Bath Young Inventors Award 2024

Bath Young Inventors Award 2024 is an exciting opportunity for you to invent something or create something innovative, whilst learning about some of Bath's great inventors from the past and present.

How to Enter

Bath Young Inventors Award 2024 is free to enter and the entry deadline is Thursday 22nd August 2024.

Be Inspired and Find Out!

Pick up an Inventors of Bath trail booklet for free from 44AD artspace!
The Inventors of Bath Trail booklet will guide you on an exciting walk around Bath. Shining a spotlight on historical and contemporary inventors and innovators alongside places of interest; this is a great chance to learn the history of some of your favourite places in Bath.

Discover a series of fun and free activities in association with this award, all shining a spotlight on historical and contemporary inventors.

Invent It! Free Activities

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Bath Medical Museum (BMM)
The Hetling Room (just opposite Bath Thermae Spa) BA1 1SJ

Weird and Wonderful Medical inventions Exhibition
Monday 29th July - Sunday 4th August 12pm - 4pm

Drop in to a fascinating exhibition of the weird, wonderful and downright very useful medical inventions.

The Bath Inventor’s Guided Walk - follow in the footsteps of famous Bath inventors
Tuesday 30th July at 2pm
Wednesday 31st July at 2pm

(starting from Bath Medical Museum)

Invent It! Become a Bath inventor yourself!
Thursday 1st August 10.30am - 12pm at Bath Medical Museum
Friday 2nd August 10.30am - 12pm at Bath Medical Museum

Come and find out how to go about making and devising inventions, or if you already know, come and do your own thing. Whatever you do, you’ll have 90 minutes of inventive fun, and a chance to plan or even make your own. Entry for the Bath Young Inventors Award.

Museum of Bath at Work (MoBaW)
Julian Road Bath BA1 2RH

Join us for a series of free admission talks aimed at young people, all about Bath inventors and innovation.

Saturday 3rd August at 11am at MoBaW
Artworks - Design and Invention in Bath:

A Talk about Harbutt, Dyson, Roebuck-Rudge and Cawardine.

Saturday 10 August at 11am at MoBaW
Metalworks - Design and Innovation in Engineering in Bath:

A Talk about Horstmann, Stothert, Cross and Griffin.

44AD artspace
4 Abbey St Bath BA1 1NN

Invent It! Bath Young Inventors Award 2024 Exhibition
28th - 31st August 2024 12-5pm at 44AD artspace

An exhibition displaying all the Bath Young Inventors 2024 entries.

Thursday 29th August 5pm - 6pm
Inventors Tea Party for all entrants at 44AD artspace

Saturday 31st August 2024
Bath Young Inventors Prize-giving event at Museum of Bath at Work

Bath Young Inventors Award 2024 Age Group Categories and Prizes

Bath Young Inventor Junior Award: 8-11 years:
Award Certificate and £50 Token
Bath Young Inventor Senior Award: 12-17 years:
Award Certificate and £50 Token
Best Overall Idea / Invention Award: 8-17 years: BYI 2024 Award Trophy

All entrants will be invited to attend an Invention themed tea party on Thursday 29th August 5 - 6pm!

Ultimately we want you to have fun!

So get out there and start brainstorming. Consider what and who inspires you and remember you can invent anything you want.

Have your invention shown in a public gallery!

An exhibition displaying all the entries with design ideas (drawings and/or models) will be on display at 44AD artspace between 28th - 31st August 2024, with a prize-giving event held on Saturday 31st August 2024 at MoBaW (Museum of Bath at Work).

If you require any more info, you can email:  bathyounginventors@gmail.com

Bath Young inventors Award 2024 is a collaboration between 44AD, Museum of Bath at Work and Bath Medical Museum.

Special thanks to The Arts Society, Wessex Area, University of Bath and Wessex Water for their support.