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Dragons at the Royal Pavilion

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Preston Manor 2026

Preston Manor 2026

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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 exterior April 2025

Preston Manor & Gardens

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

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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.

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.

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.

Stand or Fall Gallery. Photo: Michael Cheetham.

Brighton & Hove Albion: Stand or Fall

Visit the official gallery of Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Stand or Fall Gallery. Photo: Michael Cheetham.

Making the masked singer

Biba, masks and spooks: what’s on this autumn

Join us this autumn

Making the masked singer

A Royal Pavilion Visitor Services Officer explains the features of the Banqueting Room to a group of visitors

Official Tour of the Royal Pavilion - Every Saturday 2pm

A Royal Pavilion Visitor Services Officer explains the features of the Banqueting Room to a group of visitors

Hedley Swain, CEO of Brighton & Hove Museums with Brighton & Hove City Councillor Birgit Miller by the new hoardings launching the Royal Garden Restoration in New Road ***Pic by David McHugh / Brighton Pictures

Royal Garden Restoration

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Hedley Swain, CEO of Brighton & Hove Museums with Brighton & Hove City Councillor Birgit Miller by the new hoardings launching the Royal Garden Restoration in New Road ***Pic by David McHugh / Brighton Pictures

News

Emergency work on the Huntingdon Elm

Announcements, Royal Pavilion Garden updates

September 4, 2026

Making the masked singer

Biba, masks and spooks: what’s on this autumn

Announcements

September 4, 2026

Hedley Swain at Brighton Museum

Hedley Swain to step down as CEO of Brighton & Hove Museums

Announcements

September 2, 2026

Job Opportunity: Fundraising Officer

Job opportunity

August 24, 2026

Preston Manor: 2026 season

Preston Manor & Gardens

14 March to 30 November 2026

Preston Manor reopens with lots of new surprises in store. Experience Edwardian Ghosts and Glam at this remarkable home.

Preston Manor

DRAGONS

Royal Pavilion & Garden

28 March to 1 November 2026

Welcome to the Palace of Dragons and step into a world of flight, fantasy and magic.

Into the Blue

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

2 May to 20 September 2026

This summer, dive into the deep blue sea and sky with us.

The Ice Maiden or Everything about her was white, 1915 Edmund Dulac

Basement & Tunnel Tours

Royal Pavilion & Garden

2 May 2026 - ongoing

Go behind the scenes of servant life & WWII shelters in Brighton's most iconic palace. Tours from May - August

Tunnel Tour

"The Watchman" Elm tree in the Royal Pavilion Garden

Living Monuments: A Discovery of the Pavilion Elms

Blog

Ashley Brown is a postgraduate researcher in Curating Collections and Heritage at the University of Brighton. She undertook a project to map, reframe and bring fresh visibility to the Royal Pavilion’s historic elm collection.

A performer, dressed in a large blonde wig and fabulous short blue dress and sunglasses poses in front of a Queer Prom photo area, adorned with pink bows and ribbons, and netting in various colours.

Queer Prom at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Blog

Hazel Welch, Youth Engagement Coordinator, gives insight into the recent Queer Prom event at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, in partnership with Allsorts Youth Project

Comparison between two of the dosimeters in Ellen’s bedroom. The left is the bed, whilst the right is the mantelpiece. BW1 at the top, BW8 at the bottom

Shedding Light on Preston Manor and Other Updates

Blog

Our Graduate Conservator explores the impact of lighting the new visitor experience on the collections at Preston Manor.

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