Day 1 Just after the longest day in June on a torrential Monday morning very unlike a summer morning I started my work experience at the Booth Museum in Hove; something I have been looking forward to with great excitement. … Continued
The most notable fact about specimen number R5964 is that, unlike every other creature in the Booth Museum, it lives and breathes. This European Yellow-tailed scorpion (since christened ‘Sidney’ by staff) was spotted scuttling across the living room carpet of a … Continued
Brighton & Hove Archaeological Society took over the Museum Art Room last Wednesday as part of this year’s Festival of Archaeology. They brought along a really interesting and eclectic group of objects for visitors to handle and encouraged them to … Continued
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an exhibition in collaboration with the Natural History Museum in London showcasing photos in a competition to find the picture or pictures to determine the ‘wildlife photographer of the year’ or the ‘young wildlife … Continued
If you’ve visited the Royal Pavilion recently, you may have noticed significant progress in the restoration of the Saloon. The six large Chinese wallpaper panels have now been removed, ready for conservation and re-hanging in their original location in Queen … Continued
Last month, the Keeper of the Royal Pavilion, David Beevers, Conservation Manager, Tim Thearle and paper conservator, Amy Junker Heslip went to visit the conservation studio where the Chinese wallpaper was being worked on. Over the past three years response … Continued
A while ago I wrote an article for Viva Brighton Magazine about the largest object in the Royal Pavilion, the magnificent Dragon Chandelier in the Banqueting Room, designed by the mysterious and elusive artist Robert Jones, one of the principal … Continued
As part of an Introduction to Lithics module taught by Dr James Cole, University of Brighton students came in to Brighton Museum last week to handle objects from our extensive prehistoric stone tool collection. The Museum and University are working … Continued
This quote from a Japanese novel is certainly apt in the case of the latest scientist to visit the Booth Museum. Dr. Shinichi Nakahara, most certainly a friend of butterflies, recently arrived to study the marvellous collections of butterflies at … Continued
Another half term has ended, and we’ve had another two very well received events at the Booth Museum, both in conjunction with the Brighton Science Festival! On Monday 16th February, half term week kicked off with the ever popular animal … Continued
A seven-year-old boy from Twickenham got a surprise parcel in the post just before Christmas after his mother sent a photograph of a museum he set up in his spare bedroom to Brighton Museum staff. Su Hepburn, Senior Learning Officer, … Continued
Ahead of her Bite-size museum talk tomorrow, Curator Heather York introduces the Sussex Loop. Within the archaeology collection at Royal Pavilion & Museums are four unusual bronze objects known as Sussex loops. They are aesthetically quite beautiful but intriguing as … Continued
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