Museum Late - Candlelit Christmas
Location: No1 ROYAL CRESCENT
Address: 1 ROYAL CRESCENT, BATH, BA1 2LR
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Experience the magical atmosphere of Christmas at No.1 Royal Crescent after-hours!
Wander around the candlelit museum and take in our festive experience from a fresh perspective. With standard admission to the museum (£15 per person, or free for children), you will enjoy after-hours access to the museum’s immersive Christmas experience – and you can also enter our Georgian dressing room (the Georgrobe) to dress in Regency-style costumes. Alcoholic and soft-drink refreshments will be available for purchase throughout the evening, and our on-site gift shop – short-listed for the 2023 Museums + Heritage Awards – will be open for your perusal. Booking in advance is recommended but walk-up tickets may be available.
Tickets
It is advised you pre-book your tickets to ensure your preferred time slot. For tickets on the day, please head to the museum to request a ´walk in´ slot, availability cannot be guaranteed. Please note on-the-day tickets are not available online.
We recommend that you purchase a guidebook or access the museum tour app to support your visit, available on the door when you arrive.
Please be aware that by purchasing a ticket, you are giving permission for us to contact you with our evaluation survey. We will not contact you for any other purpose.
Concessions
Concession tickets are available for seniors, students, NHS workers and Blue Light card holders with valid ID.
Bath Preservation Trust Member tickets
These are available but we would ask members to consider purchasing a ticket to support the museum at this time to secure our future. If you do opt for a free pre-booked BPT member ticket during opening hours, please ensure you bring your membership card with you to validate this when you visit.
Annual Passes
Please retain your ticket receipt as this is to be used as proof of purchase for your annual pass (free return visits for 12 months after your first visit). If you lose your receipt we are not able to reissue these or allow free admission to the museum.
Annual passes are non-transferable. If you are returning on a valid annual pass please select the appropriate ticket and ensure that you bring this with you.
Discovery Card Holders
We offer a 15% discount to Discovery Card holders. Use the code DISCOVERY23 upon check out. You must bring your valid Discovery Card with you when you visit to validate your museum ticket.
Consider adding Gift Aid to your ticket
Gift Aid Admissions let us reclaim tax on the whole amount paid - an extra 25 per cent - which helps us continue to run our museum. An extra £1 paid under the scheme can be worth over £3 to Bath Preservation Trust.
Visitor information
We do welcome walk-in visitors but numbers are limited so entry cannot be guaranteed. To ensure you can visit, visitors are encouraged to pre-book and attend at their specified time slot, arriving on time to help avoid queues outside the museum. If you would like a guidebook, we allow time to purchase this as part of your welcome to the museum.
We will continue to operate a one-way route with three flights of stairs up and four flights of narrow winding stairs down. We have lots of information on accessibility on our website, https://no1royalcrescent.org.uk/accessibility-info/. Please contact us if you would like to discuss anything further.
If you will be visiting with a carer, please book your ticket and a free of charge carers ticket. A carer will be allowed in with you free of charge.
We have limited access for wheelchair users and due to the one-way route, visits for wheelchair users will be supported by our team. We have lots of information on accessibility on our website, https://no1royalcrescent.org.uk/accessibility-info/. Please contact us to discuss your visit and the support we can provide.
We are have a Christmas family trail for children of all ages to enjoy.
Hand sanitiser will be available throughout the building.
Visitors who arrive after their start time may not be admitted and refunds are not available for late attendees.
Visitors will enter the museum using the main door to the house, to the left of the shop entrance.
The shop is open but separate to the museum route. You can visit the shop before or after your visit and the entrance is to the right of the museum. Usual shop guidelines apply and we are contactless, no cash can be used. The shop will close at 8:30pm.
BPT reserves the right to close the museum at short notice. If BPT cancel the event, ticket holders will be informed and fully refunded.