Happy New Year!
Wishing you all a very happy and healthy New Year, with a selection of our Victorian New Year’s cards.
Prince Albert driving the Queen and Princess Royal in their Sledge, at Brighton, 1845
This print of Queen Victoria’s last recorded visit to the Royal Pavilion, in February 1845, was published in The Illustrated London News. It is one of the most popular images in our collection, perhaps because it looks utterly romantic. Who’s … Continued
Mid-Week Draw Online: Christmas Edition
Yo ho ho! We’re dashing through the snow with bells on as the Draw returns for a jolly festive edition! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good Draw! Join In If you are tempted to have a go, … Continued
What’s in the Box? All I want for Christmas…
Collections Assistant Joy Whittam on past Christmas wishes, now on display as part of What’s in the Box in Hove Museum. In 1971, aged 9, I wrote my annual letter to Santa Claus with my Christmas list of ‘wished for’ … Continued
Christmas Fun at Hove Museum!
We had a busy and fun day at Hove Museum recently for our annual Christmas crafting event including a hunt around the museum. A big thank you to all the families who came to get creative with us, making it … Continued
Free Event – Christmas craft for all the family!
Come and join us for a fun day of creativity at Hove Museum with Making Day: Christmas Crafters. Event Details: Start: 30th November 2019 at 11:00 am End: 30th November 2019 at 4:00 pm Categories: Events, Families, Workshop Ease yourself gently into the … Continued
Dressing the Royal Pavilion for Christmas in 2 minutes and 10 seconds
Ever wondered how long it takes to decorate the Royal Pavilion for Christmas? Watch the process with the time-lapse video below in just over two minutes. We can assure you that it takes a bit longer in real time.
Museum Mentors – A Victorian Treat
Artists from our Museum Mentors have been studying Royal Pavilion & Museums’ unique collection of Victorian Christmas cards. Museum Mentors is a collaborative and inclusive group of artists. Some are marginalised artists who benefit through support and mentoring. Access to … Continued
Origins of the Victorian Christmas card
As part of our celebration of Christmas at the Royal Pavilion we are showcasing a new display of Victorian Christmas cards developed by Marcus Bagshaw. Following his post last week, Marcus gives readers a further insight into the development of … Continued
Behind the Scenes with Father Christmas at Preston Manor
When you get to springtime and the Christmas tree and baubles are long packed away and your only thoughts are for the summer ahead, set a moment aside to think of the Father Christmas event organiser. In late April I … Continued
Working with Victorian Christmas Cards
A new display opens on 17 November 2018 at the Royal Pavilion showcasing Victorian Christmas cards. In this post, Marcus Bagshaw talks about his work behind the scenes and the thrill of being given access to the Royal Pavilion & … Continued
Festive Birds from the Booth Museum
As a farewell to 2015, a final blog from the Booth Museum looks at some of the festive birds in the collections. In a nod to the twelve days of Christmas, we start with the partridge. Despite the grey being … Continued
The 12 Days of Christmas
The twelve days of Christmas is a cumulative rhyme which has been adapted into a popular Christmas carol. It recites a list of extravagant gifts given over the twelve days following Christmas day. The first English version was published in … Continued
Free Christmas e-cards from the Royal Pavilion and Museums
Now December is upon us, many of us need to send Christmas cards to friends and family. But if you’d like to save both postage costs and trees this year, why not send a free festive e-card from the Royal … Continued
Get your skates on…
The skating season is upon us again (the Royal Pavilion Ice Rink opens tomorrow), so it seemed a good moment to share these beautiful images of Brighton skaters in years gone by. These pictures, both of which appeared in Page’s … Continued
Brighton’s Beaches and Bathing Pools
Stylish, flamboyant and fun, Brighton has evolved over hundreds of years from a tiny fishing community into a vibrant, modern ‘city by the sea’. Today, Brighton is identified with many things – its festival, universities and fine Regency architecture among … Continued
Favourites from the Royal Pavilion Gardens – Ruscus aculeatus, Butcher’s Broom
Had you considered for Christmas to look at Ruscus aculeatus. Fit for a book. The red berries so jolly Outshine the more usual holly. Growing well in the Royal Pavilion gardens, In beds A, B, C and T with its … Continued
At Work With… Ellie Newland
If there’s one word that definitely applies to my job then it’s ‘varied’. One glance through my daily ‘Things to Do’ lists of the last couple of months reveals a whole host of miscellaneous items: ‘Book Bollywood dancer’, ‘Build giant … Continued
Nativity Icon, 19th century
The nativity scene shown here is a Russian icon dating from the 19th century. It is part of a small collection of icons bequeathed to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery in 1967 by Miss Edith Overton Wybergh, whose father was … Continued
Dance Card, Twelfth Night, 1911
1911 Dance Card [slideshow]HA106891 This dance card was produced for the Children’s Fancy Dress Ball held on Twelfth Night, 6 January 1911. Generally, a dance card would have been used by a woman to list the names of her dancing … Continued
