For this spooktacular Halloween week, Beth has chosen a frightfully good selection to give you a chill. Are you brave enough to draw? Join In If you are tempted to have a go, please share your drawings with us! We … Continued
What do animals on our doorstep need to survive? What do they use for shelter and food? What plants are vital to their survival? In this family craft activity, inspired by the dioramas at the Booth Museum of Natural History, … Continued
Here’s the latest story from our What’s in the Box display. There is a suspicious gent and a headless lady a man is hanging out with spirits a ‘ghost’ is tormenting poor villagers Death is greeting a drinking man Hamlet … Continued
We’re getting into the spooky spirit this Halloween with a selection of ghoulish objects from our collections. Read on if you dare… This image gallery of photographs, postcards, etchings, vases, mugs and pendants are just a small selection of objects … Continued
This Halloween, come to the Booth Museum of Natural History and enter the mysterious world of creatures that emerge in the dark. At our Halloween Science Special on 27 October, you will be able to discover the science of how … Continued
Happy Halloween and welcome to my spooky first blog post. As part of my Digital Media Apprenticeship, I have been sourcing some interesting images and poetry from the Pavilion Blues newspaper. The newspaper was produced by patients who were recovering from … Continued
On 13 April 1838 the Brighton Gazette informed its readers that a local gardener had been attacked by a mysterious creature. The attack took place between 9 and 10 pm in what would now be described as the Round Hill area … Continued
A selection of objects from the Natural Science collections linked to darker myths, legends and traditions for Halloween! DEATH RIDES A PALE HORSE…. In the Bible’s Book of Revelations it is said that four horsemen shall ride across the land … Continued
If you were searching through the back copies of the Brighton Herald and Brighton Gazette you would find few references to Halloween until the late 1940s and early 1950s. These events were unassuming compared with today’s celebrations. In 1949, a … Continued
Mysterious and eerie? A roundup of our Halloween entries in case you’ve missed any of these spooktacular tales… How is the Ghost? A letter from the Standford Estate enquiring about the Preston Manor ghost Beware the Wolfman! Lycanthropy in mythology Transcript of … Continued
The bewitching month of Halloween is upon us, a time when people relish the strange and macabre and delight in tales of ghosts and witches. Such tales are often entwined with folklore passed down among generations along with the amulets … Continued
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