In the final episode of Voices of the Royal Pavilion & Museums, Sophie interviews Nicola Adams, Digital Marketing Officer and Tasha Brown, Museum Futures Trainee – two individuals who perhaps typify the future of our museums – about their hopes … Continued
Museum Futures trainee Tasha Brown on creating an online legacy for the Osteology gallery in the Booth Museum of Natural History. Most museum galleries come and go with very little trace left behind. Before the Osteology gallery at the Booth … Continued
This bound volume of Ordnance Survey maps has been in Brighton Museum’s collections since about 1914. It was actively used by Herbert Samuel Toms, a curator at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery from 1897 to his retirement in 1939 and … Continued
In a few weeks I will finish a year-long placement with the digital team at Royal Pavilion & Museums. During the first week of my traineeship in January I wrote a blog about the upcoming year and what I hoped … Continued
Last month some Royal Pavilion & Museums staff had the opportunity to do a Tunnel Tour; a glimpse into the lesser-seen servant areas of the Royal Pavilion. Hidden beneath the regal glamour of the Royal Pavilion lie a series of … Continued
An introduction to Floating Worlds, our new temporary exhibition opening on 28 September in Brighton Museum. Where are these Floating Worlds? The Floating Worlds exhibition invites you to experience the sights of 19th century Japan. Explore the city of Edo … Continued
During the summer holidays, Remix the Museum ran animation workshops for young people at Brighton Museum and the Booth Museum, using collections to share messages around extinction and the environment. Remix the Museum is a youth programme in which young … Continued
Art UK’s project of photographing sculptures in art galleries nationwide recently involved objects in Royal Pavilion & Museums’ collections. The aim of Art UK‘s project is to photograph sculptures in public collections across the country to collate into one database. … Continued
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, the county of Sussex was divided into five areas of land known as rapes. These were Hastings, Lewes, Arundel, Bramber and Pevensey. The newly crowned king William the Conqueror appointed a loyal baron to … Continued
St Peter’s Church in Preston Park is a 13th century flint church with medieval wall paintings which have miraculously survived the Reformation and a fire. The south end of Preston Park holds many of Brighton’s historical treasures including Preston Manor, … Continued
Amidst the modern buildings of today’s Brighton are an abundance of medieval churches, streets and manors which may go unnoticed to many residents. The term ‘medieval’ refers to the Middle Ages, a period of European history which is broken into three … Continued
One of my first projects as Museum Futures Trainee was to digitise and publish the Pavilion Review, the Royal Pavilion & Museums newsletter which ran from 1984 to 2008. This archive of 42 issues contains an incredible amount of insider … Continued
This week I started a Museum Futures traineeship at Royal Pavilion & Museums. Museum Futures is a year-long programme hosted by the British Museum and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund with eight participating museums across the country, including Royal Pavilion & … Continued
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