Bath Abbey
Discover more about and help with the archaeology and conservation work at Bath Abbey through hands on activities!
27, 29 and 30 October 2018, selected times
Free to Discovery Card holders
Sally Lunn's
Sample the world famous Sally Lunn Bun
Saturday 27 October- Sunday 4 November 2018 10am-12pm
Free
Prior Park Landscape Garden
Follow the trail to claim a prize
27 October-4 November 2018, 10am-4pm
The Roman Baths
Who or what was the Gorgon? Make a monstrous Gorgon’s head badge.
Saturday 27 October – Sunday 4 November 2018, 10am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-4pm
Free with ticket to the Roman Baths and to Discovery Card holders
Saltford Brass Mill
An ancient watermill on the River Avon in Saltford used as a brass battery and rolling mill from 1725-1925
27-28 October and 3-4 November 2018, 10am-4pm
No.1 Royal Crescent
Make a Bath-themed photo frame to take home
27 October-4 November, 10am-5pm (last entry 4pm)
Victoria Art Gallery
Big Draw – It’s a Cover Up
Saturday 27 October 10.30am-3pm
The Victoria Art Gallery
Museum of Bath at Work
Made in Bath: An Exhibition of Making in the City. An exhibition designed and produced by Mytton Williams and Opal Print.
Saturday 27 October – Sunday 4 November 2018, 10:30am - 5pm
Free with Discovery Card
Happy Birthday to Us. Help the Museum celebrate its 40th birthday with film and presentations
Saturday 27 October 2018, 11am - 12:30pm
Beckford's Tower
A guided tour of the Tower and the cemetery that was once Beckford’s garden
Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 October 2018, 11.00-midday and 15.00-16.00
Free to Discovery Card holders, advance booking essential
Beckfords Tower
Bath Postal Museum
View the current exhibition at Bath Postal Museum
27 October-4 November 2018 (excluding Sundays), selected times
Herschel Museum of Astronomy
Visit our ‘Wonder Women of Science’ exhibition to inspire you, then bring a character to life on a poster using a choice of exciting graphics
27 October-4 November, selected times
Bath Jewish Burial Ground
Visit this beautiful and tranquil burial ground
Sunday 28 October 2018, 11am-4pm
Keynsham Civic Centre
Write a short poem and make a posy ring or brooch for someone special
Monday 29 October 2018, 10:30am-midday
Draw a picture perfect pot using a wax resist technique with crayons and watercolours.
Monday 29 October, Tuesday 30 October, Thursday 1 November 2018, 10.30am-12.30pm
Fashion Museum Bath
Weave tartan patters
29, 31 October and 2 November 2018, 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm
Fashion Museum
Follow our trail and seek out special silhouettes around the Gallery.
Monday 29 October - Friday 2 November 2018, 10.30am-5.00pm
Two short documentaries – Good Value (1942) and Colour in Clay (1944) both made in colour and on the subject of mass production techniques.
Monday 29 October 2018, 11am - 12pm
The Mayor’s Parlour
800 years of history – see the City’s Royal Charters, Gold, Silver and Sword
29 October-2 November 2018, 11am-4pm
Mayor's Parlour
Museum of Bath Architecture
Inspired by our elegant Georgian plasterwork patterns, print a decorative design to take away
Monday 29 October 2018, 1pm-4pm
Bath Record Office
An illustrated talk on the history of maps in Somerset and Bath
Monday 29 October, 2.30pm-3.30pm
Somerset Coalfield Life at Radstock Museum
Take part in an outdoor fossil hunt on a coal spoil heap
Monday 29 October 2018, 2pm-4pm
Free with museum entry
Radstock Museum
Help create a giant banner to celebrate our special city of Bath
Tuesday 30 October, 10am-1pm
Museum of East Asian Art
Join us to make painted masks inspired by East Asian monsters
30 and 31 October, 10.30am-midday
The Museum of East Asian Art
American Museum in Britain
Take a walk around the garden at the American Museum
30 October-2 November 2018, 10am-3pm
Holburne Museum
Make a mini stage-set complete with ghastly ghouls and scary skeletons
30 and 31 October 2018, 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-3.30pm
Two short documentaries –Queen Cotton(1946) and King Wool(1944) both made on the subject of mass production techniques in the British textile industries
Tuesday 30 October 2018, 11am - 12pm
Listen to East Asian ghost stories and have some Halloween fun
Tuesday 30 October 2018, 2pm-3.30pm
Two documentary films Women at War (1943) and Student Nurse (1949) celebrating the contribution to the war effort and National Health Service.
Wednesday 31 October 2018, 11am - 12pm.
Become an astronomer by making a device that will help you identify the stars in the night sky
Wednesday 31 October 2018, 1pm-4pm
An inspiring opportunity for families to hear a talk by Carole Mundell, Head of Astrophysics at the University of Bath
Wednesday 31 October, 2pm-3pm
Listen to Korean harvest story and make drums and props with recycled materials
Wednesday 31 October 2018, 2pm-3:30pm
Creepy ghost stories featuring Victorian dolls, and so on, made in 1974 and amazingly filmed in India.
Wednesday 31 October 2018, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Enjoy harvest-themed crafts and find out how everyone including children worked to bring in the harvest over 100 years ago.
Thursday 1 November 2018, 10.30am - 12.30pm
FREE to Discovery Card Holders or with museum ticket.
Create a mask of one of the characters in our paintings.
Friday 2 November, 10.30am-12.30pm
Showing of rare film ‘On Common Ground’ from 1993 on local history, local significance and local distinctiveness, followed by a discussion on local history in general.
Thursday 1 November 2018, 11am-12pm
Two short documentaries – Child’s Play (1950) and Learning to Live (1952) on children in post-war Britain. Brilliant stuff for young and older.
Friday 2 November 2018, 11am-12pm
See how we look after our incredible Roman site. Our collections team will be cleaning the temple courtyard and explaining the process.
Friday 2 November 2018, 2-4pm
Bath Abbey
Footprint Project Discovery Day
Discover more about and help with the archaeology and conservation work at Bath Abbey through hands on activities!
27, 29 and 30 October 2018, selected times
Free to Discovery Card holders
Bath Abbey