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Welcome to BPT Learning
Welcome to the learning website of the Bath Preservation Trust. Here you will find details of all future events across our museums, our education programme for schools, online learning resources and much more!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Events are run throughout the year at the Trust’s four museums. For details of all our events please visit the individual museums’ events page.
Our “What’s On January to December 2013 (leaflet)” will be available here soon
Building of Bath Collection
Saturday 9 February – Sunday 21 April
Chapel Clock Returns
The original Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel clock presented by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon herself returns to the building it was created for.
FEBRUARY HALF TERM
Monday 11 February & Wednesday 13 February 11.00am -1.00pm
Skyscrapers or cottages? Design a Cityscape
For all ages
Let your architectural imagination run wild and create your own unique 3D building to add to our huge floor map.
LECTURE
Tuesday 12 March 6.30pm
Admission £5 on the door
A Gothic Jewel in a sea of Classicism
The Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel, home to the Building of Bath Collection, is a rare Gothic Revival building in a city dominated by Classicism. Dr Amy Frost explores the history of the chapel, the meaning behind the style and its place within the history of architecture in Bath.
Author event in association with Toppings & Co.
Wednesday 24 April at 7.30pm in The Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel
The Classical Buildings of Bath
Join Mike Jenner, architectural writer and author of a new book on Bath, as he describes the city’s more notable classical buildings, explains the rules to which they were expected to conform, and tells how a few geniuses broke them to move European architecture and urban planning triumphantly forward.
Tickets £6/7
Special Bath Preservation Trust members ticket price £5
Ticket price redeemable against purchase of book.
Tickets available from Toppings & Co, The Paragon, Bath BA1 5LS
(01225) 428111
bath@toppingbooks.co.uk
Bath Green Homes 2013
Bath Green Homes is a community project organised by the Trust with Transition Bath and B&NES Council which looks at how we can make homes warmber, greener and cheaper to heat. The programme of events runs through March and April 2013 with an open homes’ event on 13th and 14th April. Please visit www.bathgreenhomes.co.uk for more information.
Beckford’s Tower & Museum
EXHIBITION
Saturday 30 March – Sunday 26 May
New Acquisitions at Beckford’s Tower
An exhibition highlighting the variety of smaller items to have entered the Beckford’s Tower collection over the last few years. Less high profile than our blockbuster pieces of furniture, but no less perfectly formed.
LECTURE
Tuesday 9 April 6.00pm at Beckford’s Tower
Admission £5 on the door
Lansdown: Bath’s Great North Road
When Beckford built the Tower, Lansdown was open downs with a dusty road leading to the racecourse. Dr Amy Frost reveals how the houses, school and landscapes developed on Lansdown Road as Bath expanded uphill towards Beckford’s solitary retreat.
No.1 Royal Crescent
The main house at No.1 Royal Crescent is currently closed to the public while the next exciting phase of the Whole Story project goes ahead.
But some of the restored wing will open on Saturday 9th February, including the new Brownsword Gallery showing Home Truths: Georgian Living Unlocked, an exhibition telling some of the fascinating stories behind the treasures in the No.1 collections. There will also be an authentic 18th century style museum shop. Watch this space for further news.
EXHIBITION
Saturday 9 February – Sunday 28 April, 10.30am – 5.00pm
Home Truths: Georgian Living Unlocked
Every single item in your home has its own important story to tell. By looking into the history of objects found in No.1 Royal Crescent’s collection, this exhibition reveals how seemingly ordinary household objects have shaped our homes over 250 years. In this fascinating exhibition you’ll journey through five aspects of home life, discover quirky stories and find out how things worked. It is through showing No.1’s collection objects in a new light that we hope you will return to see the fully refurbished museum this summer.
FEBRUARY HALF TERM
Tuesday 12 February, 11am – 1pm
There’s no place like a New Home!
in association with the Home Truths Exhibition
No.1 has expanded into a new home. Help us settle in by designing fabulous C18th style New Home cards. Choose from a variety of materials and be inspired by No.1’s elegant interior design. Suitable for ages 5+
Thursday 14 February, 11am – 1pm
Home Sweet Home Cushions
in association with the Home Truths Exhibition
Home crafts are making a comeback! The Georgians loved spending time at their embroidery tables. Design and stich your own pin cushion to take home. Activities will be available for younger children. Suitable for ages 8+
Saturday 9 February – Sunday 17 February, 10.30am – 5.00pm
Unlock Georgian Living Trail
Find the exhibition objects and discover more about why they were so useful for households in the C18th. Receive a chocolate reward in the museum shop for your completed trail!
BATH IN FASHION
Monday 15 April – Sunday 21 April, 10.30am – 5.00pm
The Revival of Opulent Dress in association with Bath in Fashion
A week to showcase the fashion design talent of tomorrow
In January a competition was set for Bath’s aspiring fashion designers to design a contemporary outfit reflecting C18th style. The No.1 inspired fashion designs of our talented finalists now form part of an inspiring display in No.1’s beautifully refurbished museum. Come and see the beautiful new gallery space and review the exciting entries and winner.
Wednesday 17 April, 7.00pm – 8.00pm
Meet the Fashion Designers in association with Bath in Fashion
Come along to a special evening event to see which of our finalists will be crowned ‘No.1 Royal Crescent’s Young Fashion Designer of the Year’. Discover more about fashion in the C18th and find out what inspired their final designs.
EASTER HOLIDAYS
Saturday 23 March – Sunday 7 April, 10.30am – 5.00pm
The Whole Story Project Family Trail
It is a team effort to transform and open a museum. Take on the challenge of starting your own family project team as you follow this trail around the building to discover more about its refurbishment. Solve a problem in every trail location and receive your free Easter treat in the museum shop.
Sunday 21 April, 10.30am – 5.00pm
World Heritage Day
Between 11am and 3pm experience C18th Bath with Pulteney’s 13th Regiment of Foot encamped in front of No.1 Royal Crescent. Listen to English music with The Bath City Jubilee Waits and songs for springtime in the Georgian Garden (on Gravel Walk). Costumed characters and guided tours will help you find out more about social life in C18th Bath.
The Herschel Museum of Astronomy
Saturday February 9
Special Family Day at the Herschel Museum of Astronomy
Download and print your voucher from Groupon Bath, www.groupon.co.uk/deals/bath and enjoy Half Price Family Tickets
Sunday 24 March
Family Science Day at Lacock as part of National Science and Engineering Week
Events celebrating the lives and achievements of local scientists William, Caroline and John Herschel, William Henry Fox Talbot, Dr Edward Jenner and Sir Nevil Maskelyne.
Organised by The Herschel Museum of Astronomy, The Fox Talbot Museum, the Jenner Museum and Purton Historical Society. Details: www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk
BATH IN FASHION
Monday 15 April – Sunday 21 April, 1.00– 5.00pm
Dressing Caroline
Clever Caroline Herschel discovered eight comets, but she also looked pretty in white muslin and lace! Come and see her dress, her dainty shoe-buckles, locket and ring. Cut, colour, decorate and dress your own Caroline doll and play with our replica C18th dolls house.
RECITAL
Wednesday 17 April 7.30pm
The Music of the Spheres
An organ recital by internationally renowned organist and astronomer Dr Dominique Proust
At Central United Reform Church Argyle Street Bath, admission £10 on the door.
Music by William Herschel, Buxtehude, Holst, JS Bach.
Presented by The Herschel Museum of Astronomy and the History of Bath Research Group.
FREE AUDIO TOUR
Bath is a World Heritage Site and you might like to learn more about why the city has this special status by downloading a walking audio tour from the official destination website visitbath.co.uk.
This tour features commentary from the Trust’s Collections Manager and resident architectural historian, Dr Amy Frost.
To download the tour, CLICK HERE
ABOUT THE TRUST
Bath Preservation Trust was set up in 1934 to safeguard the historic city of Bath. Bath is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the only complete city in the UK afforded World Heritage Status. For more information about our World Heritage education resources please click here
The purposes of the Trust are:
• to encourage and support the conservation, evolution and enhancement of Bath and its environs within a framework appropriate both to its historic setting and its sustainable
future;
• and to provide educational resources which focus on the architectural and historic importance of the city.
The Trust also runs or helps to run four of the best museums in Bath:
• No. 1 Royal Crescent
• Building of Bath Collection
• Beckford’s Tower
• Herschel Museum of Astronomy
The Trust receives no statutory funding and is supported by donations, grants, and income from visitors to its museums, as well as 1400 members who share a passion for the city and its environs.
The quality of its learning provision at the Building of Bath Collection has recently been recognised by a Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge.
