A daily look at events and developments affecting the heritage and history of Bath and a cyber museum room for others to use as contributors in words, images and debate.

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Metro Mayor’s first meeting.

A transport strategy for the region and economic growth are two topics that will be discussed when the new Mayor … Continue reading →

Dress of the Year 2016 announced

Bath’s world famous Fashion Museum has just announced the Dress of the Year 2016. Chosen especially for the museum by … Continue reading →

Widcombe Councillor to be 790th Mayor.

Widcombe councillor Ian Gilchrist will be the 790th Mayor of Bath – it has been announced. He is a former … Continue reading →

No extension to this year’s Christmas Market after all.

Bath’s annual Christmas Market won’t now be extended to 25 days this year. VisitBath – who organise the 18 day … Continue reading →

Day by Day

What’s the buzz?

Bath’s latest street market – the once-a-month Independent Bath Market in Abbey Green and Abbey Street – was in full … Continue reading →

Bumper fund-raising night of fun!

The money has continued to roll in. Bath’s Hope Ball – held on the private lawn in front of the … Continue reading →

New NatWest branch for Stall Street.

News at last on where the new NatWest Bath branch is going to be located. After moving out of Milsom … Continue reading →

No turf but plenty of tarmac.

Welcome to another Bath Newseum ‘vlog’ as a way of introducing you to a couple of new heritage stories coming … Continue reading →

Heritage & History

Just for the record

B&NES has combined its local studies and archives collections in a single location at Bath Record Office in the city’s … Continue reading →

Letting music tell the tale

Two concerts to celebrate Bath’s oldest official international link will be held next month in the City, telling the half-forgotten … Continue reading →

Roman removal men!

When it comes to calling in the removal men – there is one particular job in Bath that really takes … Continue reading →

Letting history take root.

Bath is a city of trees and this is certainly the time of year to view them at their best. … Continue reading →

Over to you

Mayor’s Young Citizen

The Mayor of Bath (Councillor Ian Gilchrist) is launching a search for his ‘Mayor’s Young Citizen’. The Award began 23 … Continue reading →

Wheel ‘meet’ again with this year’s Motoring Festival.

The Rotary Club of Bath’s Festival of Motoring will be back again this year for Father’s Day weekend, June 17th … Continue reading →

Home from Holland.

Eleven Year 9 pupils from Bath Community Academy (BCA) are back at school in Odd Down after returning home from … Continue reading →

Making Walcot special.

The problem with Bath is it doesn’t do enough to ‘zone’ its commercial shopping areas and – basically – make … Continue reading →

The Gallery

A view of the Crescent

Would Bath’s iconic Royal Crescent have made a good Council House? Can you still see the spot where a wartime bomb … Continue reading →

The threads of life.

How do you follow your most successful exhibition in years? Why – with something completely different of course. Bath’s Holburne … Continue reading →

Bath’s extra-special bedroom.

A suite of furniture designed by the world-famous Glasgow-born architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh has returned ‘home’ to Bath 100 … Continue reading →

Record breaking show.

Bath Society of Artist’s 112th annual exhibition has opened at the Victoria Art Gallery with a record number of pieces … Continue reading →

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Bath trams to return?

New images of proposed cable car for Bath.