Holburne Museum

Holburne Museum

Front facade of Holburne Museum
Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom
Established	1882
Location	Bath, Somerset
Coordinates	51°23′08″N 2°21′04″W / 51.38566°N 2.35110°W / 51.38566; -2.35110
Director	Chris Stephens
Website	www.holburne.org
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	The Holburne Museum
Designated	12 June 1950
Reference no.	1395305

The Holburne Museum (formerly known as the Holburne of Menstrie Museum and the Holburne Museum of Art) is located in Sydney Pleasure Gardens, Bath, Somerset, England. The city's first public art gallery, the Grade I listed building,^[1] is home to fine and decorative arts built around the collection of Sir William Holburne. Artists in the collection include Gainsborough, Guardi, Stubbs, Ramsay and Zoffany.

The museum also provides a programme of temporary exhibitions, music performances, creative workshops, family events, talks and lectures. There is a bookshop and a café that opens out onto Sydney Gardens. The museum reopened in May 2011 after restoration and an extension designed by Eric Parry Architects, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.