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Pictures and Postcards: Beckford’s Souvenirs
EXHIBITION: William Beckford spent a lifetime travelling Europe, visiting famous cites and exploring unusual landscapes. Every destination saw new items enter his collection and every journey resulted in new writings and ideas. He recorded these travels in words but also in images, through artists commissioned to travel with him, or sketches in his own had. …
MUSEUMS WEEK: Beckford’s Tower and Lansdown Cemetery Tour (11am or 3pm)
Join one of our guides on a tour of William Beckford’s retreat at Beckford’s Tower as they reveal why the building was created and the treasures it housed. The tour will also explore Lansdown Cemetery, once Beckford’s beautiful garden surrounding the Tower and where Beckford himself is buried. There will be a family friendly trail…
Cemetery Twilight Tour
Join Courtney Fleming, the Tower's Manager, on a tour of Lansdown Cemetery, once William Beckford’s beautiful garden surrounding the Tower and where Beckford himself is buried. William Beckford had been buried in Bath Abbey Cemetery in 1844 but, at the instigation of one of his daughters, Lady Hamilton, the tomb was transported to the newly-created…
Hallowe’en Twilight Tour of Lansdown Cemetery
Join Courtney Fleming, the Tower's Manager, on a spooky tour of Lansdown Cemetery, once William Beckford’s beautiful garden surrounding the Tower and where Beckford himself is buried. William Beckford had been buried in Bath Abbey Cemetery in 1844 but, at the instigation of one of his daughters, Lady Hamilton, the tomb was transported to the…