Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Royal Pavilion Gardens
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1EE
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.brighton.virtualmuseum.info

E-mail

visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Telephone

01273 290900

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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4 May 2002 saw the reopening of Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, transformed by a £10 million redevelopment, with a complete redisplay of its rich and diverse collections. This project is part of a larger regeneration scheme creating a vibrant cultural centre in and around the Royal Pavilion estate in the heart of the new city of Brighton & Hove.

Dynamic and innovative new galleries provide greatly improved access to the Museum's nationally and locally important collections. Objects are displayed in stimulating contexts with a wide range of interpretative techniques, including the latest interactive information technology. New facilities include: the Museum entrance in the Royal Pavilion gardens with a spacious foyer and shop; improved disabled access; new education facilities with an art room and a dedicated education 'pavilion'. The Museum has worked with community groups to broaden access to its collections and services. A Hindu shrine in the World Art gallery created with the local Gujarati community, and oral histories of local people are examples of these collaborations.

This museum has a Designated Collection of national importance.

Venue Type:

Museum, Gallery

Opening hours

Tuesday: 10.00am-7.00pm
Wednesday-Saturday: 10.00am-5.00pm
Sunday: 2.00-5.00pm
Bank Holidays 10.00am-5.00pm

Closed Mondays, except public holidays 10.00am-5.00pm
Closed 23 - 26 December, 31 December & 1 January

Admission charges

Admission free

General services and facilities
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Gardens open to public
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children's play area
Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Sign language interpretation available
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Royal Pavilion Gardens
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1EE
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.brighton.virtualmuseum.info

E-mail

visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Telephone

01273 290900

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The World Art collection at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery is a Designated Collection of national importance.

The Designated collections of non-western art and anthropology include particularly fine textile collections, such as the Green Collection from Burma.

Part of Brighton & Hove Museums' Designated Collection of Decorative Art, which you can also see at Preston Manor, Hove Museum & Art Gallery and Brighton Pavilion, is on display here. Please contact Brighton Museums for more information if you wish to see a specific item.

The collections of decorative arts include the Regency furniture and silver-gilt displayed in the Royal Pavilion, the Macquoid furniture at Preston Manor, the Willett Collection of ceramics illustrating popular history, and outstanding holdings of British and European 20th century decorative design and craft.

Highlights at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery include the nationally important collections of 20th Century Art & Design, Fashion, Paintings, Ceramics and World Art.

Collection details

World Cultures, Trade and Commerce, Toys and Hobbies, Sport, Social History, Religion, Personalities, Performing Arts, Maritime, Land Transport, Fine Art, Film and Media, Design, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Archaeology

Key artists and exhibits

  • Designated Collection

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Royal Pavilion Gardens
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1EE
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.brighton.virtualmuseum.info

E-mail

visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Telephone

01273 290900

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

From Sickert to Gertler: free late opening

14 May 2010

As part of Museums at Night, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery will be opening the doors to their exciting exhibition 'From Sickert to Gertler: Modern British Art from Boxted House' late into the evening. For one night only you can explore these treasures of 20th century artwork for free.

When

10am-10pm

Admission

Free

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Royal Pavilion Gardens
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1EE
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.brighton.virtualmuseum.info

E-mail

visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Telephone

01273 290900

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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