Jubilee/BFI Film Series: Today in Britain (1964) and Supporting Film

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

Today in Britain (1964) and Supporting Film Or rather yesterday’s Britain filmed for distribution abroad by the British Council to show what us Britons were doing in the 1960s. As you might expect for a promotional film it makes Great Britain look like the Garden of Eden but very interesting none the less and interesting...

£10.00

Jubilee/BFI Film Series: The Sea in their Blood (1983) and Act of God (1982)

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

Peter Greenaway is one of this country’s most idiosyncratic and often eccentric film makers with a unique take on documentary film making. The Sea in their Blood is concerned with our relationship with the sea as an island nation and how it defines us. Act of God is a documentary about Britons who’ve been struck...

£10.00

Heritage Open Day Event:
Court to Curation, 250 Years of Camden Works

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

The Museum of Bath at Work occupies one of the largest secular buildings of the Georgian period – a Real Tennis court. Used for a variety of commercial purposes after it ceased to be a court, including soap making, a circus, balloon launching and political meetings the building eventually became the Museum! Illustrated presentation by...

Free

Heritage Open Day Event: Bath, Industrialisation and You

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

The Legacy of the Industrial Revolution. The legacy of the Industrial Revolution has been a contested one. What was once celebrated as a Great British invention is now seen as the beginning of a period of environmental degradation, the effects of which we live with now. Come along and be entertained and informed and hopefully...

Free

Michael Cross Lecture 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

COMTEK: A Twenty-First Century Catch-Up The science behind climate change, discovered in 1856 by Eunice Foote, was known in the early 1970s to a few whose response was to set up isolated rural alternative technology communes. But architect-educated Glyn Davies and Thornton Kay focused on a city-dweller response and as part of the Bath Arts Workshop...

£15

Angus Buchanan Lecture 2023

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

Dr Cassie Newland – Industrial and Historical! Museum of Bath at Work Saturday May 20th 2023 11.00 a.m. £15.00 to include light refreshments In collaboration with Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society the Annual Angus Buchanan Lecture is being presented at the Museum, by Dr Cassie Newland, on the subject of industrial history and historical archaeology. In connection...

£15

Fringe Film Programme 2023: 80,000 Suspects (1963)

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

Fringe Film Programme 2023 The Museum of Bath at Work is running a series of historic films – with contemporary resonance- as part of the Bath Fringe Festival. All of the films will be shown at the Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, BATH BA1 2RH. Light refreshments will be available. 80,000 Suspects (1963)...

£10

Fringe Film Programme 2023: Winstanley (1974)

Fringe Film Programme 2023 The Museum of Bath at Work is running a series of historic films – with contemporary resonance- as part of the Bath Fringe Festival. All of the films will be shown at the Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, BATH BA1 2RH. Light refreshments will be available. Winstanley (1974) 7.30...

£10

Fringe Film Programme 2023: Rank and File (1971)

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

Fringe Film Programme 2023 The Museum of Bath at Work is running a series of historic films – with contemporary resonance- as part of the Bath Fringe Festival. All of the films will be shown at the Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, BATH BA1 2RH. Light refreshments will be available. 7.30 p.m., Tuesday...

£10.00

Fringe Film Programme 2023: Eric Ravilious — Drawn to War

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

Fringe Film Programme 2023 The Museum of Bath at Work is running a series of historic films – with contemporary resonance- as part of the Bath Fringe Festival. All of the films will be shown at the Museum of Bath at Work, Julian Road, BATH BA1 2RH. Light refreshments will be available. Eric Ravilious: Drawn...

£15.00

Women at Work: Invention and Innovation

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

A free interactive workshop at the Museum of Bath at Work Saturday July 8th 2023 11.00 AM – 3.00 PM Drop in at anytime! Dr Sandra Daroczi, a lecturer at University of Bath will be presenting an interactive workshop on women and invention at the Museum and all – young or old – are welcome....

Free

Roll up! Roll up! Julian Road Summer Fete

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

The Museum is collaborating with Christ Church once again for an afternoon of non-stop, family friendly, low-fat and high-jinks! Marvel at the White Elephant stall (all white elephants sustainably raised), gasp at the Second Hand Book Stall, wonder at the Pin the Tail on Bladud's Pig, conga to the West Indian Steel Band and simper...

Free

Heritage Open Day 2023 film: The Way of the Morris

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

As usual the Museum is participating in National Heritage Open Day on Saturday September 16th and we are showing the award winning documentary ‘The Way of the Morris’ -a heartfelt ode to his agrarian roots, this film follows filmmaker Tim Plester on a deeply personal journey from the barley fields of his childhood to the...

Free

Friends Open Evening Invitation & Launch of Fundraising Appeal for New Website

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

Friends of the Museum support activities in many essential ways from volunteering through to financial support all of which keep the doors open and prominently telling the story of Bath. This autumn we are launching an appeal to fund a new web site at an estimated cost of £4500. The appeal will be launched at...

Introductory Talks— Face to Face: Victorian and Edwardian Portraits of Working People in Bath

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

Currently on show in the Hudson Gallery is this fabulous exhibition of photographic portraits from the 1890s and 1900s – entry included with your admission ticket. We introduce you to the working and domestic lives of about 30 people who have been researched by a team of Museum volunteers. This portrait is David Tanner Press...

Michael Cross Lecture 2023

Thursday 12th October £10.00 with drinks reception 7 p.m. Nabobs, Indian Colonels (retd.) and Memsahibs: Bath’s links with India in the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries. Mr Colin Fisher Colin Fisher, an expert on Bath and the Sub-continent will be delivering the prestigious Michael Cross Lecture this year. With the subject of the legacy of the...

£10

Heritage Open Week Programme: Men of Steam (1962)

Heritage Open Week Programme October 21st-29th 2023 As in previous years we are participating in B&NES Heritage Open Week in October and in addition to offering free admission to all local residents we are, as usual, presenting a programme of short documentary films with contemporary resonance. All the film shows are free! Monday October 23rd...

Heritage Open Week Programme Film: Traffic in Towns (1963)

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

Heritage Open Week Programme October 21st-29th 2023 As in previous years we are participating in B&NES Heritage Open Week in October and in addition to offering free admission to all local residents we are, as usual, presenting a programme of short documentary films with contemporary resonance. All the film shows are free! Wednesday October 25th...

Free

Heritage Open Week Programme: Film — Bombed Bath (1942)

The Museum of Bath at Work Julian Road, Bath, BaNES, United Kingdom

Heritage Open Week Programme October 21st-29th 2023 As in previous years we are participating in B&NES Heritage Open Week in October and in addition to offering free admission to all local residents we are, as usual, presenting a programme of short documentary films with contemporary resonance. All the film shows are free! Thursday October 26th...

Heritage Open Week Programme: Film—It’s a Woman’s Life (1970)

Heritage Open Week Programme October 21st-29th 2023 As in previous years we are participating in B&NES Heritage Open Week in October and in addition to offering free admission to all local residents we are, as usual, presenting a programme of short documentary films with contemporary resonance. All the film shows are free! Friday October 27th...