Adult admission to the Holburne Museum is £16.50, concessions are £8, and anyone 18 or under gets in free. It's open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm, and Sunday and bank holidays, 11am to 5pm, with last admission at 4.30pm. If you want to see the collection without paying, turn up on a Wednesday between 3pm and 5pm, when the permanent galleries are free to everyone.
Sitting at the top of Great Pulteney Street, overlooking Sydney Gardens, the Holburne is Bath's dedicated fine art museum and one of the few Bath sights most visitors walk straight past on their way to Pulteney Bridge. It's worth the extra ten minutes.
Tickets and admission
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| General admission (adult) | £16.50 |
| Concessions (Art Fund, 19-25, NUS card holders) | £8 |
| Universal Credit (proof required) | £2 |
| 18 and under | Free |
| Wednesdays 3pm-5pm, collection displays | Free (£8 for temporary exhibitions that afternoon) |
| Membership | From £50 per person, unlimited entry all year |
Tickets are not timed and cover a full day, so you can leave and come back if you want a break in the garden café. The museum's shop and café are free to enter without a ticket. From 1 July 2026 the Holburne has been going cashless, so bring a card if you're paying on the door.
Prices are set by the museum and can change, so check holburne.org before you go if you're planning around a specific budget.
Opening hours
The Holburne is open every day except 24, 25 and 26 December and 1 January.
- Monday to Saturday: 10am-5pm
- Sunday and bank holidays: 11am-5pm
- Last admission: 4.30pm
What's inside
The collection was built around the bequest of Sir William Holburne, a Bath-born collector, and centres on fine and decorative art from the Renaissance through the eighteenth century: porcelain, silver, portrait miniatures, and paintings by Gainsborough, Zoffany, Stubbs and Ramsay, several of which capture Bath's own history as a fashionable Georgian spa town. A modern extension at the back, added in 2011, roughly doubled the display space and now hosts the museum's programme of temporary exhibitions.
The building itself has a good story: it started life in the late eighteenth century as the Sydney Hotel, the grand entrance to the Sydney Pleasure Gardens (now Sydney Gardens next door), and only became a museum in 1882.
The Bridgerton connection
If the exterior looks familiar, that's because it is. The Holburne has doubled as Lady Danbury's house in Netflix's Bridgerton since the first series, its grand façade providing the backdrop for balls and dramatic doorstep scenes across the show's run. It's one of the more reliable stops on any Bridgerton filming locations walk through Bath, and our Bridgerton filming locations guide covers the rest of the route.
Getting there
The Holburne sits at the far end of Great Pulteney Street, about a 12-15 minute walk from Bath Abbey and the Roman Baths, and roughly the same from Bath Spa station. It's an easy add-on to a walk through Sydney Gardens, which back directly onto the museum, or to a stroll along Pulteney Bridge and Great Pulteney Street itself. There's no dedicated museum car park; use one of the central pay-and-display car parks or a Park and Ride if you're driving in.
Is it worth it?
If you only have time for one museum beyond the Roman Baths, the Holburne is a strong pick, particularly for its cafe, its Bridgerton pull, and a collection that rewards an hour or two rather than a rushed half-hour. For a wider look at how it compares with Bath's other museums, see our guide to the best museums in Bath beyond the Roman Baths.