Late Night at the Booth: Flower Power!

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Immerse yourself in the wonderful world of plants and join us for an evening of flower power.

Discover the fascinating relationships between plants and their pollinators and learn how flowers have conquered the world!

Photograph by Lee Ismail

Activities include mini talks, object handling, interactive activities and a bar.

Event Details

Campanulaceae – Phyteuma orbiculare, The Pride of Sussex Hectonichus [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

  • Start: 7 March 2019 at 7:00 pm
  • End: 7 March 2019 at 10:00 pm
  • Categories: Events

Mini Talks*

Mini talks from museum curators and horticulturalists on pollinating birds, flowers in art and the wonders of the Royal Pavilion Gardens.

Activities*

Bee_pollinating_a_rose(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Hectonichus [CC BY-SA 3.0 Bee_pollinating_a_rose(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Old Tree Brewery

Drop by to see the Old Tree Brewery  – they will be talking about their forest farming and fermentation and giving out some cheeky tasters of their live botanical brews!

Object Handling

Talk to Booth Museum staff and see some of the oldest fossilised flowers and pollinators from our collections which are over 100 million years old!

Mini Magic Lantern Show

bee magic lantern slide,
bee magic lantern slide,
Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove

Join our Magic Lantern extraordinaire as she tells a lovely bee tale with magic lantern slides from the Booth Museum collections

 

*Activities may be subject to change on the night

Admission

£10, book in advance. Pay Bar. 18+
You can buy tickets by telephoning the Events Booking line on 03000 290902 (Mon-Fri), in person at any of our venues you can buy tickets online. You can also email visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk if you have any queries.
A £1.50 (£1.70 from 1 April 2019) booking fee may apply to some events. Tickets cannot be reserved without payment. Please book early as an event may be cancelled if too few tickets have been sold.

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