OPEN LATER: 10.30am – 5pm

Enter the world of working Bath through a series of authentically reconstructed workplaces, workshops and display galleries. Two thousand years of working life are here to see:
furniture-making, J.B. Bowlers’ ironmongers, a soft drinks factory, even a Bath Stone mine – all on show in our amazing building, a 1777 former ‘Real Tennis’ Court. And we’ve got displays about Stothert & Pitt crane-makers, the Bath Press, and many local trades, shops and businesses.

Opening times

1 April – 31 October
Every day Monday – Sunday
10.30am – 5.00pm Last admission 4.00pm

November - Weekends only

10.30am - 5.00pm Last admission 4.00pm

December and January – Closed

February and March – Weekends only

10.30am – 5.00pm Last admission 4.00pm

10 minutes walk from Bath City Centre near Royal Crescent and Victoria Park

Every visitor is offered a free audio guide, and we often do free guided tours as well. There’s a brilliant gift shop with some unusual books and other gifts that you won’t find in other museums. We regularly have children’s activities, working machinery demonstrations, film screenings, talks and other events.

Latest / What’s on

Oct
14

Experimental Drawing – Finding your Mark

October 5, 2024
SORRY THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED Finding the marks to explore your subject Artists Workshop presented by Jane Hildreth as part of the Reactions Exhibition Museum of Bath at Work 10.00am – 1pm Tuesday 14th October 2024 […]
"The Fashion Behind but not Behind the Fashion: 1829 – T’is Thus to Follow the Mode", William Heath (‘Paul Pry’); Metropolitan Museum of Art
Oct
12

Women and Fashion: A Historical Perspective

September 27, 2024
Making Historical Fashion: Women, Creativity, and the Crafting of Fashion’s Past. One day conference open to anyone interested in the history of fashion from the 17th to the 20th centuries both in Britain and internationally
The National Lottery Heritage Fund logo stamp

Recruiting for the Museum Making Project

September 23, 2024
Be part of Museum Making: Transitioning the Museum of Bath at Work We are recruiting for the project team to run Museum Making, a Heritage Fund supported project that will re-position the Museum of Bath […]

We love to tell the stories of working people in Bath. The first part of your visit will take you through Bowlers’ factory, workshops and office – you’ll step back in time straightaway when you buy your ticket at his shop counter. Your visit next takes you to the floor above which shows how the city’s workers have served residents and visitors with goods and services since the time of the Romans. And the Hudson Gallery features a changing programme of exhibitions, designed and researched with local people.

Free audio guides • Gift shop • Children’s activities • Events • Talks • Films • Room hire
• Reconstructed workplaces • Demonstrations • Workshops • Display galleries