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Introduction to the Project

A Garden Fit for A King: Reawakening Brighton’s Royal Estate
Brighton & Hove Museums and Brighton & Hove City Council have been awarded £4.3 million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for Royal Pavilion Garden improvements
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Crown balloon in front of the Pavilion

Where to visit

Each of our museums is special. Together they offer something for everyone.
Exterior of Royal Pavilion with plants in foreground.

Royal Pavilion & Garden

Experience a fantasy palace fit for a king. Bask in Regency splendour inside and out.
Entrance to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

Enjoy world-class art, history and design. Explore inspiring collections, local and global.
Hove Museum of Creativity

Hove Museum of Creativity

Explore memories and making. Indulge your playful side in family friendly galleries.

Preston Manor & Gardens

Step into a house full of stories. Encounter ghosts, graves and a secret garden.
Exterior of the Booth Museum.

Booth Museum of Natural History

Discover fossils, feathers, butterflies and bones. Learn about our planet, and how to protect it.
ABBA Swedish Pop Group Winners of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest Universal Pictorial Press Photo PPH 272585 05.04.1974

ABBA: One Week in Brighton

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s Eurovision win at Brighton Dome on 6 April 1974. (ABBA in Brighton, 1974 © Photoshot / Topfoto)
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ABBA Swedish Pop Group Winners of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest Universal Pictorial Press Photo PPH 272585 05.04.1974

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Royal Pavilion and Gardens, crowds on people sit on the grass in front of the Pavilion

Project Servator Comes to Brighton

Announcements

April 15, 2024

The Chinese wallpaper is illuminated in the Adelaide corridor

Lighting up the Adelaide Corridor

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April 15, 2024

Photograph from a One Minute Wonders workshop

One Minute Wonders Trail

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April 9, 2024

Royal Pavilion Garden showing trees and lamp posts along the path towards the Pavilion

Job Opportunity: Head of Facilities & Risk

Job opportunity

April 9, 2024

Chris English remembers working at The Dome for the show. Credit Simon Dack

Featured Story

Abba: One Week in Brighton, Exhibition Extras
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Chris English remembers working at The Dome for the show. Credit Simon Dack

What's on

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Behind Closed Doors Tour – Ground Floor (Jan to Apr 24)

Royal Pavilion & Garden

24 January to 17 April 2024
Have you ever wondered what lies behind all those closed doors in the Royal Pavilion?
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Kings Apartment, Royal Pavilion. Royal Pavilion, King's bedroom. To the right of the bed, you can make out a hidden door, known as a jib door, which led to the King’s water closet or lavatory. The jib door also leads to stairs that went up to the apartments of George’s last mistress, Lady Conyngham, in what is now part of the Royal Pavilion tearoom.

Botanical Illustration workshop: Wild Flora of Sussex

Royal Pavilion & Garden

20 April 2024
Join professional botanical artist Leigh Ann Gale for this fascinating and informative one-day workshop.
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Botanical drawing by Leigh Ann Gale

Moo: When the Cows come Home

Hove Museum of Creativity

10 February to 21 April 2024
When the Cows come Home features rarely seen paintings from Brighton & Hove Museums Collection in which cows are the star attraction.
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Basement & Tunnel Tours Jan to Apr 24

Royal Pavilion & Garden

9 January to 30 April 2024
Our popular Basement & Tunnel tours offer an unpolished, behind-the-scenes glimpse of areas of the building not normally open to the public.
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Tunnel tours at Royal Pavilion in Brighton ***Pic by David McHugh / Brighton Pictures
Detail of Christmas card showing cycling owls delivering letters

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Story archive
FA000009 – The Glorification of the Virgin, Albert Cornelis, c1515

FA000009 – The Glorification of the Virgin, Albert Cornelis, c1515

Exhibition Extras

Part of the One Minute Wonders trail, a story written by one of our volunteers, inspired by objects on display. FA000009 – The Glorification of the Virgin, Albert Cornelis, c1515
FA000442 - The Dancer, Francis Campbell Bolleau Cadell, Early 20th Century

FA000442 – The Dancer, Francis Campbell Bolleau Cadell, Early 20th Century

Exhibition Extras

Part of the One Minute Wonders trail, a story written by one of our volunteers, inspired by objects on display. FA000442 – The Dancer, Francis Campbell Bolleau Cadell, Early 20th Century.
Model of the Chain Pier

HA104438 – The Royal Suspension Chain Pier, Brighton, G Sindello, Late 19th Century

Exhibition Extras

Part of the One Minute Wonders trail, a story written by one of our volunteers, inspired by objects on display. HA104438 – The Royal Suspension Chain Pier, Brighton, G Sindello, Late 19th Century
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