This week the Mid-Week Draw is celebrating Earth Day, which takes place today, the 22nd April. Beth has chosen a selection of objects to coincide with this theme and has drawn them herself to inspire you to do the same. … Continued
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and to help celebrate the Booth Museum of Natural History has interviewed some of Sussex’s incredible ‘Nature Heroes’. These are people who work tirelessly to help protect wildlife and connect people to … Continued
Over the last few weeks we’ve produced a lot for you to read or look at, but not much for your ears to enjoy. Our Marketing Officer Rob White has a remedy for that with a weekend soundtrack inspired by … 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
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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