JANUARY - APR I L 2 0 1 5
ROYAL PAVILION
BRIGHTON MUSEUM / HOVE MUSEUM
BOOTH MUSEUM / PRESTON MANOR
Contents
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Exhibitions
Major exhibitions and small displays
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Events
New for 2015
Twice a week at Brighton Museum you can delve
in and discover more about our collections with
free, short, pop-up guided tours and talks led by
our expert staff.
Brighton & Hove Residents
Don’t forget you can enjoy half-price
admission to the Royal Pavilion and
Preston Manor (from 1 April) with
children going free.
www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk
visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk
03000 290900
2015 is the centenary year of Brighton’s unique
First World War Indian military hospitals, which
treated over 12,000 Indian soldiers who had
become wounded or sick on the Western Front.
In January we will be marking the centenary
with a new multimedia tour of the Royal
Pavilion, exploring not only the story of the
famous Indian hospital, but also the building’s
use as a hospital for limbless men.
Be part of the life of the Royal Pavilion &
Museums with our membership scheme:
great benefits, great value!
experience the extraordinary…
Talks and tours for adults
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Families
Activities for children and families
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Early Years
Sessions for 2-5 year olds
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The Keep
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Weddings
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How to book
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Venue Information
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Membership
Exhibitions
War Stories:
Voices from the First World War
Continues to 1 March 2015
BRIGHTON MUSEUM & ART GALLERY
Free admission
To commemorate the 100th anniversary
of the start of the First World War, this
exhibition brings to life the wartime
experiences of 13 individuals whose
intensely personal memories and
extraordinary stories reveal the impact
of war.
The diverse voices of individuals reveal
both familiar and surprising stories of a war
that profoundly changed British society. See
the war through the eyes of a young girl
born in 1914, an Indian soldier wounded
on the Western Front and taken to hospital
in the Royal Pavilion, soldiers from
Brighton, including a Brighton & Hove
Albion footballer, nurses and a gardener
who was imprisoned for his pacifist beliefs.
Personal letters, diaries, photography,
costume, film and memorabilia evoke the
love, excitement, fear, bravery, grief, loss
and longing that touched the lives of
millions of people.
Reflections on our personal and
collective acts of remembrance and
commemoration explore the continuing
impact of war on our lives.
This exhibition has been made possible by funding
and support from the INTERREG 2 Seas Programme –
a cross-border European cooperation programme,
co-financed by the European Regional Development
Fund.
Royal Pavilion Indian Military Hospital, 1915
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EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
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Pavilion Contemporary 2014
Peepers
An installation by Maisie Broadhead
Continues to 1 March 2015
The Amazing Analogue:
How we play photography
Continues to 3 March 2015
ROYAL PAVILION
Free admission
HOVE MUSEUM
Admission payable, members free
Maisie Broadhead’s stunning installation
continues in the Music Room.
Visitors are invited to experience the
palace in a new way, as the Music Room
becomes a decadent doll’s house, dwarfed
by giant figures peering curiously in through
the windows.
The installation is inspired by the scrutiny
George IV experienced from a society which
became obsessed, fascinated, intrigued,
even disgusted by his life in the extravagant
Royal Pavilion and detached from the reality
of the outside world.
The work plays with our voyeuristic
fascination with peering in at other people’s
lives and homes - especially those of
celebrities and royals.
Maisie Broadhead graduated from
Brighton University and the Royal College
of Art, originally working with jewellery.
She works increasingly with photography
and film, creating atmospheric
contemporary narratives inspired by
historical paintings and photographs.
Young imaginations take centre stage in
an exhibition of inspiring, joyful and
curious images.
German photographer Jan von Holleben
collaborates with young people from
Brighton & Hove and employs perspective, props and a box of tricks that owes
much to the early film pioneers celebrated
in Hove Museum’s extraordinary collection.
Exploring a mysterious archive of
unidentified slides and negatives, Jan and
his young team set out to discover what the
strange images might depict, and to
construct incredible machines that might
help to analyse them.
‘Everything is possible [in my work] –
we can fly to a distant universe, build
machines that can otherwise only be
dreamt of, see ghosts, or shrink ourselves
to dwarf-size; there are no limits apart
from our own responsibilities and skills.
This is how we play photography.’
– Jan von Holleben
This exhibition is a Photoworks and Brighton & Hove
Museums co-commission for Brighton Photo Biennial
2014.
Peepers © Maisie Broadhead
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EXHIBITIONS
© Jan von Holleben, TAA_m_05, 2014
The Royal Pavilion
as an Indian Military Hospital
Open now
ROYAL PAVILION
Admission payable, members free
A permanent gallery on the first floor of
the Royal Pavilion tells the story of how the
Royal Pavilion was used as an Indian
Military Hospital from December 1914 to
January 1916.
To commemorate the centenary of the
opening of the hospital, a display of archive
images in five of the Royal Pavilion’s ground
floor rooms shows the rooms in use as the
Indian Military Hospital.
EXHIBITIONS
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Displays at
Brighton Museum
Events
For how to book see page 18
Free admission
Call 03000 290902
or visit www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk
Ocean Blues
Ongoing throughout 2015
Bite-size Museum
Every Tuesday and Saturday from
Saturday 24 January
SPOTLIGHT GALLERY
The oceans are home to more than half of
all life on earth, cover 70% of the earth’s
surface and have supported life for
millions of years, but the last century has
seen the oceans devastated with the
invention of plastics and industrialised
methods of fishing.
From marine conservation zones to
changes in fishing, and recycling
programmes, we are now beginning to
change the way we treat the seas. This
display looks at some of the threats to life
in the oceans as well as initiatives designed
to reduce or reverse the impact modern
society has had on this precious
environment.
Frank Brangwyn, Gas Mask, 1914-1918
© The Frank Brangwyn Estate
SOUTH BALCONY
Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) was an
Anglo-Welsh artist, born in Belgium. This
display features a series of remarkably
emotive black and white prints of wartime
Belgium, capturing the destruction of its
historic architecture, the flight of its people
and the hardship endured by the troops on
the Western Front.
WILLETT GALLERY
The Museum Mentors, a group of
individuals with varied critical social needs,
created a film and a display of ceramic
objects around the theme of charity in
response to objects within the Willett
Collection of Popular Pottery.
This display forms part of the Out of the Blue Waide
Project, within the framework of the INTERREG IV A
France (Channel) – England cross-border European
cooperation programme, co-financed by the European
Regional Development Fund.
EXHIBTIONS
12pm, Free. Check our website for full
details of each event
Pop-up guided tours, short talks and closer
looks at stories from our eclectic collections
led by Royal Pavilion & Museums staff.
Amber, artists, archaeology and Africa are
just a few of the subjects covered this spring.
Frank Brangwyn: An Artist at War
Continues to 18 January 2015
Beyond the Mantelpiece
Continues to 9 May 2015
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BRIGHTON MUSEUM
Your King and Country Need You, 1915
Poster published by Parliamentary
Recruiting Committee
War Posters
Continues to 7 June 2015
PRINTS & DRAWINGS GALLERY
A display of original First World War posters
from the museum’s own collections. The
posters tell the stories of the push for
enlistment and ultimately conscription
of women workers, the plight of
Belgian refugees and of our other
allies, rationing as the U-boat
blockade bites, and government
requests for financial help as the
cost of the war starts to hit hard.
Untold War Stories: Gallery Talk
Tuesday 3 February
BRIGHTON MUSEUM,
EXHIBITION GALLERIES
1-1.45pm Free
Discover more stories of people’s
First World War experiences.
Florence Holdgate,
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial
Military Nursing Service
EVENTS
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The Royal Pavilion Estate
and the First World War
Saturdays 31 January & 28 February,
Sundays 29 March & 12 April
Whitehawk Community
Archaeology Project
Thursday 5 March
MEET AT THE ROYAL PAVILION
7pm Free
Discover more about this project which
explores the archaeology of Whitehawk Hill
with John Sygrave, UCL, lead archaeologist.
10.30am-1.30pm includes refreshment
break £20, members £15, book in advance
Uncover the remarkable story of the Royal
Pavilion Estate as a military hospital from
1914 to 1919. Includes exclusive backstage
access to the Dome, Corn Exchange and a
glimpse of the famous secret tunnel.
Meet the author with City Books:
John Julius Norwich
Wednesday 4 February
ROYAL PAVILION
7-9pm £10, £8 members
(includes a glass of wine), book in advance
Author John Julius Norwich talks about his
new book Cities That Shaped The Ancient
World.
War Stories: Voices from the
First World War Gallery Tour
Thursday 19 & Tuesday 24 February
BRIGHTON MUSEUM,
EXHIBITION GALLERIES
10.30-11.30am Free
A guided tour of the exhibition.
Behind the Scenes Tour
Fridays 27 February, 20 March 11am12.45pm & 24 April 11am-12.45pm &
2-3.45pm
PRESTON MANOR
£15, members £12, book in advance
Go through the door marked ‘private’ on
this fascinating and surprising backstage
tour that reveals the hidden half of the
house.
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EVENTS
THE OLD COURTROOM
A Passion for Piers 1814 to 1914
Thursday 5 March
Beneath the Whispering Sea
Thursday 12 March
Springtime Assortment
Saturday 4 April
BRIGHTON MUSEUM
PRESTON MANOR
7-10pm £5, members £4 in advance,
£7 on the door
A special after-hours event featuring marine
taxidermy demonstrations, storytelling,
cocktails, underwater silent disco and a
chance to discover sea secrets from the
museum stores.
In collaboration with Whalefest
10.30am-1pm & 2-4.30pm Free with
Preston Manor admission
Pop-up history! Mini-talks, taster tours,
demonstrations and cosy sit-down readings
as the house opens its doors for a brand
new season.
ROYAL PAVILION
7-8.30pm *£10, £8 members
(includes a glass of wine), book in advance
This lecture looks at 100 years of pleasure
piers covering the heyday of Victorian pier
building.
*Book both Pier lectures for £15,
£12 members
A Passion for Piers 1915 to 2015
Thursday 26 March
Murder Mystery Night
Saturdays 14 March & 18 April
PRESTON MANOR
6pm & 8.30pm £20, members £15
(includes a glass of wine), book in advance
Join 368 Theatre Company for an evening
of murder and mystery set in the 1930s.
Watch the story unfold and see if you can
work out whodunit!
Meet the author with City Books:
Catherine Hall
Friday 24 April
ROYAL PAVILION
7-9pm £10, £8 members
(includes a glass of wine), book in advance
Meet Catherine Hall as she talks about her
new book The Repercussions which is set
in Brighton.
The 1915 House
Saturday 25 April
ROYAL PAVILION
PRESTON MANOR
7-8.30pm *£10, £8 members
(includes a glass of wine), book in advance
This lecture celebrates piers and looks at
the success stories of surviving piers and
the struggle to keep them.
*Book both Pier lectures for £15,
£12 members
11am-12.45pm & 2-3.45pm £15,
members £12, book in advance
Travel back to 1915 and discover what your
life would have been like if you lived in
Brighton 100 years ago.
Ghosts, the Victorians and Us
Saturday 7 March & Friday 17 April
PRESTON MANOR
2.30-4pm £15, members £12,
book in advance
A talk and tour investigating why Preston
Manor has the enduring reputation for
being haunted. Includes original archive
material and first-hand accounts.
EVENTS
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We’ve teamed up
with Brighton &
Hove Healthwalks
Booth Museum of Natural History
Healthwalk
Wednesday 11 March
10am Meet on the green area opposite
the Booth Museum, Dyke Road
A gentle walk around Dyke Road Park,
followed by a talk on the history of the
Booth Museum with John Cooper, Keeper of
Natural Sciences.
Hove Museum Healthwalk
Thursday 16 April
10am Meet at Hove Bandstand
A gentle seafront stroll finishing at Hove
Museum for a guided tour with Julia
Basnett, Hove Museum Programmer.
Tours are FREE and limited to 20 people
To book a place email
healthwalks@brighton-hove.gov.uk
or visit
www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/healthwalks
Families
BRIGHTON
BRIGHTON
MUSEUM
MUSEUM
For how to book see page 18
Family Archaeology Day
Saturday 31 January
Call 03000 290902
or visit www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk
BRIGHTON MUSEUM
BOOTH MUSEUM
Jaws ‘n’ Claws
Mondays 16 February & 30 March
10.30-11.30am, 1.30-2.30pm & 3-4pm
£5, members £4, book in advance.
All ages
Live mini beast handling with Phil and his
amazing menagerie, including snakes,
lizards and giant bugs.
10am-4pm Free, drop in
Get close to history with the Whitehawk
Community Archaeology project and find
out more about flint knapping, leatherworking, pot making and more.
Brighton Museum
goes under the Sea!
Meet Martha Gunn
Saturday 28 March & Tuesday 7 April
SPOTLIGHT GALLERY
Discover Skeletons
Friday 20 February
10.30-11.45am & 1.30-4.30pm Free,
drop-in. All ages
Come and speak to our expert staff at this
drop-in discovery day looking at the skeletal
collections at the Booth.
12-4pm Free, drop-in. All ages
See what Martha, Queen of the ocean and
professional ‘dipper’, makes of the objects
that wash up on our shoreline nowadays.
Ocean Explorer
Saturday 28 March to Sunday 12 April
During museum open hours Free, drop-in.
All ages
Pick up an Ocean Explorer trail and discover
more about this unfamiliar world.
Making Waves
Sunday 29 March, Monday 6 &
Saturday 11 April
12-4pm Free, drop-in. All ages
Paint, colour, draw, cut and stick in our
creative sea-themed afternoons.
Microscope Madness
Thursday 2 & Wednesday 8 April
10.30-11.30am & 1.30-2.30pm £5,
members £4, book in advance. 8-12 years
Can you help our muddled up scientist
identify tiny marine creatures using
microscopes?
Meet Mary Anning
Saturday 4 & Saturday 11 April
SPOTLIGHT GALLERY
12-4pm Free, drop-in. All ages
Meet the greatest fossil hunter ever known
and get hands on with fossils from our
Natural Sciences collection.
Funny Bones and Spiky Teeth
Friday 10 April
10.30-11.30am & 1.30-2.30pm £5,
members £4, book in advance. 8-12 years
Explore our collection of marine creatures’
teeth and bones in this hands-on workshop.
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FAMILIES
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HOVE MUSEUM
Early Years
Amazing Machines
Spring is in the air!
For how to book see page 18
Tech Detective Trail
Saturday 14 to Sunday 22 February
(except Wednesday 18 February)
During museum open hours Free, drop-in.
Up to 8 years
Can you find the amazing machines in Hove
Museum and claim your prize? Pick up a
Museum Magpie bag for this fun hunt
around the museum.
Springs, spirals, coils and curves
Saturday 28 March to Sunday 12 April
(except Wednesdays 1 & 8 April)
During museum open hours Free, drop-in.
Up to 8 years
As Spring arrives, can you find springs,
spirals, coils and curves on this Museum
Magpie trail?
Call 03000 290902
or visit www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk
Curious Creations and Amazing
Machines
Tuesday 17 & Friday 20 February
10.30am-12pm & 1.30-3pm Free, drop in.
3-8 years
Create a curious picture taking ideas
from The Amazing Analogue exhibition.
What machine would be needed to view
your creation?
It’s a Spring Thing!
Tuesday 31 March, Friday 3,Tuesday 7
& Friday 10 April
10.30am-12pm & 1.30-3pm
Free, drop in. 3-8 years
Use paint, paper, collage and glue to
create your Spring picture, bonnet, badge
or card. Maybe your creation could be an
Easter present!
Old Stuff, New Stuff, Do Stuff!
Get hands-on with objects from our
collections, listen to a story and get messy
in our art and craft activities. Each session
has a different theme based on our
collections or the current exhibition.
£4.50, members £3.50, book in advance.
2-5 year olds only
BRIGHTON MUSEUM
Tuesdays 10.30am-12pm
13 & 27 January
10 & 24 February
10 & 24 March
14 & 28 April
BOOTH MUSEUM
Fridays 10-11.30am
16 & 30 January
13 & 27 February
13 & 27 March
17 April
Picture Time and Story
Thursdays from 8 January to 26 March inclusive (not during school holidays)
HOVE MUSEUM
10am-12pm Free, drop-in, 2-5 years
Explore the exhibition The Amazing Analogue, make a picture and listen to a story.
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FAMILIES
EARLY YEARS
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The Keep
The Keep is a world-class centre for archives that opens up access to all
the collections of the East Sussex Record Office (ESRO), the Royal Pavilion
& Museums Local History Collections and the internationally significant
University of Sussex Special Collections.
Weddings
and receptions
at the Royal Pavilion
Contact our weddings team
03000 290905
pavilionweddings@brighton-hove.gov.uk
www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk
01273 482349
thekeep@eastsussex.gov.uk
www.thekeep.info
The Keep, Woollards Way,
Brighton BN1 9BP
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THE KEEP
Image © Artomedes Photography
Opening hours
Tuesday to Friday 9.30am-5pm
Saturday 9.30am-4pm
(Reading Room closed 1-2pm)
Closed Monday
How to Book
You can buy tickets by telephoning the
Events Booking line on 03000 290902
(Mon-Fri), in person at any of our venues,
or online at www.brighton-hoverpml.org.uk. You can also email
visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk
if you have any queries.
A £1.50 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.
Free events cannot be booked in advance
unless otherwise stated. We welcome
donations to help support our varied
events programme and to help towards
the upkeep of our buildings.
Visit our website for further information
www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk.
Thank you to our supporters
Venue Information
Please note
A ‘first come, first served’ policy is in
operation for drop-in sessions and free
events that do not require pre-booking.
Please arrive at the start time for all
sessions, with the exception of drop-in
events.
At the Early Years and Families events all
children must be accompanied by their
parent or guardian. At these events we ask
that you assist your child with the activity.
At the activities for children 8 years and
over children will be under the supervision
of a tutor.
Access
If you have any access requirements please
contact the Bookings Team who will be
able to advise you, 03000 290902 or
visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk.
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton BN1 1EE Tel 03000 290900 Free admission
Open Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
Closed Mon (except Bank Holidays 10am-5pm)
24 Dec (from 2.30pm), 25 & 26 Dec & 1 Jan
Hove Museum & Art Gallery
19 New Church Road, Hove BN3 4AB Tel 03000 290900 Free admission
Open Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm
Closed Wed (open on Bank Holiday Mondays), 25 & 26 Dec & 1 Jan
Booth Museum of Natural History
194 Dyke Road, Brighton BN1 5AA Tel 03000 290900 Free admission
Open Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 10am-5pm (closed 12-1.15pm), Sun 2-5pm
Closed Thu (open on Bank Holiday Mondays), 24-26 Dec & 1 Jan
The Royal Pavilion
Brighton BN1 1EE Tel 03000 290900 Admission payable
Open daily Apr-Sep 9.30am-5.45pm (last admission 5pm)
Oct-Mar 10am-5.15pm (last admission 4.30pm)
Closed 24 Dec (from 2.30pm), 25 & 26 Dec
Preston Manor
Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6SD Tel 03000 290900 Admission payable
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
and partners
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HOW TO BOOK
VENUE INFORMATION
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