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Self-portrait (with headband), Lee Miller Studios, Inc., New York, USA 1932 by Lee Miller

Lee Miller: Dressed

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
See Lee Miller’s life and work through her clothing beginning in Paris in the late 1920s and ending in Sussex in the mid-1950s.
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Self-portrait (with headband), Lee Miller Studios, Inc., New York, USA 1932 by Lee Miller

Where to visit

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

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Author Judy Pennington sits in the Royal Pavilion Music Room with staff members. She holds a copy of her book

Judy Pennington & George the Pavilion Cat

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December 4, 2023

Lea Grayston researching hedgehogs at the Booth Museum

Hedgehog Research at the Booth Museum

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November 16, 2023

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Rebecca, Garden Apprentice at the Royal Pavilion Garden
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Photography Club: Brighton & Hove

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

7 November to 12 December 2023
Interested in photography? Want to gain a Bronze Arts Award? Join Photoworks and Brighton & Hove Museums this autumn for a free programme of creative workshops for young people aged 13 – 16 led by award winning photographer Alejandra Carles-Tolra.
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Brighton Photo Club, Rachel Poulton. A group of young people stand along the seafront holding cameras, which point to the beach

Behind Closed Doors Tour – Ground Floor

Royal Pavilion & Garden

13 September to 13 December 2023
Have you ever wondered what lies behind all those closed doors in the Royal Pavilion?
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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.

Christmas Carol Concert in The Royal Pavilion >>> SOLD OUT!

Royal Pavilion & Garden

14 December 2023
Join us in the sparkling Royal Pavilion for a special evening of Christmas carols performed by two talented Sussex based choirs.
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Music Room at the Royal Pavilion. The opulent room was commissioned by the then Prince George in 1815 and designed by John Nash ***Pic by David McHugh / Brighton Pictures

Christmas Banquets

Royal Pavilion & Garden

8 to 16 December 2023
The Royal Pavilion invites you to celebrate Christmas in regal splendour.
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Christmas Banquet at the Royal Pavilion, Image Brighton Pictures
Detail of Christmas card showing cycling owls delivering letters

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Story archive
Our team at the start of the project back in November 2021 standing in the conservation studios.

Protected: Pagodas Project Part Five, Gilding and Toning

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Preston Manor Father Christmas

Decolonising Father Christmas

Close Looks

For many children, the story of Santa Claus is as much a part of Christmas as gifts and Christmas dinner. But the tale of a white, Western Santa who judges all children's behaviour has problems.
The Boatbuilder. Oil painting by William Parrott, 1851. Six children watch a man with a wooden leg, sitting on a beach, carve a boat model. At right a boy displays the finished article.

UK Disability History Month

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16 November to 16 December is UK Disability History Month (UKDHM), but how many people know about it?
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