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
George IV was a keen and able horseman, who admired the beauty and power of horses. The stables he constructed on the Royal Pavilion Estate are remembered in All the King’s Horses, our new display in Brighton Museum. The stables, … 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
This month the Royal Pavilion Garden Volunteers chose the Symphytum Caucasicum otherwise known as Blue Comfrey. It is a herbaceous perennial Caucasian Iran. It grows in moderately fertile moist soil both in full sun and partial shade. It is a woodland … 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
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