The American Museum & Gardens presents one of the finest collections of Renaissance maps in the world in a new special exhibition for 2025. Explore the incredible power, beauty and history of Renaissance maps, with a fascinating look at the myths and memories that created them.
Interesting pop-up talks happen every week at the museum, covering a wide variety of topics about American culture and history.
On selected Tuesdays every month – a wonderful hour of fun and creativity for pre-schoolers and their parents/carers, with seasonal songs, stories, games and crafts.
If you have a fascination for fabrics, this specialised guided tour is just the thing to enhance your visit. The American Museum houses a world-famous collection of textiles, including quilts, embroideries, weavings and prints.
An incredible opportunity to view up close some of our quilts not on display in the Museum, and learn more about the history of quilt making in America.
What did early colonists need to bring with them to treat disease, who practiced medicine and what did they learn when they arrived from the Indigenous peoples? Find out more in this free talk.
For all plant lovers and garden enthusiasts, the Rare Plant Fair is an excellent opportunity to buy beautiful plants from specialist nurseries at one of the most spectacular gardens in the South West.
Yo-ho-ho – May half term is all about pirates! Come in a costume, hunt for treasure on our free pirate trail and be inspired by the arty maps in the gallery.
We are delighted to present Professor Jerry Brotton for a special talk about Renaissance maps, which sit between science and art, myth and reality, memory and loss.
We are delighted to open our doors to welcome all to enjoy our extensive estate with spectacular views, for a pay-what-you-can day in association with Queer Bath.
Enjoy a pop-up family planetarium show presented by the Herschel Museum of Astronomy team, and hear different star stories from around the world!
Join the amazing Super Pirates for an awesome kids’ rave with a disco storytelling tent, circus play, barrels full of fun, and an epic dance to a classic American playlist. A super family adventure!
Celebrate our incredible green spaces and the nature that thrives at our estate with a day of free activities, tours and walks for everyone to enjoy.
Learn all about the beginnings of Pride, which originates from New York City’s 1969 Stonewall Rising. Our speaker, Andrew Foyle, is a buildings historian and social historian working in the West of England with OutStories Bristol.
Join us in our spectacular gardens for a summer’s evening of jazz music with the Iain Ballamy Trio and American-inspired food and drink.
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men will present Shakespeare’s greatest romantic comedy, Twelfth Night, in our spectacular gardens with valley views.
Join us in our spectacular gardens for a summer’s evening of jazz music with Sam Crockatt and his band, and American-inspired food and drink.
The Selvedge Makers' Fair combines a visit to the museum's world-class textile collection and a selling fair with thirty curated textile merchants and makers. Truly a day to remember!
Enjoy a summer’s evening of outdoor theatre in our lovely gardens and watch a funny, fast-paced, new adaptation of Sense & Sensibility by the critically acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company.
Pack your picnics and join Ratty, Mole, Badger, and the fantastically irrepressible Toad as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime in a wonderful garden performance by the multi-award nominated Immersion Theatre. Recommended for ages 4+.
Join us in our spectacular gardens for a summer’s evening of jazz music with John Martin and his band, and American-inspired food and drink.
Join the amazing Super Pirates for an awesome kids’ rave with a disco storytelling tent, circus play, barrels full of fun, and an epic dance to a classic American playlist. A super family adventure!
Join us for a fascinating talk to find out more about the Shaker way of life and how Shaker design was a forerunner to architectural and design modernism in the twentieth century.
The perfect family day out for the spring school holidays! Jump through the looking glass into the world of Alice in Wonderland and follow the white rabbit to have an enchanting day out to remember.
Take time out and relax with your family on Mother's Day, surrounded by thousands of daffodils and a special offer in the deli.
Join Bath Astronomers and explore the magnificent view of the celestial vault from the gardens at the American Museum.
Enjoy a feel-good start to spring and experience the sensational beauty of 70,000 daffodils in bloom during March and April, with waves of different varieties opening in succession.
