The Victoria Art Gallery is a free public art museum in Bath, Somerset, England. Cuts to funding from central government now mean that it has introduced charges for entrance to temporary exhibitions for the first time since the gallery was opened. Now the second most visited museum in Bath with 117,000 visitors a year, the gallery is known for its friendly atmosphere, an exciting and varied programme of exhibitions and stunning permanent collection from Turner and Gainsborough to the moderns.
Victoria Art Gallery
The Holburn Museum
The Holburne Museum is located in Sydney Pleasure Gardens, Bath, Somerset, England. The city’s first public art gallery, the Grade I listed building, is home to fine and decorative arts built around the collection of Sir William Holburne.
Assembly Rooms
The Bath Assembly Rooms, designed by John Wood, the Younger in 1769, are a set of elegant assembly rooms located in the heart of the World Heritage City of Bath in England which are now open to the public as a visitor. Designed by John Wood the Younger in 1769. Their purpose was to be a place for dancing and music. When they were completed in 1771 they were described as ‘the most noble and elegant of any in the kingdom’.
Each of the four rooms, the Great Octagon, Tea Room, Ball Room and Card Room, had a specific purpose, as their names suggest, but they could all adapt for other functions, as they still do today. Guests can move easily, behind closed doors, from room to room throughout the day and there is a small formal garden.
Mission Theatre
The Mission Theatre comprises a large well-equipped Main Auditorium suitable for end-on, thrust or in-the-round productions for up to 150 audience members On the first floor of the main building there is a small theatre (The Theatre Upstairs) and a Bistro – The Green Room – which operates a fully licensed bar. The Bistro and bar are open evenings and weekends if there are events at the theatre.
Theatre Royal
Brimming with history, the Theatre Royal Bathwas built in 1805,one of the oldest and most beautiful theatres in Britain.It is a Grade II* listed building and one of the more important theatres in the United Kingdom outside London.Comprising three auditoria, the Main House, Ustinov Studio and the egg theatre for children and young people, always a wonderfully varied programme of top quality entertainment is on offer all year round. The Main house has capacity for an audience of around 900
Bath Abbey Tower Tours
Bath Abbey Tower Tours offer the chance to go behind the scenes and look at the Abbey from a very different perspective. The fully guided tour takes 45 – 50 minutes.
On your way up, you will get to visit the ringing chamber and bell chamber, stand on top of the Abbey’s vaulted ceiling, and even sit behind the clock face. Once up on the roof you will have the best vantage point in Bath to enjoy spectacular views of our beautiful city and see right into the countryside.
There are 212 steps to the top of the Tower arranged in two spiral staircases with an opportunity to rest in between.
The Fashion Museum
The Fashion Museum Bath is a world-class collection of contemporary and historic dress.
Originally know as the Museum of costume. It was opened in the Assembly Rooms Bath in 1963. Founded by Doris Langley Moore, a designer, collector, writer and scholar, who donated her private collection of costume to the Museum.
The Museum of Costume changed its name to the Fashion Museum in summer 2007. The Fashion Museum is owned by Bath and North East Somerset Council and is managed by the Heritage Services section. It is housed in the Assembly Rooms building, which is owned by the National Trust.
The Museum also hosts many exhibitions and events including fashion shows.
Crazy Golf ( Victoria Falls adventure)
Victoria Falls Adventure Golf is an eighteen hole course laid out in Victoria Park not a stones throw away from the Royal Crescent.The course features all the usual bumps humps and holes associated with crazy golf. With the added attraction of a waterfall. Just to add to the thrills. Theres a £1 fee for losing your ball !!!
Bizarre Bath Comedy Walk
An irreverent and hilarious guided stroll around the hotspots of Bath starting at 8pm every evening at 8pm from late march to late October.Not necessarily strictly historical. More Hysterical.
This is what the bath Chronicle had to say about the experience
“Bizarre Bath is weird and wonderful, poking fun at the more eccentric elements of the city, as well as using passers-by in an enormously entertaining piece of street theatre. It’s all the work of Noel Britten, JJ and Dominic Searle who have taken their renowned acts all over the world, and who now provide an evening show that is unique to Bath.
On the evening I was there, a group of about 50 people – comprising locals, tourists, day-trippers and passers-by – had assembled at the Huntsman Inn for the start of the walk. Not that you have to do much walking. It’s more of a gentle stroll, interrupted by moments of lunacy. It is clear that the tour’s great success depends much on the presenter’s interplay with passers-by.”
Bath Artisan Market
Bath’s biggest monthly market, undercover at the old Green Park Station in the heart of Bath.This award-winning independent market has over 70 art, designer-maker, art and crafts and hot and cold food stalls.
parking in Sainsburys car park is free for 90 minutes too.