Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review in 1984. View and download issue number 1 View and download issue number 2 View and download issue number 3 Number 1 Pavilion Under Wraps Discusses the issue of restoration to the … Continued
Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review in 1988. View and download issue number 1 View and download issue number 2 Number 1 The Royal Visit: A Commemorative Issue Relates to the visit from HRH Prince Charles. New Staff … Continued
Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review in 1987. View and download issue number 1 View and download issue number 2 View and download issue number 3 Number 1 Set Before A King: The Drottningholm Court Theatre 1766-92 Preview … Continued
Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review in 1986. View and download issue number 1 View and download issue number 2 View and download issue number 3 Number 1 The Music Room Restored An account of the restoration work … Continued
Index to articles published in the Pavilion Review in 1985. View and download issue 1 View and download issue 2 View and download issue 3 Number 1 Chinese Paintings for the Pavilion Discusses the recently acquired sets of paintings, from China dating … Continued
Join us at the Booth Museum of Natural History on 15 November to mark the 250th anniversary of the extinction of Steller’s Sea Cow. Hear the stories of this incredible animal and discover the menagerie of creatures that live beneath … Continued
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
The most notable fact about specimen number R5964 is that, unlike every other creature in the Booth Museum, it lives and breathes. This European Yellow-tailed scorpion (since christened ‘Sidney’ by staff) was spotted scuttling across the living room carpet of a … Continued
Henry Willett, a founding father of Brighton Museum, was a man of great energy, enthusiasm and wide-ranging interests. He was born in Newhaven, the youngest of eleven children and moved to Brighton in 1841. He ran the West Street Brewery … Continued
Henry Willett, a founding father of Brighton Museum, was a man of great energy, enthusiasm and wide-ranging interests. He was born in Newhaven, the youngest of eleven children and moved to Brighton in 1841. He ran the West Street Brewery … 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
Update 2 April 2014: This post is a very silly April Fool’s joke. All the images used are taken from objects in our collections, but the story is complete nonsense. As a couple of websites have linked to it, we’ll keep the … Continued
Valentines Day. A day for love! So surely the kissing bug should be a suitable subject for today’s blog? Well, maybe not. These bugs (scientifically known as Triatomine bugs) are almost all haematophagous, meaning they feed on the blood of … Continued
We’re appealing for votes in order to bring acclaimed photographer and ‘nude interventionist’ Spencer Tunick to Brighton Museum for Museums at Night 2014. To get you in the mood for voting, here’s a story about how ancient Britain was protected … Continued
When I joined the council in 1974 the staff were encouraged to donate blood and twice a year the van would be outside the Town Hall or, when I started, the Royal Pavilion. The beds were lined up in the … 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
The themes for the Subversive Design exhibition are very broad, ranging from international politics and serious social issues to questions of form and function and reflections on individual concerns. Since I had become aware of so many eloquent objects with … Continued
On tours of the stores and in casual conversation down the pub, curators are often asked what their favourite object is. The natural science collections held at the Booth contain almost a million objects from around the world so picking … Continued
Have you been enjoying the summer? Sky high temperatures, paddling in the sea and relaxing with an ice cream, we’re finally able to enjoy the outdoors again after a very long winter. But the heat has its dangers. Most of … Continued
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