Royal Pavilion & Museums’ Dr Alexandra Loske was a partner in a London conference on the subject of Chinese wallpaper in the west, 7 to 9 April 2016. This was the first conference looking at Chinese wallpapers in the round, … Continued
From Saturday 13 February Hove Museum will be displaying rare Star Wars items loaned from private collections. These will include very early figures and ‘dioramas’ (displays) from the first series of Star Wars movies, such as a Land of the … Continued
Preston Manor, one of Britain’s spookiest historic houses, is to host a unique display of artefacts and documents from the personal collection of local witch Doreen Valiente. Valiente (1922-1999) is internationally regarded as having been ‘the mother of modern witchcraft’, and played … Continued
Brighton Festival – alongside commissioning partners 14-18 NOW and Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove – has today announced a major new commission, Dr Blighty, inspired by the untold story of the hundreds of thousands of men who traveled … Continued
On Tuesday 12 January, pupils from Brighton & Hove primary schools hunted a dragon rumoured to have lived in the Royal Pavilion until 1967, as part of a flagship project by Heritage Learning Brighton & Hove. The Royal Pavilion’s interiors are … Continued
Royal Pavilion & Museums (RP&M), Brighton & Hove has been awarded an £80,000 New Collecting Award by the Art Fund, to build a nationally significant, inspiring new collection of artists’ moving image works. The prestigious New Collecting Award will bring … Continued
A 1915 shop ledger found bricked up in a jeweller’s wall in Brighton’s East Street has been formally acquired by Preston Manor, following reports that it is haunted. The ledger was donated by Josephine Benyovits – who now lives in … Continued
The Glyn Philpot painting ‘The Angel of the Annunciation’ (attached), from the visual art collection at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, has been lent to a prestigious exhibition which will be visited by Pope Francis. The exhibition at the Palazzo … Continued
Today saw the Brighton launch of A Potted History: Henry Willett’s Ceramic Chronicle of Britain, by former Brighton Museum Keeper of Decorative Art Stella Beddoe. The 700-illustration book focuses on the popular pottery collection bequeathed to the town by Henry … Continued
Friday 11 December, 10am-12.30pm outside Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Volunteers will be giving away Christmas greenery and seeds from a variety of plants from the Royal Pavilion Garden, for a small donation towards gardening costs. The seeds are attractively … Continued
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