Mid-Week Draw Online: Week 22
Dog art is for life, not just for Christmas. This week we are drawing man’s best friend. Join In If you are tempted to have a go, please share your drawings with us! We would love to see them. … Continued
Mid-Week Draw in the Museum Lab, Autumn / Winter 2019
The Mid-Week Draw in Museum Lab continued to be a popular way to spend a Wednesday afternoon last year. As we welcome it back for 2020, take a look at some of the drawings created last year. Click on the … Continued
Mid-Week Draw in the Museum Lab, Summer 2019
The creativity continues in the Mid-Week Draw in Museum Lab. Have a look at the gallery of latest drawings that have been produced this summer and see what our artists say about the Draw. Click on the image for the … Continued
Legacy of Brighton-based ‘Godfather of Gay Journalism’
Living in Gloucestershire in 1989 nothing got my heart racing more than the brown A4 envelope that fell through my letter box once a month. Although ‘out’ at university, the anti-gay hysteria whipped up during the Thatcher years forced me … Continued
Queer the Pier – Local LGBTQ+ Sex Work
Queer the Pier volunteers have been busy over the last few months! Each of us have been researching areas of Brighton’s LGBTIQ+ history that are significant for us. From non-normative bodies and marginalised groups to the rise of drag in … Continued
Free Summer Youth Arts Workshop
In the summer holidays Royal Pavilion & Museums will be running an exciting arts programme for young people aged 13-19 (up to 24 years with additional needs). These workshops will explore the themes of Environment and Extinction. The participants will have the opportunity to explore our … Continued
Mid-Week Draw in the Museum Lab, Spring / Summer 2019
The Mid-Week Draw returned from its winter break on Wednesday 1 May 2019. Returning regulars have been joined by both new comers and drop-ins, who have all enjoyed the chance to sketch objects from our collections or be influenced by … Continued
Introducing Queer the Pier
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
Mid-Week Draw in the Museum Lab
Since December 2018 Museum Lab has been host to those showing off their artistic talents, inspired by objects from our collections. The last session ran from December to March 2019 with both drop-ins and regular drawers, one describing it as … Continued
Royal Pavilion Garden Plant of the Month, March 2019: Narcissus Pseudonarcissus
March’s plant was chosen by the Royal Pavilion Garden Volunteers, who help look after the gardens all year round. They picked the Narcissus Pseudonarcissus our native daffodil that Wordsworth wrote about in his famous poem ‘I wandered Lonely As A … Continued
Elaine Evans and our new archaeology gallery in Brighton Museum
Our new archaeology gallery opened in Brighton Museum last month, helping young and old learn more about Brighton’s prehistory and earliest inhabitants. A key figure behind the gallery is Elaine Evans, whose name greets visitors above the door to the … 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
BHASVIC students review the Wildlife Photographer of Year exhibition
A group of journalism students from Brighton and Hove Sixth Form College (BHASVIC) visited the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition this year. Reporter Isabelle Jones interviewed some of the people visiting the exhibition about their favourite image. The ‘Wildlife … Continued
The Saloon Restoration
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
Progress on the Chinese Wallpaper
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
The P Word: Participation in Museums
Participation in Museums Make no mistake about it, museums really want you to get involved with their collections. Not so long ago they were just happy enough to see you through the doors, and some of them were frankly not … Continued
Saving the Chinese Wallpaper
The delicate task of the removal of the Chinese Wallpaper in the Saloon of the Royal Pavilion begins this week. Follow the fascinating progress here on the blog. Day 1 – It’s the final testing for Allyson McDermott and her brother … Continued
Whitehawk Watercolour, Present Day
Jane Hawkins, a Whitehawk allotment holder and Museum volunteer has produced a wonderful sketch of Whitehawk Camp in its present environment. The next step is to sketch it during the early Neolithic, but this just raises lots of questions. Was … Continued
