Worthing Museum & Art Gallery

Worthing Museum & Art Gallery
Chapel Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1HP
England

Website

www.worthingmuseum.co.uk

E-mail

general enquiries

museum@adur-worthing.gov.uk

costume and social history

kate.loubser@adur-worthing.gov.uk

art and exhibitions

hamish.macgillivray@adur-worthing.gov.uk

art and exhibitions

emma.walder@adur-worthing.gov.uk

museum manager

diana.peek@adur-worthing.gov.uk

assistant curator - esmee fairbairn costume

gerry.connolly@adur-worthing.gov.uk

operations supervisor

rob.collins@adur-worthing.gov.uk

Telephone

general office

01903 221067

museum shop

01903 221448

Saturdays

01903 221448

Fax

01903 236 277

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.
Entrance Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
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Opened in 1908 this fine Edwardian building houses West Sussex's largest museum. Permanent displays include archaelogy, costume, local history and decorative art. Over ten temporary exhibitions a year from contemporary art to themed displays. Varied events programme including Local History Day, Art Day and Textile Day as well as demonstrations and workshops for adults and children.

Venue Type:

Museum, Gallery

 Opening hours

Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00

Closed Sundays, Mondays and some Bank Holidays

 Admission charges

Admission free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Gardens open to public
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library with public access
  • Mail order service available
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Worthing Museum & Art Gallery
Chapel Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1HP
England

Website

www.worthingmuseum.co.uk

E-mail

general enquiries

museum@adur-worthing.gov.uk

costume and social history

kate.loubser@adur-worthing.gov.uk

art and exhibitions

hamish.macgillivray@adur-worthing.gov.uk

art and exhibitions

emma.walder@adur-worthing.gov.uk

museum manager

diana.peek@adur-worthing.gov.uk

assistant curator - esmee fairbairn costume

gerry.connolly@adur-worthing.gov.uk

operations supervisor

rob.collins@adur-worthing.gov.uk

Telephone

general office

01903 221067

museum shop

01903 221448

Saturdays

01903 221448

Fax

01903 236 277

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 museum's collections include local archaelogy from Worthing and the surrounding area; costume and textiles dating from 1600; juvenilia; work by members of the Camden Town Group; work by English water-colourists; typographical collection of paintings, prints and drawings; Colin Mear's bequest of chidrens books; material relating to the history of Worthing

Collection details

Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Land Transport, Literature, Natural Sciences, Social History, Toys and Hobbies

Key artists and exhibits

  • Berenger Benger; John Randall Bratby; Elizabeth Chettle; Myles Birket Foster; Charles Ginner; Keith Henderson; William Holman Hunt; Barnard Meninsky; Charles Alfred Morris; Lucien Pissarro; Ernest Procter; Sir Stanley Spencer

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Worthing Museum & Art Gallery
Chapel Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1HP
England

Website

www.worthingmuseum.co.uk

E-mail

general enquiries

museum@adur-worthing.gov.uk

costume and social history

kate.loubser@adur-worthing.gov.uk

art and exhibitions

hamish.macgillivray@adur-worthing.gov.uk

art and exhibitions

emma.walder@adur-worthing.gov.uk

museum manager

diana.peek@adur-worthing.gov.uk

assistant curator - esmee fairbairn costume

gerry.connolly@adur-worthing.gov.uk

operations supervisor

rob.collins@adur-worthing.gov.uk

Telephone

general office

01903 221067

museum shop

01903 221448

Saturdays

01903 221448

Fax

01903 236 277

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.
Reccyled sculpture

Recycled Sculpture by Serena Thirkell

21 January — 5 May 2012 *on now

Creeping into the Garden of Worthing Museum and Art Gallery are strange creatures made by Sussex based sculptor Serena Thirkell. All the exhibits were saved from the scrapheap. The exhibition is a tribute to all the great unsung engineers and blacksmiths of Sussex.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Where

Garden in Worthing Museum

Worthing Museum & Art Gallery
Chapel Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1HP
England

Website

www.worthingmuseum.co.uk

E-mail

general enquiries

museum@adur-worthing.gov.uk

costume and social history

kate.loubser@adur-worthing.gov.uk

art and exhibitions

hamish.macgillivray@adur-worthing.gov.uk

art and exhibitions

emma.walder@adur-worthing.gov.uk

museum manager

diana.peek@adur-worthing.gov.uk

assistant curator - esmee fairbairn costume

gerry.connolly@adur-worthing.gov.uk

operations supervisor

rob.collins@adur-worthing.gov.uk

Telephone

general office

01903 221067

museum shop

01903 221448

Saturdays

01903 221448

Fax

01903 236 277

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.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Resources

Worthing Museum & Art Gallery
Chapel Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1HP
England

Website

www.worthingmuseum.co.uk

E-mail

general enquiries

museum@adur-worthing.gov.uk

costume and social history

kate.loubser@adur-worthing.gov.uk

art and exhibitions

hamish.macgillivray@adur-worthing.gov.uk

art and exhibitions

emma.walder@adur-worthing.gov.uk

museum manager

diana.peek@adur-worthing.gov.uk

assistant curator - esmee fairbairn costume

gerry.connolly@adur-worthing.gov.uk

operations supervisor

rob.collins@adur-worthing.gov.uk

Telephone

general office

01903 221067

museum shop

01903 221448

Saturdays

01903 221448

Fax

01903 236 277

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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