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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.
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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.

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
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To the Manor Reborn

Donate today to help restore Preston Manor’s historic beauty
Find out more about our new restoration project
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Afternoon Tea at the Royal Pavilion

Afternoon Tea at the Royal Pavilion

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Afternoon Tea at the Royal Pavilion
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Baby Pavilion

It turns out the Royal Pavilion isn’t just beautiful – it’s brilliant for your baby’s brain, according to scientists at Sussex University’s Baby Lab!
Welcome babies to the Royal Pavilion!
Baby wearing a head cam for Baby Pavilion

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Curator at Work: Secrets & Stories in the Collections

Job Opportunity: Project Assistant (Collections)

Job opportunity

October 27, 2025

Passion, Power, Protest gallery

From Lips to Liberty

Announcements

October 23, 2025

Board Opportunity: Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust Seeks Two Shadow Trustees

Announcements

October 23, 2025

Louise Peskett speaks at Hove Museum for the Ageing Well festival 2025

A Warm Welcome for Older Audiences at Hove Museum

Announcements

October 17, 2025

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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

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

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.
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Blog

Decker's Room conservation cleaning

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

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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!

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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.
Obverse:- OTACIL. SEVERA AUG. Bust of Otacilia, diademed, to right.

Duke of York’s Cinema – Fit for an Empress!

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A rare Roman coin from around the year 248 was discovered while the foundations for The Duke of York’s Cinema were dug.
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