Bath - Herschel House

Now a museum, it was in this house that the musician and astronomer William Herschel lived. His discovery of the planet Uranus was made from the garden in 1781.

The music room contains some of Herschel's original pieces of music and instruments. The basement has been restored as a mirror/telescope making workshop. The upper floor offers a telescope display including a model of Herschel's most famous telescope. The museum is also the home of the William Herschel Society.