{"id":187502,"date":"2025-10-09T07:24:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/187502\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T07:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:24:25","slug":"eric-parry-completes-treasure-chamber-galleries-at-baths-holburne-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/187502\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Parry completes \u2018treasure chamber\u2019 galleries at Bath\u2019s Holburne Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00a32.5 million development has delivered two new galleries totalling 128m2 alongside new ancillary spaces at the Grade I-listed Holburne Museum in Bath. The new galleries, created with exhibition designer Real Studios, accommodate the loan of Renaissance treasures from the Schroder family collection.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-802119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EPA_External-View-of-Holburne-Museum_Dirk_Lindner_001-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The lower-ground-level gallery was formed from a back-of-house art store and ancillary spaces. The architectural concept was to evoke the atmosphere of an immersive treasure chamber. The gallery is accessed via a newly refurbished staircase, and employs a restrained material palette, carefully controlled lighting and blue-lined display cases that complement the silverware and majolica on display.<\/p>\n<p>At first-floor level, meanwhile, a new gallery space has been created by converting a former office, returning the space to its original function. Oak flooring continues the material language of the museum\u2019s existing galleries, while stained oak wall linings conceal structural elements and environmental conditioning systems, and an acoustic plaster ceiling dampens sound.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-802125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EPA_View-towards-Schroder-Gallery_003-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>New art storage has been provided within refurbished areas of the listed building, alongside the integration of essential ancillary functions.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Eric Parry Architects designed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/buildings\/holburne-museum-bath-by-eric-parry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">800m2 ceramic-clad extension<\/a> for the museum, which sits within the City of Bath\u2019s UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-802122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EPA_View-of-Schroder-Gallery_Dirk-Lindner_005-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Architect\u2019s view<\/p>\n<p>The Holburne is one of the star attractions within the extraordinary cultural heritage and cityscape of Bath. This new project brings more of both the historic and contemporary buildings into public use, supporting the museum\u2019s decades-long effort to better serve a growing audience from around the world. The original project to refurbish and extend the Holburne was one of the most memorable projects I\u2019ve been involved with and, with the considerable challenge and responsibility of constructing a new building within a UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the most satisfying to complete and then visit over the years. I\u2019m hugely grateful to the director and trustees of the museum for their invitation to complete this new expansion of the museum\u2019s gallery space.<br \/>Eric Parry, founder and principal, Eric Parry Architects<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-802120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EPA_View-of-new-first-floor-Gallery-Space_Dirk_Lindner_006-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1483\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Client\u2019s view<\/p>\n<p>I am beyond excited to be unveiling two new galleries housing the Schroder Collection at the Holburne, notably a dramatic and sumptuous display of Treasures from the Renaissance.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the generosity of the Schroder family, we are able to present one of the greatest collections of its kind within what I sincerely believe to be one of the most beautiful galleries in the UK and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a pleasure to work once again with Eric Parry Architects, which has created two beautiful spaces for the display of the most wonderful art and has carved out an appropriate context for the Renaissance treasury from what were mundane basement and back-of-house spaces.<br \/>Chris Stephens, director, The Holburne<\/p>\n<p class=\"picture\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-802128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EPA_Holburne-Museum-Worms-Eye-Perspective-scaled.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Project data<\/p>\n<p>Location Bath<br \/>Start on site August 2024<br \/>Completion date September 2025<br \/>Gross internal floor area 350m2<br \/>Form of contract or procurement route Traditional<br \/>Construction cost Undisclosed<br \/>Construction cost per m2 Undisclosed<br \/>Architect Eric Parry Architects<br \/>Client The Holburne Museum<br \/>Building services engineer OR Consulting<br \/>Quantity surveyor Castle Davis<br \/>Exhibition designer Real Studios<br \/>Structural engineer Momentum<br \/>Planning consultant Planning Heritage<br \/>Fire engineer The Fire Surgery<br \/>Project manager Mark Van Oss<br \/>Principal designer Eric Parry Architects<br \/>Approved building inspector Assent Building Control<br \/>Main contractor Emery Brothers<br \/>CAD software used Revit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u00a32.5 million development has delivered two new galleries totalling 128m2 alongside new ancillary spaces at the Grade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-187502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}