Exhibition Two: The Most Tiresome Place in the World: Jane Austen & Bath

In 2025 No.1 Royal Crescent will celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth with the exhibition, The Most Tiresome Place in the World: Jane Austen & Bath.

Jane Austen (1775–1817) had a complicated relationship with Bath. The scandals and shallowness of the City fuelled her cynicism and wit, and nothing escaped her scathing pen. And yet she wrote very little while living in the City. Letters, contemporary responses and the only manuscript she wrote in Bath will reveal the highs and lows of her time here, as this exhibition exposes how turbulence and loss cast a long shadow over Jane Austen and Bath.

A contemporary artistic response will be presented alongside this exhibition, the details of which will be announced in early 2025.

Where? The Gallery at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA1 2LR
Ticket price: £7, or £2.50 when purchased as an add-on to entry to the main museum
How to buy tickets: Via the website https://no1royalcrescent.org.uk/ in due course