# HERSCHEL HOUSE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 298295
- **Other names:** HERSCHEL MUSEUM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Feb. 3, 1988
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=298295


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 ROYAL CRESCENT, BATH
- **Postcode:** BA1 2LR
- **Phone:** 01225 338727
- **Email:** admin@bptrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.herschelmuseum.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM HERSCHEL BY THE PROVISION OF LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER LITERATURE AND BY THE MAINTENANCE OF THE WILLIAM HERSCHEL MUSEUM RELATING TO HIS SCIENTIFIC AND MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS AT 19 NEW KING STREET, BATH WHICH MUSEUM IS INTENDED TO CONTAIN SUCH EXHIBITS OR ITEMS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE COMPRISED IN TRUST FUND AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME AS A COLLECTION.

**Activities:** The Trust maintains a museum at 19 New King Street, Bath, where William Herschel lived and from where he discovered the planet Uranus.  The Trust owns the property comprising 19 New King Street and is actively involved in the provision of education of the public about the life and times of William Herschel and about astronomy generally.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE BATH
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| The Bath Preservation Trust Limited |  | July 31, 2015 |




