William Hershel museum in Bath

[vegaandarctures]

Went to the William Hershel museum in Bath today. It was pretty interesting and was a good day out. Has anyone else been or thinking of going?

[pastiche]

I have been twice now. I think it is an excellent little museum, very well done and plenty to see. And it's in Bath! A great place to visit.

[DarkerSky]

I went about 8 years ago. Must go back. I loved it there.

[reddoss]

Went last year for a day trip, a nice place to visit. There is also the Bath photo Optics shops in the Podium shoping centre which sells some of the smaller scopes (Meade & Skywatcher etc). It also so sells quite a wide range of EPs and other accessories. I bought a 240 to 12 volt power supply for my EQ6 there.

[bish]

I used to work in Bath but didn't actually make the effort to go until I moved up to Dudley. It's certainly worth a visit if you are in or around the Bath area.

[Astro Imp]

That has been on my "to do" list for some time.

[proflight2000]

I work there a lot, love the city apart from driving around it. The museum is a gem.

[stev74]

Nice to know It's worth a visit.

A good friend of mine moved to Bath last year because of his missus new job. We have planned a visit this Easter and I've already told them I can't go to Bath without a visit to the Herschel museum!!

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[Graham Darke]

I went the year before last and enjoyed it. Loved the workshop downstairs with all the speculum mirror making kit. It was great to stand in the garden where Uranus was discovered from too.

[palebluedot]

It's on my list now. Thanks for the heads up.

[Siriusmeg]

I have never been to this museum but it sounds great.

On a similar subject today I visited the museum of the history of science in Oxford which has a fantastic and fairly random collection of old scopes, from the 1600s onwards and including some built by Herschel. There's also a huge pastel drawing of the Moon from the 1700s, really interesting to see how our view of the Moon has changed.

[PeterJB]

I've been meaning to go for a while, I'll venture down there eventually.