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Discover what’s new for you this season at our Brighton Museum 4 Exhibitions five fabulous venues across Brighton & Hove. Major exhibitions The Royal Pavilion 10 Displays Nature2020 Brighton & Hove Residents Preston Manor 15 Free with admission fee The Royal Pavilion & Museums is a Don’t forget you can enjoy half-price partner in Nature2020, a year-long admission to the Royal Pavilion and Hove Museum 16 Events programme of events and activities Preston Manor with children going free, Talks and tours for adults to celebrate and highlight the natural and free entry to Brighton Museum. Booth Museum 19 environment of The Living Coast: Families Brighton and Lewes Downs’ UNESCO Become a Member Today The Keep 21 Activities for children and families designated world Biosphere. Support the work of the Royal Pavilion & We are hosting a variety of free Museums and get some great benefits in How to book 22 Early Years activities, events and exhibitions return! See the back cover for details on Sessions for 2-5 year olds exploring the natural world and our own how to join. Venue Information 23 local environment across the year, look out in the What’s On for events marked For more information about our events A Nature2020 event. and exhibitions visit brightonmuseums. A calendar of events hosted by all org.uk/discover participating groups can be found on the Nature2020 website nature2020.org.uk brightonmuseums.org.uk [email protected] Venue Hire 03000 290900 Our spaces are available to hire for corporate events, weddings and Last chance to see receptions. To find out more call 03000 Visit Brighton Museum and catch the last 290905 or email pavilionfunctions@ few weeks of Floating Worlds: Japanese brighton-hove.gov.uk Woodcuts, open until 12 January 2020. Explore the ‘floating worlds’ of Japan Join the Museum Collective! through woodblock prints from the Edo The Museum Collective is a group for period (1615-1868). young people aged 14-25, who meet regularly at Brighton Museum. To find out more please contact [email protected]

Cover: from the series First Women UK by Anita Corbin Top left to right: Suzi Quatro, Felicity Aston, Elspeth Beard Bottom left to right: Monique Simmonds, Beth French, Hope Powell Christie Brown, The Scores are in. Photograph by Jenny Harper Brighton For how to book see page 22 Call 03000 290902 or visit Museum www.brightonmuseums.org.uk

Suzi Quatro from the series First Women UK by Anita Corbin Hope Powell from the series First Women UK by Anita Corbin

Anita Corbin 100 First Women Portraits 15 February to 7 June 2020 Free with Brighton Museum admission, residents and members free

Discover and celebrate 100 pioneering women of the 21st century in this major exhibition by acclaimed photographer Anita Corbin. These striking images capture an impressive record of female achievement, from beatboxing to bomb detection, computing to cricket, blast furnaces to boardrooms. This exhibition features iconic portraits of celebrities, unsung heroines from across the decades, and ‘ordinary’ women doing extraordinary jobs. Including seventies rocker Suzi Quatro, Olympian Boxer Nicola Adams OBE, Lady Brenda Hale of the Supreme Court and football manager Hope Powell. ‘It is my hope that women who dream big will look at these pictures and see that they are not alone.’ ANITA CORBIN Nicola Adams OBE from the series First Women UK by Anita Corbin 4 brighton museum brighton museum 5 Remix the Museum FREE DAYS Continues to 19 January 2020 10am-5pm (activities run 11am-4pm) International Women’s Day SOUTH BALCONY Free admission for all, drop-in. All ages Saturday 7 March A display of animations made by young Join us once a month for one of our Gender equality is firmly on the people on the theme of extinction and themed Free Days at Brighton Museum, agenda at this free and inclusive event the environment. with family fun, hands-on creative celebrating women’s achievements, activities and bite-size talks. with inspiring speakers, activists and See Portraits, Be Portraits innovators, workshops, arts, crafts, Continues to February 2020 Royal Pavilion Estate Open Day campaigns, and fun for all the family. FINE ART GALLERY Sunday 19 January With Brighton Women’s Centre and Come and see some of our wonderful Explore the rich history of the Royal Brighton Dome & Festival portrait paintings chosen by local Pavilion Estate with free admission to teachers from Cottesmore St Mary’s and Brighton Museum and the Royal Pavilion. Treasures from the Pacific: Varndean School. You can even create Beautiful Barkcloth your own picture using some of the Change the World: Women in Science Saturday 18 April resources in the gallery. Saturday 15 February Explore the Museum’s fabulous Celebrate the United Nation’s collection of barkcloths from the Pacific Queer the Pier Queer Looks International Day of Women and Girls Islands, with object handling and hands- Opens 22 February 2020 Continues to March 2020 in Science. Discover incredible women on family activities. SPOTLIGHT GALLERY FASHION & STYLE GALLERY in science including fossil hunter Mary A partnership with the University of Glasgow. Hosted This community curated display peers This fascinating display of outfits and oral Anning, the founders of the RSPB, and by Reggie Meredith Fitiao and Uilisone Fitiao, barkcloth into local LGBTIQA+ history. Celebrating histories from LGBTQ individuals from get hands-on with some fun family makers from American Samoa the lives of the writers, artists, Sussex, from the 1960s to the present activities. performers, activists and ordinary people day, looks at how individuals construct who have made Brighton & Hove so identities, both personal and collective, fabulous, their stories are brought to life through dress. with film and photography, fashion and Includes contributions from the drag and oral histories. comedian Zoe Lyons, journalist Sophie Cook and trans campaigner Fox Fisher. Part of Be Bold, a series of collaborative exhibitions and events, programmed with Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ Queer Looks is a collaborative project with the Centre for communities. Fashion Curation at the London College of Fashion and has been supported with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Our Myths: A Museum Collective Display Continues to 29 March 2020 OUTSIDE MUSEUMLAB Based on myths and folklore the Museum Collective created and curated this display of their own wood-cut prints, found Witch Stones and selected museum objects. The Museum Collective is a group of young people who meet regularly at Brighton Museum. © University of Glasgow 6 brighton museum brighton museum 7 Midweek Draw Gallery talk: Every Wednesday 100 First Women Portraits MUSEUMLAB Saturdays 15 February & 7 March 1-3pm Free with admission, 1pm Free with admission, drop-in members and residents free, drop-in Join photographer Anita Corbin on a Get arty at Brighton Museum every tour of the 100 First Women Portraits Wednesday. Drop-in and be inspired by exhibition. Anita reveals the stories objects from our fabulous collections. behind meeting these inspirational ‘Firsts’ and how she turned her ‘vision’ Babies in Museums of celebrating the centenary of ‘Votes Tuesdays 7 January, 4 February & 3 March for Women’ into reality. 11-11.45am & 12.15-1pm £5 per child (plus Brighton Museum admission), members £4 per Museum Lab child, book in advance. 0-18 months Wednesdays 19 February, 8 & 15 April Come along to this fun and stimulating 10-4pm Free with admission, drop-in. All ages experience for you and your baby/toddler Drop-in during the school holidays to explore. Play and learn together in an for portrait drawing activities in the exciting environment and discover new Museum Lab. ways to nurture your child’s interests and confidence. Archaeology Gallery Thursdays 20 February, 9 & 16 April LGBTQ+ History Club 10-4pm Free with admission, drop-in. All ages St Paul’s Church, West Street, Brighton, Sundays 26 January, 23 February, Come along to the Archaeology gallery 19th century by Frederick Earp Anna McNuff © National Running Show 22 March & 26 April for some ‘meet your ancestors’ activities Families of Artists: Scott & Earp 2.30-4.30pm Free but limited capacity. 18+ in the school holidays. Anna McNuff: Continues to 29 March 2020 Book in advance www.queerinbrighton.co.uk Adventurer and Mischief Maker PRINTS & DRAWING GALLERY Brighton LGBTQ+ History Club is a OUTing the Past Festival of Thursday 30 April This display features watercolours and monthly event that explores the city’s LGBT History 6.45-9pm Doors 6.45pm, talk 7.30pm prints by the Scott and Earp families, rich LGBTQ+ heritage. Talks, events and Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 February £15, book in advance both founder members of the Brighton activities by local historians, researchers, Join us for a weekend of talks, tours From running the length of Britain Art Society. Spanning five generations, collectors, and community members, and activities exploring and celebrating barefoot, to cycling each State of the from the early 19th to 21st century, shine a light on forgotten and untold LGBTQ histories from Brighton and USA, to running across New Zealand, the display also includes family objects, stories. beyond. For full details visit our website. Anna McNuff is a woman on a mission photographs and letters. to explore the limits of her own potential. Brighton LGBTQ+ History Club is a Queer in Brighton event OUTing The Past of LGBT History is presented by supported by Royal Pavilion & Museums, Arts Council Schools Out UK Spend an evening hearing tales about Bite-size Museum England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund Anna’s adventures and her passion of Every Tuesday inspiring others to live their best lives 12pm Free with admission, possible. Unwind with a glass of wine members and residents free, drop in. and take the chance to see the 100 First Titles may vary at short notice. Women Portraits exhibition after-hours. Pop-up short talks and closer looks at stories that reflect our eclectic collections.

8 brighton museum brighton museum 9 The Royal For how to book see page 22 new for april 2020 Call 03000 290902 or visit Queen Victoria’s Apartments Pavilion www.brightonmuseums.org.uk The original elegant 19th-century Chinese Export Wallpaper which hung in Queen Victoria’s Bedroom A Prince’s Treasure has been reinstated. The paper was From Buckingham Palace to the Royal Pavilion removed by Queen Victoria and taken The Royal Collection Returns to Brighton to Buckingham Palace in the 1840s but Continues to September 2021 sections were returned to Brighton in During opening hours, Free with admission, members free the 1920s and hung in the Saloon until its recent restoration. Following specialist A spectacular loan from Her Majesty The Queen is conservation and work to digitally on display at the Royal Pavilion. The culmination of reproduce missing sections the papers a collaborative venture between Royal Collection Royal Collection Trust / can now be seen again in their original Trust and the Royal Pavilion & Museums, over 120 © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 setting. A new small display adjacent to remarkable decorative works of art that Queen Victoria’s bedroom highlights her were originally commissioned by the links to the building and the City. Prince Regent have been relocated Please note: to facilitate this redisplay the Indian Hospital from Buckingham Palace and Gallery and Queen Victoria’s apartments will be closed re-united in their previous setting between January-March 2020 of the Royal Pavilion. Many of the works have not been on public display for Pavilion Tales over 170 years and are on Thursdays from 9 January (except 23 January) loan to the Royal Pavilion 12pm Free with Royal Pavilion admission, whilst essential renovation members free works in the East Wing of Join us in the magnificent Music Room Buckingham Palace take for secrets, stories and unexpected place. This unique project histories in these popular pop-up talks provides a once-in-a-lifetime by Royal Pavilion & Museums staff. opportunity for visitors to see these magnificent items in their Annual Free Day former home. Sunday 19 January 10am-4.30pm Free admission, drop-in Find out more about the life and times of the exuberant King George IV at the George IV: To celebrate the purchase of the Royal Art & Spectacle exhibition at The Queen’s Pavilion by the town of Brighton in 1850, Gallery, Buckingham Palace. admission charges are waived one day a Open until 3 May 2020. year.

10 royal pavilion royal pavilion 11 An Introduction to the Royal Pavilion featuring the Royal Collection Saturdays 1 February to 25 April 2.30-3.30pm £5.20 (plus Royal Pavilion admission) Our expert guide takes you on a tour of the Royal Pavilion’s decorative interiors, including the spectacular objects from Buckingham Palace on loan from Her Majesty The Queen. Discover how King George IV impressed his guests with lavish banquets, balls and concerts.

From the Royal Pavilion to Buckingham Palace Thursday 20 February 11am-12pm £6 (plus Royal Pavilion admission), members £5, book in advance Sally Goodsir, Curator of Decorative Arts at Royal Collection Trust explores the relationship between the Royal Pavilion and Buckingham Palace. Discover more about the contents and fittings that were removed from the Royal Pavilion Patronage & Taste: The History and now form key decorative schemes in of the Royal Collection rooms at Buckingham Palace. Wednesday 22 April 10-11am £6 (plus Royal Pavilion admission), Where East meets West members £5, book in advance Tuesday 10 March Nicola Turner Inman, Assistant Curator 11am-12pm £6 (plus Royal Pavilion admission), of Decorative Arts (Projects) at Royal members £5, book in advance Collection Trust looks at the magnificent David Wheeler, Senior Decorative Arts collections amassed by George IV for the Conservator at Royal Collection Trust interiors of the Royal Pavilion and other conserved many of the spectacular royal residences, and highlights historic objects on display in A Prince’s Treasure. and more recent royal patrons. He explores how Chinoiserie taste came to the UK from China and other Eastern countries, and was used by George IV to create the sumptuous interiors of the Royal Pavilion.

royal pavilion 13 Preston For how to book see page 22 Hove For how to book see page 22 Call 03000 290902 or visit Call 03000 290902 or visit Manor www.brightonmuseums.org.uk Museum www.brightonmuseums.org.uk

Cultural Icons: Remaking a Popular Pottery Tradition Continues to 1 March 2020 Free admission Celebrities, actors, royalty, politicians, military men and religious figures were all prominent subjects of Victorian Staffordshire flat-back figures. Inspired by this popular pottery tradition, six ceramic artists, Joanne Ayre, Christie Brown, Claire Curneen, Stephen Dixon, Ingrid Murphy and Matt Smith, have responded by making contemporary cultural icons. These sit alongside original Victorian portrait figures from our collections, and analytical drawings of historical flat-backs by John Hewitt. An exhibition from the British Ceramics Biennial 2019

Escape! Mystery at the Manor team are here to assist in this mysterious Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 February & Friday 21 mission. Can your team solve the case to Sunday 23 February and find the missing treasure? Slots between 11am-7pm, duration 75 minutes, Devised by Pier Pressure, the makers of Brighton’s top- £20-£27.50 per person. Suitable for age 8+ rated escape rooms. Book in advance www.pierpressure.co.uk or call 01273 220388 Following a sell-out run in Autumn New Family Trail from April 2020 Escape! Mystery at the Manor returns for During opening hours, included in Preston half-term. Join forces with your friends, Manor admission, drop-in. All ages family or colleagues and embark on an Did you know there are hundreds of immersive journey of escape-room style animals hiding inside Preston Manor? puzzle solving and storytelling, all set in Take an expedition upstairs and a spectacular historic building! downstairs tracking eagles and snakes, The residents of Preston Manor are monkeys and lions – you’ll even find in mourning. The Lord and Lady of the mythical beasts like brightly-coloured house have passed away and their will, dragons and a golden phoenix if you together with a legendary treasure, follow the animal puzzle trail and solve have vanished. A top detective has been all the clues. The trail includes hands-on hired to investigate, and you and your activities and dressing-up.

Stephen Dixon, Political Philosophy. Photograph by Jenny Harper 14 preston manor hove museum 15 Cultural Icons of the Brighton & Hove Emmaus Community 18 January to 10 March 2020 Free admission Members of the Brighton & Hove Emmaus* community have created their own contemporary flat-back figures inspired by the Cultural Icons: Remaking a Popular Pottery Tradition exhibition. This display features their works and the stories behind the making of their pieces.

*Emmaus supports people to work their way out of Stephen Dixon, Trumposaurus. Photograph by Jenny Harper homelessness.

Cultural Icons Artist Talk: Material Practices 3: Stephen Dixon Painting and Printmaking at Textile Group: Saturday 1 February the University of Brighton Re-fashion, Re-use, Re-love 2-3pm Free (tea/coffee & biscuits provided), 13 March to 19 April 2020 Fridays 10 January, 7 February, donations welcome. Free admission 13 March & 3 April Stephen Dixon, Professor of Hove Museum showcases a third 1-3pm Free, drop-in (tea/ coffee & biscuits Contemporary Crafts at Manchester exhibition of work by final year students provided), donations welcome School of Art, discusses his politically on the Fine Art Painting and Fine Art Practice upcycling and re-fashioning in satirical body of work including the Printmaking courses at the University of our friendly drop-in group with help contemporary mash-up pieces The Good Brighton. from our Hove Museum maker. Some Ship Brexit and Trumposaurus featured in equipment is available including a the Cultural Icons exhibition. What’s in the Box? rummage box of textiles. Find unique 19 March to 30 April 2020 garments to buy from the Emmaus pop- Heroes and Villains: Free admission up shop. Ceramic Figure Making Workshop Peek behind-the-scenes and see what Christie Brown, OMG! Photograph by Jenny Harper Saturday 8 February In partnership with Emmaus Brighton & Hove we have found in our stores! This 10-4pm £65 per person (includes materials, regularly changing display reveals rarely Cultural Icons Artist Talk: tea/coffee & biscuits) book in advance seen objects from the Royal Pavilion & Every Object Tells a Story Christie Brown (only 8 places available) Museum’s stores. Fridays 10 January, 7 February, Saturday 25 January A one day pottery workshop inspired by 13 March & 3 April 2-3pm Free (tea/coffee & biscuits provided), the Cultural Icons exhibition. Ceramic Hove Museum Minis 3-4pm Free, drop-in. All ages donations welcome. artist Louise Bell guides you through Mondays from 6 January to 30 March inclusive Drop-in, chat to our museum staff and Christie Brown, artist and Emerita the design, making and decoration of (not during school holidays) take a closer look at objects from the Professor of Ceramics at the University your own ceramic figure to take home. 10am-12pm £2.50 per child, drop in. 2-5 years museum’s stores, not normally on public of Westminster in London, discusses Bring a photo of a person or animal, a Fun with craft materials and storytelling display. the inspiration for her work including drawing or magazine cutting that will for the under-5s. the pieces OMG!’ representing Love inspire the design of your figure, suitable Island 2018 winners Jack and Dani and for beginners and those familiar with Elementary commemorating the BBC pottery. series Sherlock featured in the Cultural Icons exhibition. 16 hove museum hove museum 17 Half term: Make at the Museum Booth For how to book see page 22 Monday 17, Thursday 20 & Friday 21 February Call 03000 290902 or visit 10-11am & 11.30am-12.30pm £2.50 per child, Museum www.brightonmuseums.org.uk advance booking advisable. 3 years and over Explore materials and make your own work of art inspired by the Cultural Icons Bite-size at The Booth Mr Booth’s Mini Museum Explorers exhibition. Make your own character, Fridays 31 January, 28 February, Fridays 10-11.30am, £5, members £4, who will it be? 27 March & 24 April book in advance. 2-5 year olds only 2-2.30pm Free. All ages Mini Museum Explorer sessions include Fun with Clay: Make at the Museum A series of natural science themed art activities, a museum expedition, Saturday 22 February pop-up talks and mini tours led by a story and handling some museum 10am-12pm £10 per child (plus £5 for firing), museum staff and local conservationists. objects. book in advance , 7 years and over Highlights include Brighton Dolphin Take inspiration from the Cultural Icons Project, the chance to learn about our Print it! exhibition and learn some skills whilst exciting plans for a new Evolution gallery 10 January enjoying the tactile experience of and the Dinosaurs of Sussex. I Love Bugs! working with clay. Lead by a local potter 17 January A Nature2020 event you can make your own work of art to The Dog that Dug take away, fired or unfired. 24 January Jaws ‘n’ Claws Fabric, Rope and Thread: Mondays 17 February & 6 April Feathered Friends Basketry for Beginners 10.30-11.30am, 12-1pm, 1.30-2.30pm & 3-4pm 31 January Saturday 28 March Family of 4 £21, family of 3 £14, individuals £7, 2,4,6,8 Legs! 10-4pm £65 per person (includes, materials, book in advance. All ages 7 February Come and meet Phil and his amazing tea/coffee & biscuits) book in advance Dinosaurs menagerie of animals, including snakes, (only 8 places available) 14 February Learn the technique of twining with lizards and giant bugs! award-winning contemporary basket The Tiger who came to Tea Jaws ‘n’ Claws is a Defra approved company maker Mary Crabb. Work with fabric, 28 February rope and threads to create two baskets Rosie’s Walk using different weaving techniques. 6 March Suitable for complete beginners or those Handa’s Surprise familiar with basketry as a refresher. 13 March Easter: Make at the museum Owl Babies Monday 6, Thursday 9 & Thursday 16 April 20 March 10-11am & 11.30am-12.30pm £2.50 per child, Roar! advance booking advisable. 3 years and over 27 March Join us for Easter fun and make bonnets, The Tiny Caterpillar bunnies and eggs galore in these fun 3 April craft workshops. Things I Like 24 April

18 hove museum booth museum 19 Animal, Vegetable or Mineral? The Keep Tuesdays 7 & 14 April & Wednesdays 8 & 15 April 10.30-11.30am Free, drop-in. All ages The Keep is an archive based near Falmer that houses the local history collections Drop-in and take a closer look at an of the Royal Pavilion & Museums, part of Brighton & Hove City Council, the county object from our collections. Chat to our archive held by East Sussex Record Office and the University of Sussex Special museum staff about the item they’ve Collections, which include the Mass Observation Archive. We have a varied chosen, hear its story, and share what programme of talks and events, and everyone is welcome. you know too. Brighton before the Pavilion Meet the Archivist: Spotlight on Birdwatch at the Booth Wednesday 22 January 5.30-6.30pm, £5 Brighton Aquarium with Andrew Thursday 9 April Bennett 7-8.30pm £12, book in advance, The Cultural History of Stress Thursday 23 April, 11am-12pm & limited availability Wednesday 12 February 5.30-6.30pm, £5 2.30-3.30pm, £7.50 Join Michael Blencowe of Sussex Wildlife Trust for a birdwatching walk Behind-the-Scenes Tour of The Keep The Archaeology of the South with a difference, a guided wildlife Friday 14 & Saturday 15 February, Downs walk amongst the birds of the Booth 10.30-11.30am, £5 Wednesday 29 April, 2.30-3.30pm, £5 Birds of a Feather Trail Museum. Listen to their songs and calls Monday 17 February to Thursday 30 April while Michael tells you their stories. Hear A Hands-on Introduction to the HERITAGE FILM AT THE KEEP: During opening hours Free, drop-in. All ages the sad tale of the Great Auk, the lost care of Old Photographs and Family Love Letters and Live Wires Search Mr Booth’s bird cases to find song of the Huia and be shocked by the Memorabilia Wednesday 29 January, 2.30pm the most unusual nests, the bird with scandal of the ‘Hastings Rarities’. Bring Tuesday 25 February &Tuesday 28 April, (film duration: 80 mins), £3.50 the biggest wings, and one of the UKs binoculars if you have them. 12.30-3.30pm, £15 (includes tea/ coffee) smallest birds. Our family trail highlights Britain on Film: LGBT Britain some of the UKs best loved birds and Bats at the Booth Eastbourne during the Second Saturday 29 February, 1.30pm their habitats using our wonderful Friday 17 April World War (film duration: 85 minutes), £3.50 Victorian collection. 10.30-11.15am, 1.30-2.15pm & 2.45-3.30pm Wednesday 26 February, 5.30-6.30pm, £5 Free but book in advance. All ages Brighton – Symphony of a City Discovery Day: Sussex Bat Group have brought some 1,000 years of Criminal Justice in Wednesday 25 March, 5.30-7pm, £7.50 Nature’s Grand Designs special furry guests to the Booth East Sussex Friday 21 February Museum. Meet the rescued bats and Wednesday 4 March, 5.30-6.30pm, £5 10.30am-4pm Free, drop-in. All ages learn about how you can protect these Opening hours Discover the most extraordinary designs vulnerable animals in Sussex. Jewish History in the Archives Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9.30am-5pm in nature. See miniature homes under Wednesday 18 March, 3-5pm, £6.50 Wednesday 10am-5pm the microscope, make your own bird’s (includes refreshments) Saturday 9.30am-4pm nest with RSPB, find out about plans (Reading Room closed 1-2pm) to restore the Sussex kelp forest to its Brighton and Hove: Residential Closed Monday former glory with Brighton Dolphin Development of the Victorian and Project and chat with our curators to Edwardian City, c1840-1914 To book call 01273 482349 discover the strangest home invaders. Wednesday 8 April, 2.30-3.30pm, £5 [email protected] www.thekeep.info/events A Nature2020 event The History of Lewes Workhouse The Keep, Woollards Way, Wednesday 22 April, 5.30-6.30pm, £5 Brighton BN1 9BP

Photograph by Ryan Greaves 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) A £1.70 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 admission Free events cannot be booked in advance unless otherwise stated. 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 Closed Wed (open on Bank Holiday Mondays). towards the upkeep of our buildings.

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

Access The Royal Pavilion If you have any access requirements please contact the Bookings Team who will be Admission fee payable able to advise you, 03000 290902 or [email protected] Brighton BN1 1EE Tel 03000 290900 For venues with an admission charge concessions are available for disabled visitors. Open daily Apr-Sep 9.30am-5.45pm (last admission 5pm), Oct-Mar 10am-5.15pm (last admission 4.30pm) Closed for essential maintenance 20-24 January 2020

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

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