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A Very Austen Christmas at the Royal Pavilion poster

A Very Austen Christmas at the Royal Pavilion poster

Passion, Power, Protest web banner

Passion, Power, Protest web banner

Preston Manor banner

Preston Manor banner

Mods web banner

Mods web banner

Brighton & Hove Museums

We are a charitable trust that cares for five venues across the city.

Exterior of Royal Pavilion with plants in foreground.

Royal Pavilion & Garden

Experience a fantasy palace fit for a king. Bask in Regency splendour inside and out.

Entrance to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Enjoy world-class art, history and design. Explore inspiring collections, local and global.

Preston Manor exterior April 2025

Preston Manor & Gardens

Step into a house full of stories. Encounter ghosts, graves and a secret garden.

Hove Museum of Creativity

Hove Museum of Creativity

Explore memories and making. Indulge your playful side in family friendly galleries.

Exterior of the Booth Museum.

Booth Museum of Natural History

Discover fossils, feathers, butterflies and bones. Learn about our planet, and how to protect it.

Royal Pavilion exterior

Membership

Become a member today and enjoy free access to the full range of exhibitions and visitor experiences at all our sites.

Brighton & Hove Museums

We are a charitable trust that cares for five venues across the city.

Exterior of Royal Pavilion with plants in foreground.

Royal Pavilion & Garden

Experience a fantasy palace fit for a king. Bask in Regency splendour inside and out.

Entrance to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Enjoy world-class art, history and design. Explore inspiring collections, local and global.

Preston Manor exterior April 2025

Preston Manor & Gardens

Step into a house full of stories. Encounter ghosts, graves and a secret garden.

Hove Museum of Creativity

Hove Museum of Creativity

Explore memories and making. Indulge your playful side in family friendly galleries.

Exterior of the Booth Museum.

Booth Museum of Natural History

Discover fossils, feathers, butterflies and bones. Learn about our planet, and how to protect it.

Royal Pavilion exterior

Membership

Become a member today and enjoy free access to the full range of exhibitions and visitor experiences at all our sites.

A Very Austen Christmas at the Royal Pavilion

Join us this festive season as Jane Austen’s much-loved characters pay a visit to George IV’s Royal Pavilion in search of Christmas cheer.

Discover A Very Austen Christmas at the Royal Pavilion

Preston Manor Christmas appeal poster

To the Manor Reborn

This Christmas, we are asking for your help to bring Preston Manor back to life.

Find out more about our Christmas Appeal

Preston Manor Christmas appeal poster

Afternoon Tea at the Royal Pavilion

Afternoon Tea at the Royal Pavilion

Afternoon Tea at the Royal Pavilion

The Central Gallery at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. Set for a function

Hire the Central Gallery at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

The Central Gallery is now a beautiful, open space ready to host dinners, wedding breakfasts, conferences and more!

Discover the spectacular Historic gallery

The Central Gallery at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. Set for a function

News

Kings Lawn the Royal Pavilion Garden

Job Opportunity: Personal Assistant (Sighted Support Worker)

Job opportunity

November 14, 2025

Pepita Coffee X Fatboy Slim X Royal Pavilion - artist call out

Pepita Coffee X Fatboy Slim X Royal Pavilion

Announcements

November 7, 2025

“If one could but go to Brighton!”

Announcements

November 5, 2025

Passion, Power, Protest gallery

From Lips to Liberty

Announcements

October 23, 2025

See the Sea

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

22 July 2023 to 30 November 2025

Sail through romantic seas and skies to views of today’s vibrant seafront.

The West Pier, Brighton, is seen from about half way along it, looking landwards. The pier is thronged with figures in late Victorian dress. The seafront is seen from Preston Street to the Chain Pier at far right. Fishing boats at sea in right foreground

Preston Manor: A New Era

Preston Manor & Gardens

5 April to 30 November 2025

For the first time in five years, Preston Manor will reopen to the general public with a new visitor experience.

Preston Manor web banner

The In Crowd: Mod Fashion and Style 1958-1966

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

10 May 2025 to 4 January 2026

A fashion exhibition on Mod look, youth culture and the appeal of Mod style.

Ben Sherman: The Decades

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

23 May 2025 to 4 January 2026

Ben Sherman celebrate its heritage and enduring influence on fashion and youth culture with this fashion retrospective installation.

First World War Memorial Plaque of the Brighton Post Office

First World War Memorial Plaque of the Brighton Post Office

Blog

Decker's Room conservation cleaning

Bringing A Shine Back to the Table Decker’s Room – A Graduate Conservator Project Update

Blog

Conservation at The Royal Pavilion

David Bramwell presents The World’s Smallest Theatre

The Haunted Moustache – See The World’s Smallest Theatre at Brighton’s Oldest Cinema!

Blog

David Bramwell's mission was to make a film version of his award-winning one-man stage show The Haunted Moustache in which he seeks the story behind the moustache inherited from his Great Aunt Sylvie.

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