The ancient art of storytelling has often been enhanced by some kind of visual element, from hand shadow characters in front of the fire to the latest blockbuster movie at your local cinema. You can learn more about these and the … Continued
Here’s the latest story from our What’s in the Box display. Piecing together the history of the Terracotta chess set. When carefully opening one of our hundreds of storage boxes I found, what I thought was, an extraordinary chess set. … Continued
Here’s the latest story from our What’s in the Box display. Do you recognise this china? These miniature porcelain models, with their crests of British seaside towns, were once hugely popular souvenirs. In 1910 most people in Britain owned one … Continued
Here’s the latest story from our What’s in the Box display. This beautifully made wooden model of the church organ in Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Brighton was made by a Mr DA Wright – perhaps a worshipper at the church? … Continued
Here’s the latest story from our What’s in the Box display. Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) started writing and illustrating with her first book ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ published in 1901. Her scientific interests as a naturalist and knowledge of animal … Continued
15 yr old Cate Deacon shares what she learnt about Friedrich Nagler during her work experience at Hove Museum – including her interview with members of the award-winning charity Outside In. Friedrich Nagler was a Vienna born Jewish artist, who … Continued
Louise Dennis, community artist, writes about her recent workshops inspired by the artist Friedrich Nagler, at Hove Museum and Art Gallery. ‘Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way’ (Edward De Bono) … 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
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
Martina Bellotto introduces the Art of Puppetry display at Hove Museum. Facebook Live video stream from 5 June 2017.
Christopher Stevens of the University of Brighton discusses the final year work of students at Hove Museum. Facebook Live video stream from 12 January 2018.
Some of the magic of the film The Snowman and the Snowdog has been called into service along the streets of Brighton & Hove by local artists and children. The Snowdogs by the Sea project is raising funds for Martlets Hospice using the iconic … Continued
For me, a highlight of working with museum collections is the little ‘side alley’ of information I can often find myself disappearing down. In my current role as collection assistant I am working with material from the Barnes Collection of film-related … Continued
Looking for a free way to entertain your children? Gallery assistant Martina Bellotto shows how Hove Museum’s Birds of a Feather exhibition can bring art and natural history together to provide a source of creative inspiration. For kids, what … Continued
There was no alternative. I had to sit down on the floor and look a little longer. A photo by a group of Brighton youngsters and German photographer Jan Von Holleben had me stumped. Called The Amazing Analogue: How we … Continued
A letter home was often the final link to a son or husband missing or killed in action during the First World War. While researching for ‘War Stories: Voices from the First World War’, I saw a number of these … Continued
Hove Museum, a Tuesday in May 2014 What is a museum for? Who needs them? Why do we pay taxes for them? Who cares? There are probably dozens of academic dissertations, Government white papers and museum conferences analysing all … Continued
Earlier this week it was dressing up day for my children at school. They are at junior school and this term, like many other school children across Europe, they’re studying the First World War. They’ve been asked to dress up as … Continued
The current Turner in Brighton exhibition in the Royal Pavilion reveals some of the views of Brighton produced by J M W Turner when he stayed in the town, such as his 1824 watercolour, Brighthelmston, Sussex. But where did Turner stay … Continued
It’s taking me ages to finish my blog entry about the beautiful Into The Blue colour-themed exhibition at Hove Museum and Gallery. So in the meantime, here’s a bluey Spotify playlist inspired by it. 1. Drever McCusker Woomble – Into … Continued
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