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Holburne Museum

A Georgian mansion at the end of Great Pulteney Street, with paintings by Gainsborough and Stubbs.

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Open
Every day
Price
Paid; free for under-18s
Time Needed
1 hour
Address
Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2 4DBDirections
Getting There
A 10-minute walk across Pulteney Bridge and along Great Pulteney Street.

Why Go

The collection of Sir William Holburne fills a former hotel of the 1790s, with silver, porcelain, Gainsborough's portraits of Bath society and paintings by Stubbs. Behind it, Sydney Gardens is the last surviving pleasure garden of Georgian England.

Nearby in Bath

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