For almost two years now, the Brighton Museum has housed the UK’s largest collection representing trans lives; The Museum of Transology. The exhibition currently displays diverse artefacts, including everything from prosthetics to train tickets, donated by Brighton’s vibrant trans community. … Continued
Peek behind the scenes and see what we have found in our stores! Behind the scenes in our museums, our Curatorial & Conservation teams constantly work to catalogue, conserve and research the collections. Along the way, the team discover new stories about artefacts that they don’t always get a chance to tell. Our … Continued
We have just released over 2,700 digitised copies of the Brighton Argus on to our Digital Media Bank. All these issues date from the 1880s, and can be downloaded and re-used free of charge. The only local newspaper that survives … Continued
University of Brighton student Kayleigh Peters looks at the back story to a teapot in Brighton Museum that tells a biblical tale. This short study investigates a teapot, which is on display in Willett’s Popular Pottery, a gallery on the … Continued
Winter has finally drawn to a close, and with longer days and sunnier skies, spring has also brought a small new display to the Booth Museum: The Marvellous Mary Merrifield. Mary Philadelphia Merrifield (1804-1889) was a remarkable self-taught artist, naturalist … Continued
The theme of April 2019’s image gallery of the month is spring. To celebrate the longer days, Easter and the beautiful weather, we’ve compiled an image gallery of some spring-themed items in our collections including oil paintings, easter eggs, butterflies … 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
University of Brighton student Ruby Mitchell discusses a dressing table and chair designed by Paul Follot that can be seen in Brighton Museum’s Twentieth Century Art & Design Gallery. On a visit to Brighton Museum I was immediately drawn to … Continued
Last summer I was invited to give a lecture about George IV and the Royal Pavilion at a major exhibition of British royal portraits at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. As they would fund my trip, I … Continued
In the first of a series of guest posts by History of Art & Design students at the University of Brighton, Amy Matthews discusses the iconic Lambretta scooter and the story of the mods and rockers who fought in 1960s’ … 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
Last summer, I gave an interview to the British Forces Broadcasting Service about the Royal Pavilion’s use as an Indian military hospital during WW1. This was on the morning before the annual memorial service at the Chattri, which is held … Continued
As a Visitor Services Officer at the Royal Pavilion and Museums I hadn’t expected to be given the opportunity to work on such an exciting and significant fashion project. But with the Workforce Development Programme I was given such a … Continued
Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review 2007. View and download the February 2007 issue View and download the July 2007 issue February 2007 Angelica Kauffman’s Portrait of a Woman; oriental or occasional otherness? Examining the evidence for the … Continued
Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review in 2005. View and download the July 2005 issue July 2005 Muck and Magic A look at the history of the Pavilion Gardens, including accounts recording the cost of the design and … Continued
Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review in 2004. View and download the July 2004 issue View and download the December 2004 issue July 2004 ‘My old enemy…the gout!’ The stories of George IV’s health problems and illnesses including … Continued
Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review in 2003. View and download the October 2003 issue October 2003 World Art Overviews of the World Art galleries at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery including the James Green Gallery of World … Continued
Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review in 2001. View and download the November 2001 issue November 2001 The Music Room Organ The story of the organ in the Music Room of the Royal Pavilion and the results of an … Continued
Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review in 2000. View and download the July 2000 issue July 2000 ‘From The East Comes Light’: A Relic of the Raj at Hove Museum Discusses the Jaipur Gate at Hove Museum, focusing … Continued
Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review in 1998. View and download the April 1998 issue April 1998 Major Lottery Awards to Brighton Museum and Art Gallery Discusses development due to recent awards within the Royal Pavilion and Preston … Continued
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