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Seasonal Opening Times for Brighton & Hove Museums 2025

The exterior Royal Pavilion Christmas tree 2025. The tree stands outside the main entrance and is decorated with lights.

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and Hove Museum will be open for the regular hours during the festive season, with a limited opening over Christmas and New Year.

We will be closing all venues at 2.30pm on Wednesday 24 December.

We are closed all day on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 December, and Thursday 1 January 2026.

Please note Hove Museum will be open on the 27 December, but Café Rust will remain closed.

Preston Manor and Booth Museum are currently closed throughout the season.

We wish you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Brighton & Hove Museums! 

A Very Austen Christmas at the Royal Pavilion poster