From the Jane Austen Centre

He's in the news again

Martin Salter our Meeter/Greeter gets on the TV again with presenter Amanda Vickery. Take a look.

Dressing Up Regency Style with hats, bonnets, reticules and scarves

We've recently added a new section to the exhibition where we allow our visitors to dress up using Regency bonnets, top hats, shawls, fans, reticules and parasols. As you would imagine, it is going...

The Jane Austen Centre's Everyday Playlist

Relive your visit to the Jane Austen Centre anytime with this soundscape!

Jane Austen Dolls House - a labour of love

The heartwarming story behind the Jane Austen Dolls house

Jane Austen News - November 2016

What's the Jane Austen News this week?  2017 Is The Year Of Literature  Next year is a milestone for quite a few heroes of British literature, and to celebrate Visit England has declared it the ‘Y...

How Melissa Dring created her forensic Austen Portrait

In 2001, Melissa Dring was commissioned by David Baldock, the Director of the Jane Austen Centre, Bath, to produce a new Jane Austen portrait using forensic methods, as she might have appeared duri...

Jane gets a makeover... The Jane Austen Pop Art range

This new twist on the earlier image is a reinvention, a celebration, and also a reminder that Jane is a true icon, whose qualities commend her as freshly to each new generation as to the one before.

Jane Austen Centre Gets Honoured!

Visit England Welcome Award for The Jane Austen Centre The hard-working staff at the Jane Austen Centre were really pleased to find out that they had been recognised for their contribution to tour...

Guinness World Record

The Jane Austen Festival in Bath gained a Guinness World Record on the 13th of September 2014

Jane Austen Waxwork

Unveiling the new Jane Austen waxwork to the assembled media folk on Wednesday 9th of July at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath

Happy Birthday Martin

Martin Salter, the meeter and greeter at The Jane Austen Centre in Bath and officially recognised as 'England's Most Photographed Man', celebrated his fiftieth birthday in style at the weekend.

2013 Jane Austen Festival Photographs

Official Festival photographer Owen Benson has now uploaded all the images he took of this year's 2013 Jane Austen Festival for everyone to view. There are some stunning shots for you to enjoy.