Worthing Museum & Art Gallery

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

Website

www.worthingmuseum.co.uk

E-mail

Telephone

general office

01903 221067

museum shop

01903 221448

Saturdays

01903 221448

Fax

01903 236 277

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Entrance Worthing Museum and Art Gallery

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

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

Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Entertaining Worthing

16 March — 27 July 2013 *on now

Using artworks, prints and memorabilia from Worthing Museum stores this exhibition will celebrate entertainment in Worthing from the first theatres to early television.

Suitable for

Any age

Where

Main Art Gallery at Worthing Museum

Admission

Free

Website

http://www.worthingmuseum.co.uk

Louise Durham Stained Glass Sculptures

16 March — 7 September 2013 *on now

Sussex based artist Louise Durham displays in the Museum Garden her stained glass sculptures using recycled beach groynes. Inside the Museum Garden corridor a chance to see Louise's smaller glass artwork.