Two visitors wearing hats look at a display.

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

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

Case with two cat figures. A visitors legs are beneath them.

Plan your visit

When we are open, what it costs, and accessibility information.

Case with two cat figures. A visitors legs are beneath them.

Queer the Pier

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

31 January 2020 - ongoing

Plunge into the history of Brighton & Hove's LGBTQIA+ communities.

Jacket with numerous badges.

Finding Faberge

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

2 November 2021 - ongoing

Forgotten Fabergé revealed.

World Above the Waves: Brighton’s Chain Pier

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

20 June 2023 to 14 January 2024

Fashionable society, shop keepers and Royal visitors are all remembered in this display of paintings, prints and ephemera.

Illustration of the Brighton Chain Pier with people in the foreground.

See the Sea

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

22 July 2023 to 31 August 2024

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

Parent and child look out from a Punch & Judy booth.

What to see

From the deep past to the issues of today. Your journey begins here.

Parent and child look out from a Punch & Judy booth.

Where to find us

Just a few minutes walk from Brighton seafront.

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Pavilion Gardens
East Sussex
BN1 1FN

Entrance of Brighton Museum. Bicycle in background.

Entrance of Brighton Museum. Bicycle in background.