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Brighton & Hove Museums

We are a charitable trust that cares for five venues across the city.

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Royal Pavilion & Garden

Experience a fantasy palace fit for a king. Bask in Regency splendour inside and out.

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Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Enjoy world-class art, history and design. Explore inspiring collections, local and global.

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Preston Manor & Gardens

Step into a house full of stories. Encounter ghosts, graves and a secret garden.

Hove Museum of Creativity

Hove Museum of Creativity

Explore memories and making. Indulge your playful side in family friendly galleries.

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Booth Museum of Natural History

Discover fossils, feathers, butterflies and bones. Learn about our planet, and how to protect it.

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Membership

Become a member today and enjoy free access to the full range of exhibitions and visitor experiences at all our sites.

Brighton & Hove Museums

We are a charitable trust that cares for five venues across the city.

Exterior of Royal Pavilion with plants in foreground.

Royal Pavilion & Garden

Experience a fantasy palace fit for a king. Bask in Regency splendour inside and out.

Entrance to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Enjoy world-class art, history and design. Explore inspiring collections, local and global.

Preston Manor exterior April 2025

Preston Manor & Gardens

Step into a house full of stories. Encounter ghosts, graves and a secret garden.

Hove Museum of Creativity

Hove Museum of Creativity

Explore memories and making. Indulge your playful side in family friendly galleries.

Exterior of the Booth Museum.

Booth Museum of Natural History

Discover fossils, feathers, butterflies and bones. Learn about our planet, and how to protect it.

Royal Pavilion exterior

Membership

Become a member today and enjoy free access to the full range of exhibitions and visitor experiences at all our sites.

Exterior of the Royal Pavilion

Ticketing Upgrade

Sunday 5 - Wednesday 8 October

Please note there will be a temporary pause in the purchasing of tickets for all venues and events

Find out more on our Ticketing Upgrade

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To the Manor Reborn

Donate today to help restore Preston Manor’s historic beauty

Find out more about our new restoration project

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Afternoon Tea at the Royal Pavilion

Afternoon Tea at the Royal Pavilion

Afternoon Tea at the Royal Pavilion

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Baby Pavilion

Welcome babies to the Royal Pavilion!

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News

Brighton & Hove Museums receive award from Arts Council England

Announcements

October 8, 2025

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Ticketing Upgrade

Announcements

October 1, 2025

Yes Colours x They Made This

Brighton & Hove Museums expand COLOUR with new Royal Pavilion installation

Press release

September 24, 2025

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Important visitor notice: temporary closure on 6 October 2025

Announcements

September 23, 2025

See the Sea

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

22 July 2023 to 30 November 2025

Sail through romantic seas and skies to views of today’s vibrant seafront.

The West Pier, Brighton, is seen from about half way along it, looking landwards. The pier is thronged with figures in late Victorian dress. The seafront is seen from Preston Street to the Chain Pier at far right. Fishing boats at sea in right foreground

COLOUR

Royal Pavilion & Garden

21 March to 19 October 2025

Discover a chromatic promenade through the Royal Pavilion.

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Preston Manor: A New Era

Preston Manor & Gardens

5 April to 30 November 2025

For the first time in five years, Preston Manor will reopen to the general public with a new visitor experience.

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An Introduction to the Royal Pavilion - Every Saturday

Royal Pavilion & Garden

3 May 2025 - ongoing

Explore the opulent Royal Pavilion with expert-guided tours every Saturday at 2pm.

Royal Pavilion Gardens May 2020

Obverse:- OTACIL. SEVERA AUG. Bust of Otacilia, diademed, to right.

Duke of York’s Cinema – Fit for an Empress!

Blog

A rare Roman coin from around the year 248 was discovered while the foundations for The Duke of York’s Cinema were dug.

HA282036. Ancient Coptic textile, Islamic Period (641-1517CE), Hawara. Long piece red wool cloth with three stripes formed of white thread. Possibly a shawl.

Cryptic Coptics

Blog

Although at first glance these textiles could easily be overlooked, they are in fact some of the most exciting textiles in our collection and are internationally important in the field of archaeology.

Reassembled artichoke

The Artichoke Lights Return to Brighton Museum

Blog

The collaborative efforts of the Facilities and Conservation teams were instrumental in cleaning and reassembling the five artichokes lights suspended from the roof.

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