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Discover what’s new for you this The Ice Rink will be open Museum 4 • Exhibitions season at our five fabulous venues from 5 November 2016 to 15 January Major exhibitions across Brighton & . 2017. For more information visit The Royal Pavilion 10 Highlights include two new www.royalpavilionicerink.co.uk • Displays exciting displays at Brighton Preston Manor 15 Free with admission fee Museum, Experimental Motion Join the Museum Collective! and Photo-punk, Hove Museum is The Museum Collective is a group for Hove Museum 17 • Events hosting artists in residence Fabula, young people aged 14-25, who meet Talks and tours for adults the Booth Museum is keeping the regularly at Brighton Museum. To find Booth Museum 20 little ones entertained with Mr out more contact hazel.welch@brighton- • Families Booth’s Mini Museum explorers hove.gov.uk The Keep 21 Activities for children and families and the Royal Pavilion and Preston Manor are getting ready for the Brighton & Hove Residents How to book 22 • Early Years Christmas season, the most magical Don’t forget you can enjoy half-price Sessions for 2-5 year olds time of the year. admission to the Royal Pavilion and Venue Information 23 We are pleased to be part of The Preston Manor with children going free, Martlets Hospice and Wild in Art and free entry to Brighton Museum. Membership 24 Snowdogs by the Sea public art trail. Inspired by The Snowman and the Become a member Snowdog this sculpture trail across Be part of the life of the Royal Pavilion & Brighton & Hove features 40 large Museums with our membership scheme, scale snowdogs and a pack of mini great benefits, great value! snowdog puppies designed by local www.brightonmuseums.org.uk school children. Check our website [email protected] to see where the Snowdogs might 03000 290900 be popping up across our venues. Cover image: Clash, 1977 © Ian Dickson Find out more about the trail www.snowdogsbythesea.co.uk Brighton For how to book see page 22 Pavilion Blues: Disability and Identity Call 03000 290902 or visit Continues to 20 November 2016 Museum www.brightonmuseums.org.uk PRINTS & DRAWINGS GALLERY During the First World War over 6,000 amputee soldiers received treatment, Fashion Cities Africa of the most exciting names and labels rehabilitation and training at the Royal Continues to 8 January 2017 in contemporary African fashion. It Pavilion. Find out more about this Admission payable, members free provides a snapshot of fashion practices previously untold story of challenge, In this ground-breaking exhibition in these cities and an introduction to adversity and opportunity. Brighton Museum explores the global some of the stories behind the style, This display is the first part of a influence and diversity of African from the use of social media to create broader programme looking at disability fashion, from couture to street style. new platforms for fashion to the impact history and experience, opening Discover the story of contemporary of the huge market for imported second- discussions and exploring contemporary African fashion through the looks hand clothes. issues. Join the conversation by adding and words of individuals – including The exhibition includes a wide range your comments to the exhibition, and designers, stylists, photographers of apparel alongside images, film and look on our website for details of future and bloggers - from four cities at sound evoking the drama, creativity and Richard Eurich. The Mummers, 1952. Oil on canvas events. the compass points of the African dynamism of these unique African cities. continent – Casablanca in Morocco, The Language of Flowers The Great Bear Lagos in Nigeria, Nairobi in Kenya and Fashion Cities Africa Official Media Partner: Continues to autumn 2016 Continues to early 2017 Johannesburg in South Africa. www.nataal.com FINE ART GALLERY NORTH BALCONY Developed with African fashion A display of modern and historical Showcasing objects from across the specialists Hannah Azieb Pool and Helen paintings from the museum’s Fine Art collections, this display explores the Jennings, this exhibition features some collection, all featuring flowers. natural history of bears and their relationship with man, including their Remix the Museum place in mythology and fairy-tale. Enjoy 30 August to 25 September 2016 a family-friendly reading space with bear- SOUTH BALCONY focussed story books for young visitors, Brighton & Hove Museums’ collections drawing materials and a museum-wide come to life with this display of quirky Amazing animals! trail. animations by Brighton Youth Film Festival and animator Dave Packer. Part of Brighton Digital Festival 2016

History of Brighton 27 September to 9 October 2016 SOUTH BALCONY Discover the history of Brighton & Hove from the iguanodon to the First World War in this short film made by pupils from Primary School in Brighton.

• Exhibitions • Displays © John Kitchin 4 brighton museum brighton museum 5 Fashion Cities Africa: Africa Arts Festival Friday 28 to Sunday 30 October Celebrate and explore fashion, arts, literature and performance from Africa. Check out our website from September for details of the programme being created in collaboration with artists, makers, musicians, writers, performers, cultural organisations, and community groups.

Photo-punk: 40 images from the birth of punk by Ian Dickson and Kevin Cummins 22 November 2016 to 5 March 2017 PRINTS & DRAWINGS GALLERY 2016 marks 40 years since the punk phenomenon first hit the streets and 8mm zoom Reflex cine camera by venues of the UK, leading to a pervasive Bite-size Museum Bolex Paillard, 1963 musical, fashion and cultural movement. Every Tuesday Explore punk’s earliest years through the 12pm Free with admission, members and Experimental Motion: photography of Kevin Cummins (NME) residents free, drop-in. Check our website for the Art of Film Innovation and Ian Dickson (Sounds), who captured full details of each event, titles may vary at 22 October 2016 to 4 June 2017 the impact of bands including The Sex short notice. SPOTLIGHT GALLERY Pistols, The Damned, The Clash and Pop-up short talks, guided tours and This new display tells the story of many more. closer looks at stories from our eclectic Velma Rossa (2manysiblings), shot in Nairobi experimental film-making in Brighton A guitar and stage outfit owned by collections led by Royal Pavilion & by Sarah Marie Waiswa & Hove, from 1896 to the present day. Brighton resident Captain Sensible of Museum staff and volunteers. Highlights have played a rich The Damned will also be on display. include fashion, film and furniture. Ethical Taxidermy Course and important part in international Every Thursday from 15 September to The Damned, 1977 © Ian Dickson film history: early film-making pioneers Fashion Cities Africa: 20 October 2016 George Albert Smith and James Museums at Night 6-9pm Full course £275, members £250, Williamson who became known as the Friday 28 October book in advance Brighton School worked here at the turn 7-10pm, £5, members £4, book in advance Learn the basics of the fine art of of the 20th century, while contemporary After hours Fashion Cities Africa fun as taxidermy in our start-to-finish, hands- filmmakers and moving image artists Brighton Museum stays open late for on workshop run by ethical taxidermist have cemented the city’s status as a Museums at Night. Music, paybar. Jazmine Miles-Long. This full course of hotbed of experimental film. Funded six evening classes will teach you the by the John Ellerman Foundation and basic taxidermy techniques required to delivered in partnership with Videoclub, • Displays skin, flesh, preserve and mount a bird Screen Archive South East and Cinecity. • Events specimen to take home. 6 brighton museum brighton museum 7 Conferences Discovery Days Focus on Finds with BHAS The Big Draw at Museum Lab We are organising and hosting two Free with admission, members and residents Fridays 30 September, 28 October & Thursday 27 October conferences this season: free, drop-in. All ages 25 November 10am-5pm Free with admission, Creating African Fashion Histories Once a month join us in Museum Lab 10-1pm & 2-4pm, Free with admission, members and residents free, drop-in. All ages Wednesday 2 November on one of our fun discovery days with members and residents free, drop-in. All ages Fun drawing activities for all the family Workforce Development Conference: something for all the family to enjoy. Join Brighton & Hove Archaeological with artist Nick Sayers and his magical Developing a skilled and diverse For full details please check our website. Society as they investigate archaeological mathematical drawing machines, workforce in the cultural sector finds from across Brighton & Hove. Bring including a Giant Pantograph, and a Wednesday 30 November Remix the Museum along any finds and we will help you try Bicycle Harmonograph. Check our website for full details. Saturday 17 September to identify them. Africa Arts Festival Museum Lab Saturday 29 October Behind the Scenes: Brighton Museum 1st floor The Science of Instruments Drop-in and Do at Museum Lab Subversive Objects Saturday 1 October Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Saturday 26 November 2-4pm £10 (plus Brighton Museum admission), from 27 September to 16 December Winter Creatures RPM & BREMF members £8, book in advance 2-5pm Free with admission, members and Saturday 10 December The Brighton Early Music Festival and residents free, drop-in. All ages Brighton Museum present an exclusive Museum Lab invites you to drop-in opportunity to discover some of Brighton and find out more about what goes on Museums’ collection of historic musical behind the scenes. Meet curatorial staff instruments, with talks by an instrument and volunteers, and help us care for maker, a curator and a chance to see the 2 million artefacts in the collection. some of the collection up close. Check our website to find out more. Babies in Museums Tuesdays 4 October, 1 November & 6 December 11.30am-12.15pm & 1.15-2pm, £5 per child (plus Brighton Museum admission), members £4 per child, book in advance. 0-18 months These fun and stimulating sessions are perfect for babies and toddlers aged up to 18 months and their grown-ups. Play and learn together in an exciting environment and discover new ways to nurture your child’s interests and confidence.

• Events • Families • Early Years brighton museum 9 The Royal For how to book see page 22 Call 03000 290902 or visit Pavilion www.brightonmuseums.org.uk

Pavilion Tales Thursdays from 1 September to 29 December 12pm Free with Royal Pavilion admission Join us in the magnificent Music Room for secrets, stories and unexpected histories in these regular pop-up talks by Royal Pavilion & Museums staff.

An introduction to the Royal Pavilion Image from Pavilion Blues, a publication produced at the Saturdays from 3 September to 17 December Limbless Hospital, 1917 2.30-3.30pm £4.50 (plus Royal Pavilion admission) An Evening with Jane Austen Basement and Tunnel Tours The Royal Pavilion as a Hospital Be transported back in time with one of Sunday 4 September Mondays & Thursdays from 5 September for Limbless Soldiers our expert guides. Hear stories of King Doors open 7pm, performance 7.30pm to 15 December Continuing throughout 2016 George IV’s impressive banquets, balls £32.50, members £28.50, book in advance 4.15-5pm £12, members £10, book in advance During the First World War over 6,000 and concerts attended by fashionable (includes an interval glass of wine/soft drink in Join us for a behind-the-scenes glimpse amputee soldiers received treatment, society and courtiers, and learn more the Banqueting Room) of the basement and tunnel of the Royal rehabilitation and training at the Royal about the architecture and decorative VIP Meet the Performers Ticket Price: £40, Pavilion and discover more about life Pavilion. Look out for panels in five of interiors of the Royal Pavilion. £35 members* below stairs for the servants, from the the Royal Pavilion’s rooms to find out Following the performance meet Adrian Lukis rat catcher to George’s principal private more about this fascinating and and Caroline Langrishe over a glass of sparkling secretary. The tour ends with a visit to moving story. wine in the exquisite Red Drawing Room. the tunnel which led to George IV’s royal Reserved VIP seating for the performance – stables and riding school (now Brighton limited availability.* Dome). Spend a magical evening in the Please note: due to the service areas company of Jane Austen’s most covered in this tour it may be subject to memorable characters. Set in the last minute cancellations and alterations. magnificent surroundings of the Royal Pavilion’s Music Room the evening The Royal Pavilion consists of duologues performed by and the First World War actors Caroline Langrishe (Judge John Saturday 8 October Deed, Lovejoy) and Adrian Lukis (Mr MEET AT THE ROYAL PAVILION Wickham in the BBC production of Pride 10am-1pm, includes a refreshment break £25, and Prejudice, Peak Practice) alongside members £20, book in advance Regency-era musical entertainment. Uncover the remarkable story of the Royal Pavilion Estate as a military hospital from 1914-1919. This tour of the estate includes exclusive backstage access to • Displays the Dome, Corn Exchange and a glimpse • Events of the famous secret tunnel. 10 royal pavilion 11 Meet the Author: An Evening with Paddy Ashdown Christmas at the Royal Pavilion Game of Spies: The Secret Agent, the Traitor and the Nazi 19 November 2016 to 4 January 2017 Thursday 17 November During opening hours Doors open 6.30pm, talk 7pm £15.50, members £14 Free with Royal Pavilion admission, (includes a glass of white wine/soft drink in the Banqueting Room) members free, drop-in. All ages Experience a magical Christmas at the Royal Pavilion. The fires are lit, the The Royal Pavilion is delighted to welcome acclaimed author Paddy candles are flickering, the spectacular Ashdown to present and discuss his new book Game of Spies: The Banqueting Room table is laid for a Royal Secret Agent, the Traitor and the Nazi in the palace’s magnificent feast and the building is transformed Music Room, followed by a complimentary drink and book signing with festive decorations and glittering in the Banqueting Room. trees. Pavilion-inspired decorations Paddy Ashdown has had a varied and action-packed career – as including dragons, birds and flowers an officer in the Commandos and Special Boat Service, in secret bring sparkle, glamour and Christmas intelligence and as a diplomat, as an MP and leader of his party, an cheer for all the family, with drop-in international peacemaker in Bosnia and more recently as a specialist activities and themed trails for children. military historian. Check our website for more details. Paddy’s latest book is a gripping account of a never-before- Late Night Christmas Shopping told slice of French history that reveals a lethal spy triangle in Exclusive Christmas Evening Tours Thursdays 1, 8 & 15 December 1940’s Bordeaux. Game of Spies tells the story of France’s greatest Thursday 1 & Thursday 15 December Open until 7.30pm betrayal by aristocratic and right-wing Resistance leader André 5.15-7.15pm £35 members £30, The Royal Pavilion Shop will be open for Grandclément, and the role of an SOE agent caught up in book in advance late night Christmas shopping so come treachery, bed-hopping and executions. These exclusive evening tours offer and pick up some unique and beautiful TOP visitors a special opportunity to gifts and our exclusive Royal Pavilion SECRET experience the festivity of the Royal inspired Christmas decorations for your Buy a copy of Game of Spies: The Secret Agent, Pavilion after hours. Led by expert own tree. The Traitor and the Nazi on the night and enjoy a guides, the tour takes you through the £5 discount (rrp £20). In partnership with City Books. magnificent State Apartments, specially Christmas Banquet decorated for Christmas, and ends with Fridays 9 & 16 December a glass of sparkling wine in the Great 6.30-11pm £97, members £87, book in advance Kitchen, a copy of the Official Souvenir Once again the Royal Pavilion invites Guidebook and a 20% discount in the you to celebrate Christmas in regal Royal Pavilion Shop. style. Step into the past and join us for Group tours available via a drinks and canapé reception followed arrangement, minimum 25 guests by a three course dinner with wine and coffee in the palace’s magnificent State Banqueting Room. Catering is supplied by The Secret Restaurant, menu available on request from the bookings office or online. Private tables of 10 available; smaller groups will be asked to share a table. Dress code: Black tie or optional period dress. GAME OF SPIES OF GAME 12 royal pavilion royal pavilion 13 Preston For how to book see page 22 Call 03000 290902 or visit Manor www.brightonmuseums.org.uk

Preston Manor is open to the public at the weekend during October and November, please check our website for full details.

Folklore, Magic and Mysteries: Modern Witchcraft and Folk Culture in Britain Continues to 27 November (check website for opening times) Free with Preston Manor admission A unique display of artefacts, manuscripts and documents from the Doreen Valiente Foundation. In 2013 Doreen made posthumous history by being the first witch to be awarded a © Doreen Valiente Foundation blue plaque on her home in Brighton to commemorate her life and honour Remembering Doreen Valiente her achievements. Saturday 17 September 10am-5pm Free with Preston Manor admission, The Preston Manor dog cemetery drop-in. All ages Thursday 8 September Join us for a day of talks and readings PRESTON MANOR WALLED GARDEN from the works of Brighton witch 11.30am-12.30pm Free Doreen Valiente, who was credited with A tour celebrating the happy lives bringing witchcraft into the modern and poignant deaths of Victorian and age. The day includes a free family- Edwardian family dogs immortalised in friendly public ritual in the walled the pet cemetery at Preston Manor. garden.

Murder Mystery Night Saturday 15 October & Wednesday 28 December 6pm & 8.30pm £21, members £18, book in advance Watch the drama unfold and unravel the clues in a classic murder mystery by the 368 Theatre Company. Enjoy a fortifying glass of wine and the special after-hours ambience to see if you can work out who-dunnit!

14 brighton museum preston manor 15 Bram Stoker’s Dracula What is a ghost? Hove For how to book see page 22 Thursday 27, Friday 28, Sunday 30 & Saturday 22 October Call 03000 290902 or visit Monday 31 October, Thursday 3, Friday 4, 11am-12pm & 2-3pm Free with Preston Manor Museum www.brightonmuseums.org.uk Saturday 5, Sunday 6 & Friday 11 November admission. 8 years and over 7.30 & 9.15pm Our ghost expert hosts a pre-Halloween Thursday 10 November 3 & 5.30pm tour and Q&A for children 8 years and £18, members & concessions/child £15 over. Find out everything you’ve ever (not suitable for children under 11), wanted to know about ghosts but were book in advance too afraid to ask! This Halloween Brighton Theatre company, Brief Hiatus, bring the Unravel Dickens: A Christmas Carol world’s greatest gothic horror story to Saturday 10 December Preston Manor with a new version of 2-3.30pm £7.50 (plus Preston Manor the Bram Stoker classic. Be enthralled admission), members £6.50, book in advance by this site-specific performance with includes sherry & seasonal biscuits the Manor as the perfect backdrop. A Christmas Carol was a runaway bestseller when it was published in 1843 and established the way we celebrate Christmas. This entertaining talk goes behind the story to explore everyday life in Victorian Britain.

Father Christmas at Preston Manor Saturday 17, Sunday 18 & Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 December 10am-5pm £8.50 per child, Preston Manor admission fees apply. Price includes gift. All ages, book in advance Experience the magic of the season in the traditional way as Father Christmas returns to Lady Ellen’s beautiful Drawing Room.

Silver Portraits Birds of a Feather 8 September to 15 November Continues to 15 November Free admission Free admission Photojournalist Sean Hawkey uses From the collection of the Booth wetplate collodion techniques to make Museum of Natural History this display photographic portraits with silver, a showcases paintings, books and birds method invented in 1851 and already from enthusiasts and collectors in the obsolete by the 1870s. This display of his 19th Century. images range from silver miners in Peru to people he meets on the streets of Brighton & Hove. Image © Sean Hawkey 16 preston manor hove museum 17 Artists in Residence: Grown-ups get Crafty Make a Story Fabula at Hove Museum Mondays from 5 September to 3 October Saturday 17 December Our current artists in residence, The 10am-12pm £10 per workshop or £40 for all, 2.30-4pm £5 per child, members £4 per child, Fabula Collective is a group of artists members £8 per workshop or £35 for all book in advance. 5-10 years who love to tell stories old and new (tea & cake included), drop-in Bring your imagination to this story- through the use of illustration, design, Felt-making, weaving, collage, based Christmas decoration making writing and film making. watercolour painting and much more are workshop, led by Louise Dennis and Using the museum’s collections as on offer in these craft-based workshops Juliette Rajak of Fabula. Have some inspiration they are making new pieces for adults. Have fun while you learn new fun and make something fabulous for of work which will be on show at the techniques and develop your skills. Christmas. museum from December. Drop-in and catch them at work in the galleries – Adults Art Attack Arty Crafty Club Tree Time! check our website for details. First and third Tuesday of every month Saturdays from 3 September to 8 October Tuesday 20 and Thursday 22 December from 6 September until 6 December 10.30am-12pm £6 per workshop or £30 for all, 10.30am-12pm & 1.30-3.30pm £2 per child, Fabula presents: 3-4.30pm £3, drop-in members £5 per workshop or £25 for all, drop in. 3-8 years Many ways to tell a story (basic drawing materials provided) book in advance. 8-12 years Will it be sparkly, shiny or brightly 2 December 2016 to 14 March 2017 Pick up some tips on drawing and Be inspired by an object in the museum coloured? Join in this fun workshop and Free admission painting in a relaxed and friendly way in and construct, draw, paint or print and make a decoration for your Christmas Discover old stories retold in exciting our museum workshop space. learn about other making methods. tree. new ways and new stories being shared for the first time in this display bringing Fabula Christmas Open House Making Faces Picture Time and Story together 17 of the artists of Fabula. Told Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 December Tuesday 25 & Thursday 27 October Thursdays from 8 September to 15 December through many different visual methods 10am-5pm Free admission, drop-in 10.30am-12pm & 1.30-3.30pm £2 per child, inclusive (not during school holidays) – drawing, making, animation, film and Come along and pick up some original drop in. 3-8 years 10am-12pm £2 per child, drop-in. 2-5 years photography – there is something here illustrated gifts and artwork, and meet Be inspired by the Silver Portraits display Have fun with craft materials, make a to delight everyone. some of the artists in residence. and make some faces in this fun craft picture and listen to a story. based workshop. The Fabula Collective Meet the Snowdog pups © Louise Dennis Story House As part of the Snowdogs by the Sea Saturday 10 December project Hove Museum is home to five 10.30am-12pm £5 per child, members £4 per Snowdog puppies decorated by local child, book in advance. 7 years and over schoolchildren this autumn. Come and Using fairy tales as inspiration, create meet the pups and join in the trail across a small house in this workshop led by Brighton & Hove to find more. Fabula artists Louise Dennis and Juliette Rajak. Decorate and embellish your house and take it home for Christmas.

Stories by the Fireside Saturday 17 December 11am-12pm & 1-2pm Free, drop-in. • Displays 8 years and over • Events Join us for ghost stories read by Charles • Families Rudkin with artwork by one of Fabula’s • Early Years artists in residence, Dagmara Rudkin. 18 hove museum hove museum 19 Booth For how to book see page 22 The Keep Call 03000 290902 or visit Museum www.brightonmuseums.org.uk

Puppy-dog Tales Mr Booth’s Mini Museum Explorers Saturdays 24 September, 15 October, Fridays 10-11.30am £5, members £4, 12 November & 3 December book in advance, 2-5 years olds only 2-3.30pm £6 per child, members £5 per child, Early Years sessions include art activities, book in advance. 4-8 years a museum expedition, a story and Join us for story-telling and craft sessions handling some museum objects. These inspired by the city-wide Snowdogs sessions are for 2-5 year olds only. by the Sea trail. Enjoy classic and Monkey Puzzle new animal tales brought to life by 9 September our storyteller, and then get crafty by Old MacDonald had a Farm drawing your favourite real or fantasy 16 September animal. We will donate £1 from each ticket sale to The Martlets Hospice. Teddy Bear Picnic 23 September The Big Draw at the Booth Painting Pictures Wednesday 26 October 30 September 10-11.30am & 1.30-4.30pm Free, drop-in. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt! All ages 7 October Drop-in and take part in The Big Draw with free drawing activities for all the The Snail and the Whale The Keep is an archive based near Falmer material from the archive, and will be family. Use the collections at the Booth 14 October that houses the local history collections celebrating the festive season with a for inspiration from birds, bones to Room on the Broom (Halloween) of the Royal Pavilion and Brighton Bloomsbury-inspired afternoon tea! Visit butterflies. 21 October & Hove Museums. Other collections our website for further information and include the county archive held by East booking details. I Love Bugs! Meet the Snowdog pups Sussex Record Office and the University 4 November The Booth Museum is home to some of Sussex Special Collections, which Opening hours Snowdog puppy sculptures this autumn. Feathery Friends include the Mass Observation Archive. Tuesday to Friday 9.30am-5pm Come and meet the pups, decorated by 11 November The Keep is open to everyone and will be Saturday 9.30am-4pm local children and young people, then Dino Day! of interest to family and local historians, (Reading Room closed 1-2pm) follow the trail across Brighton & Hove 18 November as well as students of literature, politics Closed Monday and sniff out the whole pack. and social history. Please feel free to Under the Sea drop in! 01273 482349 25 November We hold a regular programme of [email protected] A Dark, Dark Night events, including tours of the state- www.thekeep.info 2 December of-the-art building and a free drop-in The Keep, Woollards Way, Winter Sparkles service for researchers. This autumn Brighton BN1 9BP 9 December our talks focus on life in Brighton in the 1950s and 1960s, and on traditional • Families Winter Wonderland Sussex buildings. We’re offering a ‘make • Early Years 16 December do and mend’ workshop drawing on 20 booth museum the keep 21 How to Book Venue Information

You can buy tickets by telephoning the Events Booking line on 03000 290902 (Mon- Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Fri), in person at any of our venues, or online at www.brightonmuseums.org.uk. Admission fee payable, Brighton & Hove residents free You can also email [email protected] if you have any queries. Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton BN1 1EE Tel 03000 290900 Open Tue-Sun 10am-5pm, Closed Mon (except Bank Holidays 10am-5pm), 24 Dec (from 2.30pm) 25 & 26 Dec A £1.50 booking fee may apply to some events. Tickets cannot be reserved without payment. Please book early as an event may be cancelled if too few tickets have been sold. Hove Museum & Art Gallery Free events cannot be booked in advance unless otherwise stated. Free admission 19 New Church Road, Hove BN3 4AB Tel 03000 290900 We welcome donations to help support our varied events programme and to help Open Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm towards the upkeep of our buildings. Closed Wed (open on Bank Holiday Mondays), 24-27 Dec, 1 & 2 Jan

Visit our website for further information www.brightonmuseums.org.uk Booth Museum of Natural History Please note Free admission A ‘first come, first served’ policy is in operation for drop-in sessions and free events 194 Dyke Road, Brighton BN1 5AA Tel 03000 290900 that do not require pre-booking. Please arrive at the start time for all sessions, with Open Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 10am-5pm (closed 12-1.15pm), Sun 2-5pm the exception of drop-in events. Closed Thu (open on Bank Holiday Mondays), 24-26 Dec, 1 & 2 Jan

Access If you have any access requirements please contact the Bookings Team who will be The Royal Pavilion able to advise you, 03000 290902 or [email protected] Admission fee payable For venues with an admission charge concessions are available for disabled visitors. Brighton BN1 1EE Tel 03000 290900 Open daily Apr-Sep 9.30am-5.45pm (last admission 5pm) Oct-Mar 10am-5.15pm (last admission 4.30pm), Closed 24 Dec (from 2.30pm), 25 & 26 Dec Thankyou to our supporters

Preston Manor Admission fee payable Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6SD Tel 03000 290900 Open Apr-Sep Tue-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm (last admission 4.15pm) Open at the weekend Oct-Nov, check our website for details and partners Closed Mon (including Bank Holidays) Closed Oct-Mar except for pre-booked groups, school visits and special events

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