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LEGO® Noble Plant Trail

Date: 15 July 2025–30 August 2025
Time: 10:30 - 16:15
Location: Museum Galleries
Admission: Free with Museum Admission (Admission free for children accompanied by an adult)

Learn more about the Four Noble Plants through our LEGO® trail this summer! Inspired by our exhibition In Bloom, explore the galleries to find LEGO® versions of the four flowers and plants hidden among the Museum objects. Discover the symbolism of these flowers and plants and learn why they hold such deep meaning in Chinese (… continued)

Tanabata Planetarium Show

Date: 5 July 2025
Time: 10:30 - 16:00
Location: Bath Central Library
Admission: £5

Join us for a special planetarium show and craft session celebrating the Japanese festival of Tanabata.  Tanabata celebrates the mythical meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi, represented by the stars Vega and Altair. According to Japanese legend, the two lovers are separated by the milky way and can only meet once a year, on the seventh (… continued)

Star Festival Tea Ceremony

Date: 5 July 2025
Time: 11:00 - 12:45
Location: Museum Gallery
Admission: £35 public | £30 MEAA Friends & Volunteers | £30 Student and BBFA

Join us for a special version of our traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony to celebrate Tanabata! Celebrated in Japan since the 700s, Tanabata is a Japanese star festival that tells the story of the celestial lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi. Enjoy exploring the themes of Tanabata with your host Yukie Williams and Yukie Scott as you learn (… continued)

miniMondays

Date: 28 July 2025–1 September 2025
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Location: Museum Galleries
Admission: £4 per child, adults free

This summer holiday we are opening our doors on Mondays for a special MEAA kids’ takeover! Feel free to be as loud as you like while exploring the exhibitions, playing traditional games, and discovering new things. With toys, trails, riddles, and more, come to MEAA for plenty of kid-friendly activities. There will be a range (… continued)

Calm Mornings on Wednesdays

Date: 4 June 2025–27 August 2025
Time: 9:30 - 10:30
Location: Museum Galleries
Admission: Free with Museum Admission

Take some time to slow down at the Museum with our summer Calm Morning sessions. We are opening an hour early every Wednesday to give you the chance to engage in some slow looking in the quiet of the morning. Deepen your connection with a piece of art using our slow looking prompts and find (… continued)

Celebrating Spring: Crane Trail

Date: 5 April 2025–20 April 2025
Time: 10:30 - 16:15
Location: Museum Gallery
Admission: Free with Museum Admission (Admission free for children accompanied by an adult)

Join us to celebrate spring at MEAA!  How many of the origami cranes hidden in our top floor can you find? Visit the Museum this half term to find out!   Explore the Museum to spot cranes on our objects and to learn more about these beautiful birds, where they come from in East Asia, and (… continued)

Movie at the Museum: Late Spring (1949)

Date: 29 March 2025
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Location: Museum Gallery
Admission: £12/10

This March, Curious Minds Festival is bringing you Movie at the Museum, a brand-new film series where cinema meets Bath’s most iconic historic spaces! FilmBath and Archaeo-Heritage Film will screen five incredible films as part of Curious Minds, each shown in a museum that brings its themes to life. This screening of Yasujirō Ozu’s Late (… continued)