Museum of Bath at Work

If you like engineering history you will love this small museum that packs a lot in. I never knew how much innovation came from Bath, but now I do! The staff were friendly, knowledgeable and helpful.

An excellent museum that shares the rich commercial history of Bath. The founding of this museum dates to a key time (mid 70s) in industrial heritage preservation in the UK. As a museum curator/manager/trustee and accreditation mentor I found this to be an authentic and enjoyable museum. If you’re in Bath, living or visiting, please visit and support.Great volunteer on reception when I visited on 30th July at 1pm. 😀

Fantastic museum just a few minutes' walk from the city centre. Staff are friendly, helpful, and informative. The museum has a vast collection of artefacts from former Bath Businesses, laid out in a spacious informative way like workshops would have been at the time. You can switch on some of the big equipment and see it spring to life. It's fascinating to see what was going on in the past and the quality craftsmanship. There is even a little self-serve coffee area. Lovely museum, I went just after it opened, so it was quiet for me to amble along in peace. It was definitely worth a visit to compare what the workers were up to after visiting the Georgian Splendour of the City.

An interesting visit to the Museum of Bath at Work earlier today, definitely worth visiting! 🤔 🏛 👍

What an interesting little place, unfortunately the day we went they had to close early because of staffing issues. Only had about 40 minutes. I didn’t catch the name of the woman working the ticket counter but she was super friendly and very knowledgeable. The story of the Bowler business (1st floor) is interesting for sure (the man had a LOT of tools), as are the displays about each of the areas around Bath (2nd floor). It seems like it doesn’t get a lot of visitors since it’s a bit off the normal beaten path, and that’s too bad. I wish we were in town an extra day because I’d surely go back.

¡Hola! I've just spent a very enjoyable early evening at the Museum's open evening event (26/9), talking to academics from Bath University face-to-face and online. It's refreshing to know that the Museum and University are getting out to meet the public to enthuse and involve them. Keep up the excellent work. ¡Muchas gracias! PS Hopefully I'll return to the Museum as there is so much to learn there, about the activity we all have to do - WORK!

Excellent museum mainly focusing on a Bath company that made custom metal components in their workshops and later bottled mineral water and flavoured drinks. An amazing number of exhibits from this company as the always kept sample pieces. There were also exhibits about other Bath based industry including The Admeralty, Bath Stone and others.

A fantastic museum looking at the working history of Bath, with a large focus on the businesses of JB Bowler, whose vast collection of engineering ephemera comprise many of the displays. Particularly fascinating is the history and paraphernalia relating to early soft drinks manufacturing. There are also displays about the many and varied industries throughout Bath's history, all of which makes for a great museum for anyone with an interest in industrial history.