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Royal Pavilion & Garden

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

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Booth Museum of Natural History

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

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.

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.
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To the Manor Reborn

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The In Crowd: Mod Fashion & Style 1958-66

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Preston Manor Drawing Room April 2025

Dance like an Edwardian at Preston Manor

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Explore Brighton & Hove Museums this Heritage Open Days Season

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Step into film’s past and future at Hove Museum this autumn

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September 10, 2025

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From Downton Abbey to Preston Manor

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Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Roof Restoration Project

Vital work has started to repair the 220-year-old roof of Brighton Art Gallery & Museum to bring the Grade II listed building up to 21st century requirements.
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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.
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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

COLOUR

Royal Pavilion & Garden

21 March to 19 October 2025
Discover a chromatic promenade through the Royal Pavilion.
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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.
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An Introduction to the Royal Pavilion - Every Saturday

Royal Pavilion & Garden

3 May 2025 - ongoing
Explore the opulent Royal Pavilion with expert-guided tours every Saturday at 2pm.
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Royal Pavilion Gardens May 2020
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HA282036. Ancient Coptic textile, Islamic Period (641-1517CE), Hawara. Long piece red wool cloth with three stripes formed of white thread. Possibly a shawl.

Cryptic Coptics

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Although at first glance these textiles could easily be overlooked, they are in fact some of the most exciting textiles in our collection and are internationally important in the field of archaeology.
Reassembled artichoke

The Artichoke Lights Return to Brighton Museum

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The collaborative efforts of the Facilities and Conservation teams were instrumental in cleaning and reassembling the five artichokes lights suspended from the roof.
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Learning to be Yourself – The Importance of Representation and Allyship

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Rob White looks to his past to explore the importance of representation and allyship in the context of Brighton Pride.
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