Ever wondered why a ladybird has spots? Or what fish is the sexiest? Then join us for an Evolution themed evening. The University of Sussex are hosting a fun packed night at the Booth Museum. The evening will include: animal evolution … Continued
Paula Wrightson conducts a guided tour of Preston Manor’s pet cemetery. Facebook Live video stream from 7 September 2017.
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
Last Friday, several local artists gathered to capture the Royal Pavilion garden through painting and drawing, inspired by our Visions of the Royal Pavilion Estate display in Brighton Museum. Sadly, it proved to be one of the wettest days of … Continued
Queer Looks will be a new exhibition opening in Summer 2018 displaying outfits, photographs and film which reflect the extraordinary lives of LGBTQ residents. We need you to help us shape this exhibition by bringing clothes to Brighton Museum that tell your stories through sexual or gender identity. Queer Looks at … Continued
Possibly the most dramatic thing a wall can do is fall down – all the more so if the wall abuts a churchyard and its fall exposes ancient graves. Drama may also be found if the wall contains gruesome information … Continued
For this year’s national Volunteers’ Week, Jennifer Milarski-Stermšek writes about how volunteering at Preston Manor inspired her to choose it as the venue for her Pagan wedding ceremony last year. I have always found volunteering to be a rewarding and … Continued
In Brighton Museum this week we are once again unlocking our MuseumLab doors to give you the chance to view rarely seen objects from our collections. Every week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 2-5pm visitors can meet curators … Continued
Why am I so interested in moths? Well, I find insects fascinating, beautiful and ingenious; but I also happen to care for the Royal Pavilion & Museums’ collections with the help of a great team of colleagues and volunteers. As … Continued
Cool off this Bank Holiday Weekend in Brighton Museum and be inspired by the wonderful artwork created by the local community group ‘Museum Mentors’. The Museum Mentors members manage various challenges associated with disability and have been meeting together with … Continued
As part of our Regency Season of exhibitions and events, we have been looking at life in Brighton in the early 1800s. In this post, Royal Pavilion curator Alexandra Loske looks at an early picture gallery that may have been … Continued
Her Majesty the Queen turns 91 on 21 April and so to mark this event I am looking back to a day in her younger life when she visited Preston Manor. When I give guided tours of the house people … Continued
As part of our current round of Arts Council England grant funding, I’m required to write an annual review of our digital activity. Last year this took the form of a 33 page data heavy document which included not only … Continued
Earlier this year I posted about our work with 3D digital technology, and how you would be able to see more examples this year. To accompany our Visions of the Royal Pavilion Estate exhibition which opened in Brighton Museum last … Continued
On Wednesday 8 March, people of the world threw their fists in the air for International Women’s Day – a day that has been celebrated since 1909 to commemorate the movement for women’s rights. We couldn’t not have a celebration … Continued
Since Fashion Cities Africa closed its doors for the final time on 8 January, it’s been a busy month. Deconstructing a major exhibition is no mean feat! The take-down began with the mass ordering of all the kit required for … Continued
For many of us, January is a time to cut down on food and drink following the excesses of Christmas. This was clearly not the case for the Prince Regent. 200 years ago, Prince George hosted Grand Duke Nicolas of … Continued
On 28 January, we’ll be opening up the cold case of a body found at Preston Manor over a century ago. In this post, Paula Wrightson, Venue Officer at Preston Manor, introduces the mystery of ‘Sister Agnes’. Mysterious Case of … Continued
It’s always good to kick off a New Year with something new, so I’m delighted to introduce the Royal Pavilion & Museums first venture into virtual reality (VR). Volunteer 3D modeller Colin Jones has produced a model of the Royal … Continued
Last month we welcomed almost 40 delegates from museums across the UK to join us in Brighton for our first ever conference on Workforce Development (WFD). The conference was inspired by a successful initiative at Royal Pavilion & Museums (RPM) … Continued
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