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Loved by locals, admired around the world

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Each of our museums is special. Together they offer something for everyone.

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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.

Hove Museum of Creativity

Hove Museum of Creativity

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

Preston Manor & Gardens

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

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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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COLOUR at the Royal Pavilion

Launching on International Colour Day on 21 March – 19 October 2025

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Royal Pavilion Colour exhibition poster

Nash view Pavilion

Guided Tour: An Introduction to the Royal Pavilion - Every Saturday

Join one of our expert guides for a fascinating look at this incredible building.

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Nash view Pavilion

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Brighton Festival 2025 at Brighton & Hove Museums

Find out more about Brighton Festival 2025 at Brighton & Hove Museums

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News

Easter Half Term Fun for Little Explorers

Announcements

March 28, 2025

The Conservation team on ladders, cleaning the Banqueting Room curtains

Volunteer Opportunity: Conservation Cleaning

Volunteer opportunity

March 25, 2025

Royal Pavilion Garden in bloom

HRH The Duke of Gloucester to visit the Royal Pavilion for first time since becoming patron

Announcements

March 25, 2025

Brighton, March 21st 2025: The launch of the new 'COLOUR' exhibition at the Royal pavilion

Royal Pavilion’s Brand-New COLOUR Exhibition Opens

Announcements

March 21, 2025

East Lawn of the Royal Pavilion prepared for new turf

Featured Story

Blooming Hard Work in the Royal Pavilion Garden

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East Lawn of the Royal Pavilion prepared for new turf

20th Century Gallery and roof with lights

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Roof Restoration Project

Vital work has started to repair the 220-year-old roof of Brighton Art Gallery & Museum to bring the Grade II listed building up to 21st century requirements.

Find out more on the Roof Restoration Project

20th Century Gallery and roof with lights

Victorian Cookery Club

Preston Manor & Gardens

Learn the secrets of a Victorian Kitchen at Easter and find out what Victorians liked to eat.

Preston Manor Kitchen

Behind Closed Doors Tour – Ground Floor

Royal Pavilion & Garden

8 January to 9 April 2025

Uncover hidden secrets of the Royal Pavilion on the Behind Closed Doors Tour – explore secret spaces, staircases, and corridors on selected Wednesdays

Kings Apartment, Royal Pavilion. Royal Pavilion, King's bedroom. To the right of the bed, you can make out a hidden door, known as a jib door, which led to the King’s water closet or lavatory. The jib door also leads to stairs that went up to the apartments of George’s last mistress, Lady Conyngham, in what is now part of the Royal Pavilion tearoom.

Photo Finish: Experimental Photography

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Explore camera-less photography techniques using found objects from the Royal Pavilion Garden.

Easter at the Manor

Preston Manor & Gardens

An Edwardian Fete Filled with Family Fun & Easter Magic

Preston Manor

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Story archive

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Agnes Crane, Queen of Brighton’s Brachiopods – Later Life and Legacy

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Agnes Crane was a scientific lecturer and writer who was a key person in the development of Brighton & Hove Museum’s natural history collections, specialising in brachiopods.

Wrap (Kanga), Kenya, Africa, Post-2017

Decontextualise to Decolonise

Blog

Decontextualise to Decolonise is a student-and-staff co-produced initiative from the Interior Architecture course at the University of Brighton.

Photograph of Agnes Crane's gorilla

Agnes Crane, Queen of Brighton’s Brachiopods

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Guest blog from John Cooper on rediscovering Agnes Crane (1853 – 1933), a museum worker of distinction.

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