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Holburne Museum

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Frommer's Staff

When this mansion was Bath’s most exclusive hotel, Jane Austen kept an eye on the fashionable clientele from her nearby house. Now the elegant rooms tell the story of Austen's time, showcasing fine silver, glass, and other decorative objects, as well as paintings by Joseph Turner, Thomas Gainsborough, and other masters, collected by 19th-century Bath resident Sir William Holburne.