Museum Tales 4: Punk
Punk Johnny Rotten rips his shirt, Sid Vicious covered in safety pins, Vivien Westwood says to Malcolm McLaren: ‘I’ll use the pins on you, to show my love, my aesthetic invention, a gift to you.’ Was it? And I didn’t … Continued
Museum Tales 4: The Nymph
The Nymph They’ve asked me to take the part of the nymph in the forthcoming production of “The Nymph and the Prince,” written by Hermione Threadgold, and last performed on a London stage in 1920. It brought the house down … Continued
Museum Tales 4: African Mannequin
African Mannequin I am light I am dark I am the midday sun of the Sahara I am the lion in the grass of the Savannah I am life I am joy I can be girl I can be boy … Continued
Museum Tales 4: Pot Oiseau
Pot Oiseau Shall I sing my song now. Does it sound of soft liquid purlings. Could this be the beginning. Where was everything. Was it just a void, a nowhere, an absence. Did you see a shapeless form appear. Was … Continued
Museum Tales 4: The Rebellious Octogenarian
The Rebellious Octogenarian (A Reply to Jenny Joseph) Oh Jenny Joseph, you’ve a lot to answer for! I thought old age could be endured, by simply wearing purple, and unsuitable footwear, eating large quantities of sausages and not caring … Continued
Museum Tales 4: Haikus for a High Street
Haikus for a High Street trade flyers pile-up on the abandoned door mat: two-for-one pizzas haberdashery: once family business lost the thread sometime no competition with Tesco & Sainsbury’s, Amazon online… plastic bouquet fades on shopfront’s dust-thick … Continued
The Big Butterfly Count in Royal Pavilion Gardens: ‘Take Nature’s Pulse’
The Big Butterfly Count is a nationwide survey aimed at helping to assess the health of our environment. It launched in 2010 and has rapidly become the largest survey of butterflies in the world! Brighton Museum needs your help to assess … Continued
Introducing the Museum of Transology
A short note from Janita Bagshawe, Head of Royal Pavilion & Museums, on our new Museum of Transology display, which opens in Brighton Museum tomorrow. Our mission at the Royal Pavilion & Museums is to use our collections, buildings and … Continued
Collaborate and Celebrate: Help us shape our ‘Queer Looks’ exhibition
Queer Looks will be a new exhibition opening in Summer 2018 displaying outfits, photographs and film which reflect the extraordinary lives of LGBTQ residents. We need you to help us shape this exhibition by bringing clothes to Brighton Museum that tell your stories through sexual or gender identity. Queer Looks at … Continued
Queer Looks launch day
Calling all those from the LGBTQ communities of Brighton and Sussex — Queer Looks launches on 1 July at Brighton Museum and we are inviting everyone and anyone from Sussex’s LBGTQ communities to come along and get involved. Queer Looks … Continued
Unlocking the MuseumLab doors: rarely seen Robert Goff etchings from our stores
In Brighton Museum this week we are once again unlocking our MuseumLab doors to give you the chance to view rarely seen objects from our collections. Every week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 2-5pm visitors can meet curators … Continued
Last chance to see a beautiful community group art exhibition
Cool off this Bank Holiday Weekend in Brighton Museum and be inspired by the wonderful artwork created by the local community group ‘Museum Mentors’. The Museum Mentors members manage various challenges associated with disability and have been meeting together with … Continued
We need your help! Choose objects for our Cabinet of Curiosities
In Brighton Museum next week we will be choosing objects for our Cabinet of Curiosities display. This will have animals from our Natural Sciences collection and will be on display in Museum Lab. We would like visitors to vote for five key objects to display and … Continued
John Constable and Brighton’s ‘beautiful and splendid cabinet of the arts’
As part of our Regency Season of exhibitions and events, we have been looking at life in Brighton in the early 1800s. In this post, Royal Pavilion curator Alexandra Loske looks at an early picture gallery that may have been … Continued
Experimental Motion: from early cameras to GTA V
DV8 student Harry Symes has recently been working with our programming team. In this guest post, he shares his thoughts on our experimental film exhibition at Brighton Museum. As part of my Media course at DV8, Brighton, I spent two … Continued
Archaeology and finds identification day at Brighton Museum
Ever picked up an old and mysterious object on a country walk and wondered what it is? Are you simply curious about local archaeology? Next Friday (31 March, 10-1pm and 2-4pm) we’ll be hosting one of our regular archaeology themed … Continued
Familiar yet Strange: Humphry Repton’s Royal Pavilion Estate in 3D
Earlier this year I posted about our work with 3D digital technology, and how you would be able to see more examples this year. To accompany our Visions of the Royal Pavilion Estate exhibition which opened in Brighton Museum last … Continued
Dropping in and Doing at Museum Lab
Many visitors to Brighton Museum see our Museum Lab when it’s used for hosting special events – such as our super successful International Women’s Day celebrations last weekend. But it also offers a world of opportunities for schools, community groups … Continued
International Women’s Day celebrations at Brighton Museum
On Wednesday 8 March, people of the world threw their fists in the air for International Women’s Day – a day that has been celebrated since 1909 to commemorate the movement for women’s rights. We couldn’t not have a celebration … Continued
International Women’s Day, The Things Women Do To Feel Beautiful
International Women’s Day is a worldwide event which celebrates the achievements of women, while also calling out for gender equality. On Monday the 13th of February a group of young women collaborated with Brighton Museum to explore issues such as … Continued
