.bsky.social - the line up is awesome www.batharts.co.uk/events

Our public programme of talks and events will continue throughout the museum's closure. Sign up to our monthly email newsletter to receive details and booking links: bath-preservation-trust.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

We’ve made a start to the year by undertaking essential maintenance and repairs to the Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel - home to @batharchitecture.bsky.social - with Emery Builders and James Grayley Architects, funded by MEND @artscouncilengland.bsky.social with thanks!

Tower surrounded by mist

Misty cemetery

Misty pathway

Beckford's Tower sign in mist

Various members of the @bathprestrust.bsky.social team headed up to the Tower for EDI training today, which we are undertaking as part of our work to develop our collective EDI awareness and related processes in support of staff and visitors.

The mist created quite a gothic atmosphere!

Kai Carter holding guitar

Beckford's Tower will be open for an exclusive after-hours visit on Thurs 6 Feb. Let beautiful live music from Kai Carter wash over you as you walk up the pink spiral staircase to the Belvedere, which looks out on the nighttime landscape in all directions.

🎫 www.tickettailor.com/events/bathp...

Caroline Kay will be here at #BRLSI on 15th Jan discussing how @tnluk.bsky.social has transformed Bath’s heritage 🏛️
As the former CEO of @bathprestrust.bsky.social, Caroline led major Lottery-funded projects like the restoration of @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social and @beckfordstower.bsky.social

Just a reminder that we are currently closed for conservation cleaning. We will reopen on 15 February 🧹

@bathprestrust.bsky.social's other museums are likewise closed at the moment, however at @no1royalcrescent.bsky.social you can still visit the temporary exhibition gallery and the gift shop 🖼🛍

Over on Instagram we're giving away two multi-pass tickets to three Bath Preservation Trust museums: No.1 Royal Crescent, @beckfordstower.bsky.social & the @herschelmuseum.bsky.social, plus a relaxing 30-minute Sound Bath session for two at The Soul Spa! Enter here: www.instagram.com/p/DEURRh6NRij/

Please sign up to the @bathprestrust.bsky.social newsletter - bath-preservation-trust.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... - if you would like to keep in touch about the project.

MoBA is closing from 15 December. If you would like to see the collection in its current format - including our unique 1:500 scale model of Bath - do pay us a visit on or before 14 December.

Tickets are available on the door. Open Wednesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm.

NEW EVENT: After Hours at Beckford's Tower
📆Thu 12 Dec 2024 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
📍Beckford’s Tower & Museum

Book now beckfordstower.org.uk/whats-on/

Portrait Painting Adult Workshop – No.1 Royal Crescent

NEW EVENT: Portrait Painting (Adult Workshop). The perfect Christmas gift for the art lover in your life! 🎨

📍 No.1 Royal Crescent
📆 6 February, 6pm
🎫 £60 (concessions available) - no1royalcrescent.org.uk/whats-on/por...

Admissions and Events from 13 December – 25 January 2025 – Herschel Museum of Astronomy

Hi Bluesky! 👋 Here's what's coming up at the Herschel Museum of Astronomy here in Bath:

📆 13 December: Stargazing with the Bath Astronomers

📆 21 December: String Art Stars (family fun!)

📆 25 January: Lunar New Year Planetarium Show

Find out more and book:
herschelmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/