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Discover what’s new for you this season at our Museum 4 Exhibitions five fabulous venues across Brighton & Hove. Major exhibitions The Royal Pavilion 10 Displays A Prince’s Treasure Become a Member Today Preston Manor 14 Free with admission fee From 21 September we are delighted to Support the work of the Royal Pavilion & welcome a spectacular loan from Her Museums and get some great benefits in Hove Museum 16 Events Majesty The Queen. Over 120 decorative return! See the back cover for details on Talks and tours for adults works of art are being relocated from how to join. Booth Museum 19 to the Royal Pavilion. Families Find out more on page 10. For more information about our events The Keep 21 Activities for children and families and exhibitions visit brightonmuseums. Venue Hire org.uk/discover How to book 22 Early Years Our spaces are available to hire for Sessions for 2-5 year olds corporate events, weddings and brightonmuseums.org.uk Venue Information 23 receptions. To find out more call 03000 [email protected] 290905 or email pavilionfunctions@ 03000 290900 brighton-hove.gov.uk James Roberts (c1800-67) Join the Museum Collective! The Pavilion Breakfast Room at Buckingham Palace dated May 1850 The Museum Collective is a group for Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 young people aged 14-25, who meet regularly at Brighton Museum. To find out more please contact [email protected]

Brighton & Hove Residents Don’t forget you can enjoy half-price admission to the Royal Pavilion and Preston Manor with children going free, and free entry to Brighton Museum.

Image credit: Royal Collection Trust/ © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019.

COVER: Kunisada (Toyokuni III) A group of actors. c1852 Brighton For how to book see page 22 All the King’s Horses: The story of See Portraits, Be Portraits Call 03000 290902 or visit the Royal Stables and Riding House Continues to March 2020 Museum www.brightonmuseums.org.uk Continues to 29 September 2019 FINE ART GALLERY PRINTS & DRAWINGS GALLERY Come and see some of our wonderful This display showcases unusual and portrait paintings chosen by local Floating Worlds: Japanese Woodcuts rarely-seen images of the Royal Stables teachers from Cottesmore St Mary’s and 28 September 2019 to 12 January 2020 and George IV’s love for all things . You can even create Free with Brighton Museum admission, members and residents free equestrian. It tracks the story of George’s your own picture using some of the passion for horses from his first visits to resources in the gallery. Come with us on a journey to explore the ‘floating worlds’ Brighton in the 1780s to the creation of of Japan through woodblock prints from the Edo period the magnificent new stables complex Queer Looks (1615-1868). (now the and Corn Exchange), Continues to December 2019 The style of prints on display is known as Ukiyo-e, which built between 1803 and 1808. FASHION & STYLE GALLERY means ‘pictures of the floating world’. Ukiyo-e prints show This fascinating display of outfits and oral pleasurable activities in beautiful surroundings and often The Museum of Transology histories from LGBTQ individuals from have deeper meanings. Continues to October 2019 Sussex, from the 1960s to the present Guided by haiku poetry, this exhibition invites you to SPOTLIGHT GALLERY day, looks at how individuals construct mindfully experience the sights of 19th century Japan. This bold, brave and profound collection identities, both personal and collective, Explore the city of Edo (now called Tokyo), visit the Kabuki of artefacts and photographic portraiture through dress. theatre, watch fireworks and peek into private spaces. To get is now the largest collection representing Includes contributions from the some air, take a stroll through the Japanese countryside, see trans people in the UK – if not the world. comedian Zoe Lyons, journalist Sophie the sea or climb high into the mountains. Hiroshige I This display challenges the idea that Cook and trans campaigner Fox Fisher. #11 Hakone: view of the lake Look out for the accompanying mindful and wellbeing gender is fixed, binary and biologically (53 Stations of the Tokaido) Queer Looks is a collaborative project with the Centre for eventsprogramme on our website. 1833-34 determined by exploring how the objects Fashion Curation at the London College of Fashion and reflect the participants’ self-determined has been supported with a grant from the Heritage Lottery gender journeys. Fund.

Part of Be Bold, a series of collaborative exhibitions and events, programmed with Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ communities.

Queer the Pier Opens 7 December 2019 SPOTLIGHT GALLERY This community curated display peers into local LGBTIQA+ history. Celebrating the lives of the writers, artists, performers, activists and ordinary people who have made Brighton & Hove so fabulous, their stories are brought to life with film and photography, fashion and drag and oral histories.

Part of Be Bold, a series of collaborative exhibitions and events, programmed with Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ communities.

4 brighton museum brighton museum 5 Our Myths: Babies in Museums FREE DAYS A Museum Collective Display Tuesdays 3 September, 1 October, 10am-5pm (activities run 11am-4pm) 28 September 2019 to 9 January 2020 5 November & 3 December Free admission for all, drop-in. All ages OUTSIDE MUSEUMLAB 11-11.45am & 12.15-1pm £5 per child Join us once a month for one of Based on myths and folklore the (plus Brighton Museum admission), members our themed Free Days at Brighton Museum Collective created and curated £4 per child, book in advance. 0-18 months Museum, with family fun, hands-on this display of their own wood-cut Come along to this fun and stimulating creative activities and bite-size talks. prints, found Witch Stones and selected experience for you and your baby/toddler museum objects. The Museum Collective to explore. Play and learn together in an Heritage Open Day is a group of young people who meet exciting environment and discover new Saturday 14 September regularly at Brighton Museum. ways to nurture your child’s interests and Celebrate the rich confidence. Museum’s collections, with bite-size Remix the Museum talks and behind-the-scenes glimpses 10 September 2019 to 19 January 2020 Meerkat Discovery Trail at objects not usually on display. SOUTH BALCONY Tuesday 1 October to Sunday 1 December A display of animations made by young A group of Meerkats are hiding around People and Portraits people on the theme of extinction and Brighton, waiting for you to find them. Saturday 26 October the environment. Working with Remix We even have one at Brighton Museum! Drop-in for a day of mindful drawing. the Museum and animator Dave Packer Can you try and spot them all? Create your own portrait inspired by work the participants imagined themselves For a map and more information visit on display in the museum and get stuck in as extinct or threatened species, giving www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/meerkat-trail sketching objects from our collections. them a voice through animation. Part of the Big Draw Festival.

Families of Artists: Scott & Earp Black History Family Day 1 October 2019 to 29 March 2020 Saturday 9 November PRINTS & DRAWING GALLERY Take part in this family-friendly This display features watercolours and day of fun activities, with creative prints by the Scott and Earp families, workshops, live music, storytelling and both founder members of the Brighton delicious food. With Brighton & Hove Art Society. Spanning five generations, Black History Group and Brighton from the early 19th to 21st century, Dome & Festival. the display also includes family objects, photographs and letters. The Mindful Museum Gift in the Museum Saturday 7 December Midweek Draw Continues to 6 October Relax and escape the mayhem of Every Wednesday During opening hours. Free with admission, December with calming and reflective MUSEUMLAB members and residents free, drop-in. All ages workshops and activities. 1-3pm Free with admission, members and How does it feel to give someone the residents free, drop-in. perfect gift? Extended to October, artists Get arty at Brighton Museum every Blast Theory invite you to experience Wednesday. Drop-in and be inspired by Brighton Museum in a new way using objects from our fabulous collections. your smartphone. Be taken on a journey round the museum’s collection and St Paul’s Church, West Street, Brighton, choose objects to make the perfect gift 19th century by Frederick Earp to give to a friend. 6 brighton museum brighton museum 7 MINDFUL EVENTS Hokusai A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Autumn 2019 A fisherman Thursday 5 December 7.30pm, Friday 6 December 2.30pm & 7.30pm TEMPORARY EXHIBITION GALLERIES at Kajikazawan & Saturday 7 December 2.30pm & 7.30pm (36 views of Free with admission, members free, drop in. Mount Fuji) THE OLD COURTROOM Reduce stress and improve your sense c1830-33 Between 1858 and 1868, Charles Dickens gave several public readings of A of wellbeing with our programme Christmas Carol in Brighton, including at the Royal Pavilion. The Brighton Gazette of pop-up events and workshops reported that his performance sent ‘a charge of emotion through the whole promoting mindfulness. Check our audience.’ website for all workshop times and Following a sell-out run, European Arts Company return with a captivating and details. heart-warming evening in aid of charity. Actor John O’Connor faithfully recreates Dickens’s famous performance of his best-loved ghost story in The Old Courtroom. Floating Worlds, Mindful Yoga Using Dickens’ own performance script and a faithful recreation of his set, this is Thursday 10 October & Thursday a wonderfully evocative piece of theatre and an acting tour de force. Come and 12 December Stanmer Restoration Project enjoy a seasonal treat in the spirit of Christmas past, present and future… 11.30-11.50am & 12-12.20pm Memory Day Relax with a mindfully art-focussed Saturday 26 October yoga taster session. Beginner level, EDUCATION PAVILION no equipment necessary. 11-4pm, Free admission, drop-in. All ages Bring friends and neighbours to Poetry reading share memories and treasured Thursday 24 October photos of Stanmer Park. For more 1pm information visit www.brighton- Local Poet Subhadassi recites a hove.gov.uk/stanmerproject or email selection of his work. A practising [email protected] Buddhist, much of his work is imbued with a light hearted but subtle Windrush Presence spirituality. Autumn 2019 A programme of talks, workshops and Tai Chi taster sessions displays celebrating the contribution Saturdays 16 November, 7 December of the Windrush Generation to British Doors open half an hour before the performance. & 11 January culture and society. Check our website £15, members & ages 12-18 £13.50, book in advance. Suitable for age 12+ 2-3pm & 3.30-4.30pm for workshop times and details. Experience the gentle power of Tai Chi, the ancient art of slow Bite-size Museum movements and mindful thought. Every Tuesday Beginner level, no equipment 12pm Free with admission, necessary. members and residents free, drop in. Titles may vary at short notice. Meditation for wellbeing Pop-up short talks and closer looks Thursdays 14 & 21 November at stories that reflect our eclectic 11-11.30am collections. Highlights include a talk Let go of your thoughts and boost about the moon in romantic painting, your sense of wellbeing through our a dive into Japanese Haiku poetry and guided meditation sessions. Beginner a closer look at the exquisite costumes level, no equipment necessary. worn by the dancers in Les Ballets, 1933. © Stephen Lawrence The Dell of Comus, 1855, Samuel Palmer 8 brighton museum brighton museum 9 The Royal For how to book see page 22 A Royal Room Restored: Call 03000 290902 or visit The story of the Saloon Restoration Pavilion www.brightonmuseums.org.uk Continuing throughout 2019 PRINCE REGENT GALLERY During opening hours, A Prince’s Treasure Free with Royal Pavilion admission, From Buckingham Palace to the Royal Pavilion members free The Royal Collection Returns to Brighton Having seen the Saloon restored 21 September 2019 to Autumn 2021 to its stunning 1823 scheme of During opening hours, Free with admission, members free regal splendour, discover how this transformation was achieved. A spectacular loan from Her Majesty The Queen is This display celebrates the skill and on display at the Royal Pavilion. The culmination of artistry of the craftsmen and women Image credit: a collaborative venture between Royal Collection Royal Collection Trust/ who worked to recreate the dazzling Trust and the Royal Pavilion & Museums, over © Her Majesty Queen silver, gold and crimson decoration that 120 remarkable decorative works of art Elizabeth II 2019. George IV commissioned to reflect his that were originally commissioned status as King. by the Prince Regent, later King George IV, have been relocated from Buckingham Palace and re-united in their previous setting of the Royal Pavilion. Many of the works have not been on public display for over 170 years and are on loan to the Royal Pavilion whilst essential building works in the East Wing of Buckingham Palace take place. This unique project provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for visitors to see these magnificent items in their former home.

Find out more about the life and times of the exuberant King George IV at the forthcoming George IV: Art & Spectacle exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Opens on 15 November 2019.

10 royal pavilion royal pavilion 11 Basement and Tunnel Tours Christmas Carol Concert Mondays 30 September to 9 December Thursday 12 December & Saturdays 5 October, 2 November Doors 7pm, performance 7.30-9.30pm & 7 December £30, members £25, book in advance 10.30-11.45am £15, members £13 (includes an interval glass of prosecco) book in advance Join us in the seasonally dressed Join us for a behind-the-scenes glimpse Royal Pavilion for a special evening of of the basement and tunnel of the Royal Christmas carols performed by two Pavilion and discover more about life talented Sussex based choirs. The below stairs for the servants, from the Music Room is the setting for the Servants’ Stories: Guided Tour rat catcher to George’s principal private entertainment. During the interval you Mondays 2 September, 7 October, secretary. The tour ends with a visit to are invited to enjoy a glass of prosecco 4 November & 2 December the tunnel which led to George IV’s royal in the beautiful Banqueting Room. 3-4pm £15, members £13, book in advance stables and riding school (now Brighton The servants’ contribution to the Royal Dome). Christmas Banquets Pavilion’s rich history doesn’t always Fridays 6, 13 (sold out) & 20 (limited Please note: due to the service areas covered in this tour it receive the attention it deserves. Take a may be subject to last minute cancellations and alterations. availability) December trip below stairs and discover the stories 6.30-11pm £105, members £90, book in of the King’s household staff and learn Pavilion Tales advance (only 90 tickets available per event) more about the trusted, loyal attendees Thursdays from 3 October Celebrate the festive season in regal of the King’s Bedchamber. 12pm Free with Royal Pavilion admission splendour at Brighton’s most famous members free landmark. Rarely open to the public in Please note: due to the service areas covered in this tour it may be subject to last minute alterations. Join us in the magnificent Music Room the evening this opportunity to dine in for secrets, stories and unexpected the magnificent surroundings of King An Introduction histories in these popular pop-up talks George IV’s palace makes for a very to the Royal Pavilion by Royal Pavilion & Museums staff. special festive treat. Join us for a drinks featuring the Royal Collection and canapé reception in the historic Saturdays 28 September Great Kitchen followed by a three 12 & 26 October Christmas at the Royal Pavilion course meal with wine and coffee in 9 & 23 November Saturday 16 November 2019 the majestic setting of the Banqueting 7 & 21 December to Thursday 2 January 2020 Room. 2.30-3.30pm During opening hours, Free with Royal Pavilion Private tables of 10 available; smaller groups will be £5.20 (plus Royal Pavilion admission) admission, members free, drop-in. All ages asked to share a table. Catering supplied by JRC Events. Our expert guide takes you on a tour of Drop-in activities: Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 Dress code: black tie. the Royal Pavilion’s decorative interiors, Saturday 21, Sunday 22 & Monday including the spectacular objects from 23 December, 11am-4pm Buckingham Palace on loan from Her Experience a magical Christmas at the Majesty The Queen. Discover how King Royal Pavilion. The Palace is transformed George IV impressed his guests with with festive decorations and glittering lavish banquets, balls and concerts. trees and Georgian desserts fit for a king are on show in the Deckers’ Room. A replica of ’s sleigh awaits you and your family, where you can create your own Christmas photos to remember the day! 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 House of Ghosts Saturday 19 October & Sunday 29 December 4.30-7pm & 7.30-10pm £35, members £31.50, book in advance (includes a glass of wine) Say goodbye to the 21st century and get ready for a night on the dark side in Brighton’s most haunted house. Apparitions are commonplace in the manor and as the evening unfolds you will journey through eerie corridors to haunted locations and re-live the experiences of those who have encountered the resident ghosts. End the night by taking part in a genuine Victorian style séance with our guest Preston Manor’s Pet Cemetery Escape! Mystery at the Manor medium. The spirit world is just a heart- Friday 13 September Saturday 26 to Monday 28 October & Thursday beat away! 11am-12pm Free, meet Preston Manor 31 October to Sunday 3 November front entrance Slots between 11am-7pm, duration 75 minutes, A hidden gem in Brighton, the pet £20-£27.50 per person. Suitable for age 8+ cemetery at Preston Manor dates to Book in advance via www.pierpressure.co.uk 1879 and contains at least 16 dogs and or call 01273 220388 3 cats all with stories to tell. Find out Join forces with your friends, family or what happened to Dear Soot in 1884 colleagues and embark on an immersive and discover the strange way Little Jim journey of escape-room style puzzle Father Christmas at Preston Manor was immortalised. solving and storytelling, all set in a Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 & Friday 20 spectacular historic building! to Monday 23 December The residents of Preston Manor are £10.50 per child in mourning. The Lord and Lady of the plus Preston Manor admission fee house have passed away and their will, Price includes gift together with a legendary treasure, All ages, book in advance have vanished. A top detective has been The imps and fairies of an old Sussex hired to investigate, and you and your fable inspire this year’s magical Christmas team are here to assist in this mysterious experience. Meet the friendliest Santa mission. Can your team solve the case and his playful elf then explore two and find the missing treasure? floors of the festive-themed house. Strike Devised by Pier Pressure, the makers of Brighton’s top- a pose in a Victorian photo-parlour and rated escape rooms. finish with a mince pie and coffee or a glass of mulled wine in the pop-up vintage café (charges apply). 14 preston manor preston manor 15 Hove For how to book see page 22 Call 03000 290902 or visit Museum www.brightonmuseums.org.uk

Friedrich Nagler: Modern Marvels A Personal Mythology 10 October to 5 November 2019 Continues to 17 September 2019 Free admission Free admission Young people from Brighton & Hove This display celebrates the work of were inspired by George Albert Smith Friedrich Nagler (1920-2009), a Jewish and James Williamson’s films to make émigré and self-taught artist born in their own short films. Watch the new Vienna, Austria, and includes pieces films alongside the old ones that which were inspired by his flight from inspired them. Nazi-occupied Austria to England. Part of the Oska Bright Film Festival, 23-26 October. Part of the Insiders/Outsiders festival which celebrates A collaboration between Carousel and Screen Archive the contribution of Jewish refugees to British culture. South East, supported by Heritage Lottery Fund.

University of Brighton: What’s in the Box? MA Craft and Textiles 1 September to 1 December 2019 Graduation Show Free admission 5 October to 3 November 2019 This regularly changing display reveals Free admission rarely seen objects from the Royal Matt Smith, Oceans Rise. This display of exciting, contemporary Pavilion & Museums stores. Highlights Empires Fall, 2019. work by MA Craft and MA Textiles include a Napoleonic chess set, a Photo: Matt Smith. students at the University of Brighton children’s tea set c1840s, a victor 16mm includes knitted, woven and printed camera and a recent acquisition of a Cultural Icons: Remaking Hove Museum Minis textiles, leather work, metal work and souvenir plate from the Co-operative a Popular Pottery Tradition Mondays from 2 September work in paper and wood. Supply Depot c1873. 28 November 2019 to February 2020 to 16 December inclusive (term time only) Free admission 10am-12pm £2.50 per child, drop in. 2-5 years. Celebrities, actors, royalty, politicians, Fun with craft materials, songs and military men and religious figures were storytelling for 2-5 year olds, inspired by all prominent subjects of Victorian the eclectic objects on display in What’s Staffordshire flat-back figures. Inspired in the Box? and our current exhibitions. by this popular pottery tradition, six ceramic artists, Joanne Ayre, Christie Bite-Size at Hove Museum Brown, Claire Curneen, Stephen Dixon, Fridays 6 September, 11 October, Ingrid Murphy and Matt Smith, have 1 November & 6 December responded by making contemporary 11.30am-12pm, Free. Tea, Cultural Icons. These sit alongside coffee and biscuits provided original Victorian portrait figures from Pop-up talks, closer looks and stories led our collections, and analytical drawings by museum staff and volunteers. Includes of historical flat-backs by John Hewitt. insights into local cinema history and An exhibition from the British Ceramics filmmaking and making in miniature: the

Yingzi Mai Yingzi Biennial 2019. art of dolls clothing. 16 hove museum hove museum 17 Crafty Hallowe’en Workshops Booth For how to book see page 22 Thursday 31 October Call 03000 290902 or visit 10-12pm & 1-3pm £2.50 per child. Museum www.brightonmuseums.org.uk 5 years and over Have fun making Halloween masks and decorations. Create unique disguises and The Marvellous Mary Merrifield creepy decorations just in time for an Continues to December 2019 evening of trick or treating! Free admission Mary Philadelphia Merrifield (1804- Making Day: Christmas Crafters 1889) was a remarkable self-taught Saturday 30 November artist, naturalist and writer who spent 11am-4pm, Free, drop-in. All ages. most of her life in Brighton. She made Tea, coffee & mini treats provided a significant contribution to colour and A day of Christmas craft making for all pigment research in the 1840s. Later the family. Have a go at making cards, she was actively involved in the creation crackers and decorations to get your of the natural history collections at home ready for the festive season. Brighton Museum and became an expert in marine algae. This display celebrates Merrifield’s contribution to scientific research by women in the 19th century. Textile Group: Re-fashion, Re-use, Re-love Fridays 6 September, 11 October, Bite-size at the Booth 1 November & 6 December Fridays 27 September, 25 October 1.30-3.30pm Free, drop-in. & 29 November Tea, coffee and biscuits provided 2-2.30pm, Free. All ages Practice upcycling and re-fashioning A series of natural science themed in our friendly drop-in group with pop up talks and mini tours led by help from our Hove Museum maker. Cultural Icons: Then and now museum staff and local conservationists. Some equipment is available including Saturday 7 December Highlights include the Brighton Dolphin a rummage box of textiles. Sewists, 2-3pm Free Project, origins of the Booth Museum knitters, crocheters and embroiderers Join Tessa Peters, curator of Cultural and an introduction to Re-wilding led by all welcome! Icons: Remaking a popular pottery the Blue campaign. tradition for a unique gallery tour. Arty Crafty Club Saturdays 14 September to 7 December Jaws n Claws (term time only) excluding 30 November Monday 28 October 2-4pm £6.50 per workshop, member £6 per 10.30-11.30am, 12-1pm, 1.30-2.30pm & 3-4pm workshop. 8-12 years Family of 4 £21, family of 3 £14, individuals £7, Join us at one or all of our Arty Crafty book in advance. All ages Clubs and try out a different making Come and meet Phil and his amazing method each week inspired by our latest menagerie of animals, including snakes, exhibitions and craft collection. lizards and giant bugs!

Jaws ‘n’ Claws is a Defra approved company

18 hove museum booth museum 19 The Keep

The Keep is an archive based near Falmer that houses the local history collections of the Royal Pavilion & Museums, part of Brighton & Hove City Council, the county archive held by East Sussex Record Office and the Special Collections, which include the Mass Observation Archive.

Our autumn programme includes In November, join us for a screening fascinating local history talks, film of the 1953 comedy classic Genevieve, screenings and behind-the-scenes tours to coincide with this year’s London to of our archive building. Brighton car run or watch a theatrical performance inspired by Lewes history, See the British Film Institute’s Britain on with readings from Lewes Little Theatre Film: Protest! accompanied by a display Actors and songs by the Lewes Saturday

Vassil [CC0] Vassil of original archive material as part of Folk Club. Writer Lynne Truss joins us to the Heritage Open Day weekend in talk about her Inspector Twitten comic Discovery Day: Dying to Survive Mr Booth’s Mini Museum Explorers September. Local historian Jackie Marsh- crime novels and their Brighton setting Friday 1 November Fridays 10-11.30am, £5, members £4, Hobbs returns to talk about the history with local author Lizzie Enfield. Our final 10.30am-4pm Free, drop-in. All ages book in advance. 2-5 year olds only of the Palace Pier, which celebrates event of the year is a festive talk by Chris From animals that escape death by Mini Museum Explorer sessions include its 120th anniversary. We explore the Horlock on Sussex Christmas traditions. playing dead, to those who push their art activities, a museum expedition, archives and records connected to death bodies to the brink, join us to learn a story and handling some museum and burial, and find out how they can For booking details and more more about our world’s most extreme objects. assist family historians, and our free information on our extensive public survivors. Handle live insects with Dinosaur Quick as Brown drop-in service for anyone interested in events programme, please visit our incredible camouflage and learn about Day a Cricket Bear the history of their house continues on website, www.thekeep.info/events beetles that bury the dead. Meet our 6 September 11 October 15 November alternate Wednesday mornings. or call 01273 482349. curators and handle specimens from our collection, learn about creatures Wonderful The Girl Roar Opening hours who survive in a death-like state and Whales with the 22 November Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9.30am-5pm experience a 3D film remembering the 13 September Birds-Nest Spiders Wednesday 10am-5pm last great Auk. You’ll be dying to find The Hair 29 November Saturday 9.30am-4pm 18 October out more! Hungry Funny (Reading Room closed 1-2pm) Caterpillar Katie Bones Closed Monday 20 September and the 6 December Dinosaurs 01273 482349 The Tiger Crocodiles That Came 25 October [email protected] Smiles www.thekeep.info to Tea I Love 13 December 27 September Bugs The Keep, Woollards Way 8 November Winter Brighton BN1 9BP Caveman Sparkles Dave 20 December 4 October

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 Check website for Christmas closures 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 We welcome donations to help support our varied events programme and to help 19 New Church Road, Hove BN3 4AB Tel 03000 290900 Open Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm towards the upkeep of our buildings. Closed Wed (open on Bank Holiday Mondays). Check website for Christmas closures

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). Check website for Christmas closures

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 Royal Pavilion & Museum’s is part of Brighton & Hove City Council. (last admission 4.30pm) Closed for the installation of A Prince’s Treasure 16-20 September 2019 & 24 (from 2.30pm), 25 & 26 December

Thank you to our supporters and partners 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) Closed Mon (including Bank Holidays) Closed Oct-Mar except for pre-booked groups, school visits and special events

22 how to book venue information 23 Join today for a membership which lasts all year and comes with some great benefits.

• Membership from as little as £28

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