Holburne Museum Featured in Conservation & Heritage Journal

6 January 2026

The Holburne now layers Charles Harcourt Masters’ original 1795 building, Reginald Blomfield’s 1915 alterations, Eric Parry Architects’ 2011 extension, and the 2025 retrofit. The recent interventions have enhanced the museum’s capacity to display its collections to 100,000 annual visitors, while respecting Bath’s UNESCO World Heritage setting.

The 2011 extension enabled touring exhibitions that support financial sustainability and the 2025 galleries allow display of major loans. Together they show that conservation and growth can align—expanding programming and strengthening the public offer. The Holburne presents a story of how incremental change can sustain civic and cultural purpose, showing that conservation thrives when it embraces careful evolution.

Read more about our work at the Holburne Museum in Bath in the latest issue of Conservation & Heritage Journal, click here for a digital copy.