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Behind Closed Doors Tour – Ground Floor

Wednesdays 8 January, 12 February, 12 March & 9 April
Have you ever wondered what lies behind all those closed doors in the Royal Pavilion?
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One Moment in Time: Discovering the untold and forgotten stories of St Peter’s Church

Royal Pavilion & Garden

28 February 2025
Join us for a special event to celebrate the history and heritage of St Peter’s Church.
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St. Peter's church Brighton

Preston Manor: A Woman’s World

Preston Manor & Gardens

7 March 2025
Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day as we honour the incredible contributions of Brighton women.
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

14 September 2024 to 16 March 2025
See over 100 extraordinary photographs from around the world showcased in this prestigious exhibition from the Natural History Museum, London. 
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Winter at the Booth Museum

Booth Museum of Natural History

21 December 2024 to 19 March 2025
Join us as we take a look at folklore of the animal world.
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Mid-Century Millennial

Hove Museum of Creativity

27 March 2025
Between 1940-1970 a design trend of 'mid-century modernism' took hold across the globe.
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Modular Society - Industrial Building

Queer the Pier

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

31 January 2020 - ongoing
Plunge into the history of Brighton & Hove's LGBTQIA+ communities.
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Jacket with numerous badges.

Victorian Cookery Club

Preston Manor & Gardens

8 April 2025
Learn the secrets of a Victorian Kitchen at Easter and find out what Victorians liked to eat.
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Preston Manor Kitchen

Behind Closed Doors Tour – Ground Floor

Royal Pavilion & Garden

8 January to 9 April 2025
Uncover hidden secrets of the Royal Pavilion on the Behind Closed Doors Tour – explore secret spaces, staircases, and corridors on selected Wednesdays
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Kings Apartment, Royal Pavilion. Royal Pavilion, King's bedroom. To the right of the bed, you can make out a hidden door, known as a jib door, which led to the King’s water closet or lavatory. The jib door also leads to stairs that went up to the apartments of George’s last mistress, Lady Conyngham, in what is now part of the Royal Pavilion tearoom.

Photo Finish: Experimental Photography

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

10 April 2025
Explore camera-less photography techniques using found objects from the Royal Pavilion Garden.
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A King's Estate: Historical Walking Tour- 2025

Royal Pavilion & Garden

8 March to 12 April 2025
Join us for an exploration of life before the Royal Pavilion on this tour of the Royal Pavilion estate with Carol Homewood, founder of the popular Facebook group Brighton Past
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Riding Stables of Royal Pavilion, 1826

Booth Art Club

Booth Museum of Natural History

18 February to 15 April 2025
Take inspiration from the museum collection in our art & craft workshops. Themes include Snakes and Reptiles, Reuse and Recycle and Your Favourite Animal.
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Storytelling at the Booth Museum

Booth Museum of Natural History

19 February to 16 April 2025
Fun storytelling events for under 5's at Booth Museum of Natural History
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Hove Art Club

Hove Museum of Creativity

20 February 2024 to 17 April 2025
Art is for everyone. Join in the fun at the Creative Kids Club, with different cool art activities each time. It's frequently sold out so don't wait.
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Storytelling at Brighton Museum

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

21 February to 18 April 2025
Join us around the around the fire in the Archaeology gallery and hear some fun stories during the school holidays.
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Children's storybooks and a Paddington bear.

Drop-in & Draw: Toys and Craft

Hove Museum of Creativity

21 February to 18 April 2025
Art Class. This self-led activity is fun for all ages and drawing equipment is supplied.
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A Garden Fit for All: The Regency Remade

Royal Pavilion & Garden

19 April 2025
Step into the beauty and charm of a bygone era with an exclusive horticultural tour of the Royal Pavilion Garden that brings history to life.
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Royal Pavilion Garden showing trees and lamp posts along the path towards the Pavilion

Drop-in & Draw: Natural History

Booth Museum of Natural History

23 February to 20 April 2025
Drop-in to the museum and sketch what you see.
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Storytelling at Hove Museum

Hove Museum of Creativity

17 February to 21 April 2025
Come and hear some fun stories in the school holidays.
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Children's storybooks and a Paddington bear.

The Mechanical Circus

Hove Museum of Creativity

21 September 2024 to 21 April 2025
Roll up! Roll up! It’s showtime! Hove Museum of Creativity proudly presents ten circus-themed automata.
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Behind Closed Doors Tour – Upper Chambers 2025

Royal Pavilion & Garden

29 January to 23 April 2025
Explore the hidden secrets of the Royal Pavilion’s upper chambers on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour, including secret staircases and hidden rooms.
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Brighton in the 1960s and ‘70s

Hove Museum of Creativity

24 April 2025
Join us for a colourful tour of Brighton as it was 50 to 60 years ago using 35 mm slides from the Brighton Borough Surveyor collection.
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An old photograph from the 1960s of Preston Circus, Brighton.

Basement & Tunnel Tours

Royal Pavilion & Garden

28 December 2024 to 26 April 2025
Discover the hidden history of the Royal Pavilion’s basement and tunnel, from servant life to WWII air raid shelter, on this fascinating underground tour.
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Tunnel tours at Royal Pavilion in Brighton ***Pic by David McHugh / Brighton Pictures

An Introduction to the Royal Pavilion- Every Saturday

Royal Pavilion & Garden

4 January to 26 April 2025
Explore the opulent Royal Pavilion with expert-guided tours every Saturday at 2pm.
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Royal Pavilion Gardens May 2020

LGBTIQ+ History Club @ Brighton Museum 2025

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

30 March to 27 April 2025
An afternoon of talks on all things to do with local(ish) queer heritage accompanied by tea, cake and friendly conversation.
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Brighton LGBTQI+History Club logo

Creative Kids Club at Hove Museum 2025

Hove Museum of Creativity

12 January to 27 April 2025
Art is for everyone. Join in the fun at the Creative Kids Club, with different cool art activities each time. It's frequently sold out so don't wait.
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Play Days at Hove Museum Garden

Hove Museum of Creativity

13 to 27 April 2025
Enjoy some outdoor games in Hove Museum Garden using our library of games to play with.
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Brighton & Hove Albion: A First Year in Europe

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

19 October 2024 to 27 April 2025
Celebrate Albion's historic 2023/24 campaign when the club played in Europe for the first time in its history.
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Brighton & Hove Albion fan at the historic marble Panathenaic Stadium, Athens © Danny Last, on behalf on BHAFC

What’s in the Box?

Hove Museum of Creativity

21 November 2024 to 1 May 2025
Inspired by Jonathan Wright’s Constellation sculpture on display in Hove Museum’s Garden.
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Leeds Pottery lustre tea pot, circa 1830 - What's In the Box display

Unpeeling The Past: Decolonising the Fruit Salad

Royal Pavilion & Garden

7 May 2025
Uncover the juicy histories behind your favourite fruits in this fascinating talk on trade, power, and colonial roots.
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Watercolour painting of a basket of fruit.

An Evening with Professor Hakim Adi: African and Caribbean People in Britain

Royal Pavilion & Garden

14 May 2025
Join us for an unforgettable evening when celebrated historian Professor Hakim Adi will bring these hidden histories to life.
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Professor Hakim Adi

An Evening of Drawing at the Booth Museum of Natural History

Booth Museum of Natural History

15 May 2025
Join us for an evening of drawing in the wonderful setting of our museum.
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Drop in and draw at the Booth

Colonialism and Country Houses: The Making of the English Landowning Class

Royal Pavilion & Garden

21 May 2025
Discover the hidden history of England’s landowning class.
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Preston Manor interior

Arms After Hours: A Rare Display of Historic Firearms

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

22 May 2025
Join us after dark for an adults-only evening exploring some of our firearms and their complex histories.
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Arms After Hours: A Rare Display of Historic Firearms

Styling a Revolution: Mod fashion in the making

The Old Courtroom

24 May 2025
Roger K Burton, curator of The In Crowd: Mods Fashion and Style 1958-1966 in conversation with Martin Pel, Curator of Textiles & Costume at Brighton & Hove Museums.
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© The Contemporary Wardrobe Collection, Photograph by James Lyndsay, Styling a Revolution: Mod fashion in the making

Opium: Nature’s Remedy, History’s Curse

Royal Pavilion & Garden

28 May 2025
Explore the fascinating journey of opium through the ages, from ancient medicine to Victorian addiction.
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Papaver somniferum, commonly known as the opium poppy. A plant of the white subspecies in natural.

See the Sea

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

22 July 2023 to 31 May 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 September 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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Preston Manor

COLOUR

Royal Pavilion & Garden

21 March to 19 October 2025
Discover a chromatic promenade through the Royal Pavilion.
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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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The couple © The Contemporary Wardrobe Collection

Constable's Colliers Unloading on Hove Beach

Royal Pavilion & Garden

15 July 2022 - ongoing
An unseen masterpiece by John Constable unveiled.
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Oil painting showing three ships on a beach