A Sussex Wave from Japan

27 May 2017
03 September 2017

The Colour Woodcuts of Eric Slater and Arthur Rigden Read. This exhibition shows...
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The Story of Hastings Museum

24 June 2017
10 September 2017

Celebrating 125 years, this exhibition will chart key events, people and objects...
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In the Spotlight

25 July 2017
03 September 2017

Celebrate 125 years of Hastings Museum with our special trail. Be guided around ...
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Local History Talk with Edward Preston

25 August 2017
10:30 - 12:00

Built to Last - 1,000 Years of Architecture FREE
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Cash, Clash and Climate

01 September 2017
12 November 2017

By Maslen & Mehra in collaboration with local street artists Shuby and Delete. ...
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Local History Talk with Edward Preston

01 September 2017
10:30 - 12:00

The Great Outdoors FREE
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Local History Talk with Edward Preston

08 September 2017
10:30 - 12:00

Bohemian Byways FREE
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Wedding Fair

10 September 2017
11:00 - 15:00

Inspiration and advice to help you plan your special day. Pre-register with www....
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Local History Talk with Edward Preston

15 September 2017
10:30 - 12:00

In the News Free
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Changing Places

16 September 2017
29 October 2017

Changing Places is an exhibition of artists' video, curated by FVU: Film and Vid...
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Archaeology

The Museum has a large Archaeological collection including around 2,500 flints...
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The Brassey Family & Their Collection

The Brasseys were an influential family in Hastings in the second half of the ...
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Native North Americans

Hastings Museum and Art Gallery has a fantastic collection from Nati...
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Grey Owl

'GREY OWL WAS NOT A RED INDIAN - HE WAS A SUSSEX MAN!' This was the head...
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Other World Art

Hastings Museum & Art Gallery has objects from every continent covering 4,...
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Dinosaurs and Other Fossils

The Museum has around 1,400 fossils of plants and animals, mostly from the loc...
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The Hastings Rarities Affair

In August 1962, the ornithological journal ‘British Birds’ published two artic...
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Archives, Local & Social History

Around two-thirds of Hastings Museum & Art Gallery's collections are made ...
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John Logie Baird

John Logie Baird arrived in Hastings early in 1923 to convalesce from a bad bo...
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James And Decimus Burton

Hastings Museum holds an extensive collection of over 300 architectural drawin...
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Robert Tressell

Robert Tressell wrote "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" in Hastings bet...
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Fine Art

Since the end of the 18th century, Hastings has inspired generations of artist...
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Decorative Arts

The Decorative Arts collection at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery contains o...
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Families

Hastings Museum & Art Gallery is a family-friendly museum that encour...
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Schools

The opportunity to visit a museum or handle historic artefacts can really en...
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Research

The Museum's extensive collections are available for study by individ...
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Loan Boxes

Access to artefacts brings history and culture to life. Handling and i...
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Ethnographic Imaginings

Acclaimed poets John Agard, Grace Nichols & Imtiaz Dharker were commi...
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About the Museum

Hastings Museum & Art Gallery is a family-friendly museum with amazingly d...
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Visit us

Admission is free. We are open all year: April - October: Tuesday - Saturday...
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Contact us

Hastings Museum and Art Gallery John's PlaceBohemia Road Hastings&n...
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Weddings & other ceremonies

The Museum's magnificent Durbar Hall offers a unique venue for weddings, and&n...
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Hire the Museum

Planning a cultural, educational or civic event? Why not hold it in the ...
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Make a Donation

You can support the work of the Museum by making a donation, either financial ...
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Join the Museum Association

The Hastings & St Leonards Museum Association was formed in 1889 and is be...
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Become a Volunteer

The Museum offers volunteering opportunities for research and collections care...
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27 June 2017 : Local Studies Room Closed Tomorrow

Please note that the Local Studies Room will be CLOSED on Wednesday 28 June.&n...
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Dinosaurs and Other Fossils

The Museum has around 1,400 fossils of plants and animals, mostly from the local area. The most frequently found dinosaur remains in Sussex are those of the Iguanodon, which lived during the Lower Cretaceous period, between 125 - 110 million years ago.

Dinosaur Gallery

Watch the fossils turn into a life-size Iguanodon and o ... view
Plesiosaur vertebra

This is a cervical vertebra from the neck of a Plesiosa ... view
Onychiopsis Mantelli

This fossil shows fronds of the Onychiopsis Mantelli, a ... view
Lepidotus

This fossil shows the scales and part of a fin from a L ... view
Type specimens

Some of the plant fossils in the museum are known ... view

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