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The Roman Baths is an award-winning museum with a world-class collection. Our most recent awards can be viewed here.

2019

2019/20 - South West Tourism Excellence Awards "Large Visitor Attraction of the Year", Gold Award
2019/20 - South West Tourism Excellence Awards "International Tourism", Gold Award
2019/20 - South West Tourism Excellence Awards "Accessible and Inclusive Tourism", Gold Award
2019 - Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards "Large Attraction of the Year", Gold Award
2019 - Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards "International Tourism", Gold Award
2019 - Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards "Accessible and Inclusive Tourism", Gold Award
2019 - Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards "Wedding Venue of the Year", Bronze Award for Bath's Historic Venues
2019 - South West Tourism Excellence Awards "Large Attraction of the Year", Gold Award
2019 - South West Tourism Excellence Awards "International Visitor Experience", Gold Award
2019 - South West Tourism Excellence Awards "Venue and Business Tourism", Silver Award

2020

2022

2023

South West England Tourism Excellence Awards "Wedding Venue of the Year", Silver Award.
South West England Tourism Excellence Awards "Accessible and Inclusive Tourism", Bronze Award.
School Travel Awards "Best Venue for History Learning".
RIBA South West & Wessex Award to Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios for their work on the Roman Baths Clore Learning Centre
Autism Friendly Award from the National Autistic Society

2024

Bath, Bristol & Somerset Tourism Awards

Gold in the Active & Learning Experience category for the ‘Unearthing Aquae Sulis – Life in a Roman Town’ activity
Searcys at The Pump Room Restaurant awarded Gold for Café/Tearoom of the Year
Silver for Accessible and Inclusive Tourism
Bronze in the Large Visitor Attractions of the Year category

School Travel Awards 2024 – Best Historic Attraction or Venue

Sandford Award 2024 – recognition of outstanding contribution to heritage education. We have held the award since 1994 – one of the longest award holders.

Bath & North East Somerset Council Awards – winner – Supporting others to develop and grow

Accreditations

The Roman Baths is designated as an 'outstanding collection' by the MLA, and has Customer Service Excellence and VAQAS status.

Designated Museum

Registered Museum

The Museum Registration Scheme was established in 1988 and the Roman Baths was registered in 1990. In 2004, the Scheme was renamed Accreditation to better reflect its purpose and the achievements of those museums which meet the standards it sets out.

Accreditation recognises the steps that the Roman Baths takes to meet the needs of today’s visitors, while at the same time safeguarding their collections for future generations. Under the scheme the Roman Baths is required to provide:

opportunities to use, enjoy and learn from the collections
an assurance that the collections, including donated items, are held in trust for society
information about the museum, its collections and its services
a commitment to consultation with users, to ensure that future developments and changes take account of their needs and interests
appropriate visitor facilities or details about facilities nearby.

Customer Service Excellence

The Roman Baths and Pump Room, run by Bath & North East Somerset Council, was awarded the Customer Service Excellence (then Chartermark) Award in 2003. The Customer Service Excellence Award is only available to local government organisations and is designed to measure how well a service responds to its customers’ needs.

To get the award the Roman Baths has been consulting with its visitors and focus groups have been set up that make regular recommendations and comments.

The inspectors’ report was full of praise for the staff and site itself. It said: "The independent judging panel is satisfied that you provide an exceptionally high quality of service for your users – this is not an award that is easily won and this is a tribute to your organisation."

VAQAS

The Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Scheme is managed by VisitEngland and encourages improvements in the visitor experience through its network of regional assessors, one of whom makes a visit to the site annually. The assessor follows the entire customer journey, including marketing and promotion, visitor information pre-arrival, the site itself, the toilet facilities, shops and café or restaurant. The Roman Baths receives a debrief and written report from the assessor and uses it as a tool to make changes to the visitor experience. The Roman Baths has worked closely with VAQAS for many years to maximise the impact of this service and to make a difference to the visitor. Its assessment score has always been high.

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