Exhibition Archives - Bath Abbey

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World Famous Gaia artwork coming to Bath Abbey for Treasuring Creation Festival

Bath Abbey is hosting Luke Jerram’s touring Gaia artwork from 18th September to 29th October 2023, as part of the Treasuring Creation Festival. Measuring seven metres in diameter, Gaia features detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface and provides the…

Celebrate the Platinum Jubilee at Bath Abbey

Join Bath Abbey as we celebrate the 70 year reign of HRH Queen Elizabeth II. Image: Jacob King/PA Wire/PA Images Platinum Jubilee Evening Prayer 2nd June, 5.30pm We are delighted that the children of the Abbey’s youngest choir, Melody Makers,…

Let There Be Light: An exhibition of artwork inspired by the history and beauty of churches

An exhibition will be on display in Bath Abbey from 18 April-31 May celebrating the history and beauty of churches. Titled ‘Let There Be Light’, the exhibition will feature over 20 works by local artist, Shelley Ashkowski. Each piece is…

Exhibition of hand-crafted diptychs to celebrate Epiphany

An exhibition is currently on display in Bath Abbey until 6 February in the newly restored east end of the church. The exhibition features a collection of diptychs (double panels of artwork) that depict stories from the Bible about Christ’s…

The Bath Festival presents Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, under the Moon in Bath Abbey

Image caption: Museum of the Moon by Luke Jerram. Ely Cathedral. Photo (c) James Billings The Bath Festival presents Symphony of Sorrowful Songs with Paraorchestra, soprano Victoria Oruwari and conductor Charles Hazlewood, also featuring Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon.…

Countdown to moon landing in Bath Abbey

Bath Abbey is getting ready for a Christmas with a difference as it prepares to host Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon, an awe-inspiring art installation illuminating the historic Abbey in the weeks leading up to Christmas and over the…

‘Dark Shadows’ poem written in response to memorials’ links to colonialism and slave trade

Bath-based poet, Mark De’Lisser, has written a poem, ‘Dark Shadows’, in response to the memorials in Bath Abbey and their links to colonialism and slavery. You can watch Mark performing his poem here or read it in full on our…

South West Moon Landing

In 2021, Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon artwork enters its south west phase, as it lands in three cities in the South West. There will be three opportunities to see the Moon at three different Church of England buildings,…

Bath Abbey Monuments Exhibition to tell story of colonialism and slave trade

Bath Abbey is to hold an exhibition revealing its links to colonialism and the transatlantic slave trade through the history of its monuments and ledgerstones. The ‘Monuments, Empire and Slavery’ exhibition, which will run from 24 May to 4 September…

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