Why have Royal Pavilion & Museums spent three years helping Blast Theory test out a new app? And is Gift really the future of museums? Digital Manager Kevin Bacon shares his perspective on Gift. Throughout June visitors to Brighton Museum … Continued
In this guest post, University of Brighton student Olivia Terry discusses a clairvoyant exhibit in Brighton Museum, and how it records the history of the English seaside resort. Tucked behind the entrance door of the Images of Brighton Gallery in … Continued
Our new exhibition in Hove Museum is a retrospective of a local artist, Patrick Burke. Thanks to Latest TV you can watch Andrew Polmear, a collector and friend of Burke, discussing the artist and the exhibition. Below, you can also … Continued
The theme of May 2019’s image gallery of the month is the West Pier. The original structure of the pier was built in 1866 and many additional features were added over the next 50 years, including a bandstand in 1875, … Continued
Royal Pavilion curator Alexandra Loske takes a look out of her office window, and reflects on the historic changes that have taken place in Brighton’s Church Street. My office is in the Old Court House, a sturdy Victorian building in … Continued
For May’s plant of the month, the Royal Pavilion Garden Volunteers chose the Potentilla Fruticosa. It is a pretty, medium sized shrub with primrose yellow flowers, that continuously flowers throughout the summer. It can be found on the windy path near … Continued
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
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
Peek behind the scenes and see what we have found in our stores! Behind the scenes in our museums, our Curatorial & Conservation teams constantly work to catalogue, conserve and research the collections. Along the way, the team discover new stories about artefacts that they don’t always get a chance to tell. Our … Continued
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