Dan Brown visits Bath Masonic Museum

Did a recent visit by Dan Brown to Bath Masonic Museum form part of the research into the new blockbuster thriller “The Lost Symbol”, a book that features in its plot the mystery and intrigue surrounding the higher levels of Freemasonry in the USA?

Unfortunately not, as in this case the Dan Brown concerned was not the multi-million selling author of “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Demons”, but his namesake who runs the BathinTime website where thousands of old pictures of Bath are available for historians and researchers to view.

Dan’s visit was in connection with assistance that he has been giving to Bath Masonic Hall Trust’s historian, Malcolm Toogood, during preparations to open the building for public guided tours. These tours commenced in mid- September, and are now available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays commencing at 11am and 2.30pm, and on Saturdays at 2.30pm. Tickets are on sale at the Bath Festival Box Office, KC Change in the Abbey Churchyard and Bath Tourist Information office, as well as on the door.

The building has nearly 260 years of history, firstly as the original Bath Theatre Royal where, in the 18th Century, Sarah Siddons performed, then as the Catholic Chapel where, in the 19th Century, Bishop Peter Augustine Baines preached for many years. Since 1866, it has been the home of seven Bath Masonic Lodges, one of which can trace an unbroken history in the City back to 1732.

Dan Brown (right) being shown some of the exhibits by Malcolm Toogood.

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