Museums & Art Galleries West Sussex

Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
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Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
Welcome to Worthing Museum and Art Gallery operated by Worthing Borough Council, "the jewel in Worthing's crown." You’re guaranteed a warm welcome at this friendly museum that is packed with so much to see! Worthing residents are proud of this historical gem in their town centre and rightly so. The Museum's collections are very...
Amberley Museum
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Amberley Museum
Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre is a 36 acre site set in the South Downs National Park. Dedicated to the industrial heritage of the South East, exhibits include a narrow-gauge railway and bus service (both provide free nostalgic travel around the site), Connected Earth telecommunications hall, energy electricity hall, printing workshop and...
Littlehampton Museum
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Littlehampton Museum
Littlehampton Museum is housed in the impressive Manor House building located in the centre of the town and easily accessible by rail, road and bus.  Home to five permanent galleries and two temporary exhibition spaces, with interactive exhibits and fascinating collections, the museum has something to offer everybody. We...
Hove Museum and Art Gallery - Hove
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Hove Museum and Art Gallery - Hove
Step into a world of toys, cinema, local history, and fine art. Hove Museum & Art Gallery also boasts one of the finest craft collections in the country, and is an oasis of learning and enjoyment for everyone. Opening times Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 2-5pm Closed Wednesdays ...
Booth Museum of Natural History - Brighton
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Booth Museum of Natural History - Brighton
Over half a million specimens, natural history literature and data, extending back over three centuries are housed in this fascinating museum. It was the creation of the Victorian ornithologist Edward Booth (1840-1890) who built it in the garden of his house in 1874, to house his collection of stuffed British birds. Each bird is an outstanding...
Brighton Museum And Art Gallery
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Brighton Museum And Art Gallery
Brighton Museum And Art Gallery houses an important and eclectic collection, with plenty of opportunities to get involved with their dynamic and innovative galleries and interactive displays. Loads to do for all ages, with family events, talks and tours, plus children’s workshops. Its free to visit, and easy to reach as it is located...
Toy and Model Museum - Brighton
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Toy and Model Museum - Brighton
The Brighton Toy and Model Museum is is a treasure trove of Toys and Models that extends over four thousand square feet of floorspace, through four of the Early Victorian arches supporting Brighton Railway Station's forecourt. Founded in 1991, it has over ten thousand toys and models in its catalogue, including priceless...
Horsham Museum and Art Gallery
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Horsham Museum and Art Gallery
Horsham Museum and Art Gallery offers lots of fun things for kids to do and is housed in a medieval timber framed building. They have over 26 galleries that are filled with displays and they run an activities programme throughout the year. The exhibitions include a cabinet of curiosities, a toy gallery, a vintage fire engine and the rather...
Wings Museum
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Wings Museum
Wings Museum is a really good place for the kids to find out what it was like during the second World War and involves plenty of sensory elements as well as the education. It's not too harrowing but doesn't glorify the war, casting a great balance for a family visit and ideal for backing up school work. The museum is housed in a large hangar...
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
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Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is situated in a corner of the old RAF Tangmere airfield, famed for its illustrious service from 1916 through to the post-war years.  It was opened by a group of aviation enthusiasts in 1982 to promote public awareness of the United Kingdom’s military aviation heritage, educate present and...
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum - Chichester
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Weald & Downland Open Air Museum - Chichester
Our ancestors’ homes and the way they built them, their animals and the way they raised them, their crops and flowers and the way they grew them…at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum you’ll discover how the people of south east England lived and worked over the past 500 years. And it’s all set in 50 glorious acres of the South Downs National...
The Novium Museum
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The Novium Museum
The museum is housed in a new building designed to display the remains of Chichester's Roman Bath house. On the ground floor this open archaeological site is interpreted by a short film showing the use of the baths and what the site has been used for since. These remains are one of the most significant Roman finds in Chichester and include...
Lewes Castle & Barbican House Museum
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Lewes Castle & Barbican House Museum
At Lewes Castle and Barbican House Museum you can: Climb to the top of the Castle Keep, and look out for miles accross Sussex Fire a crossbow, build an arrowslit, dress up as a Lady or Knight Watch a film about the history of Lewes See the Lewes Town Model Lewes Castle & Barbican House Museum Opening Times Open...
Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum
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Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum
Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum has a range of activity and worksheets available for children. Their Education Room has information about the wildfowl and there is a woodland trail to follow with information boards about the trees, wildlife and ancient buildings. As well as the birds on the reserve we also have rabbits, Kune Kune pigs and...
Seaford Museum
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Seaford Museum
Seaford Museum should appeal to all age groups with displays that include a fascinating collection of material from pre historic times to the present. Although it looks small from outside, the kids will be surprised by the 5000 square feet of display area inside which includes shops like the General Store, a Victorian school room and a war time...
Birtley House - Bramley - Surrey
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Birtley House - Bramley - Surrey
The Sculpture Garden Now in its 7th year this is the largest temporary sculpture exhibition in Surrey with over 150 exhibits by 50 artists - both local and nationally renowned. • 4th May – 2nd June 2013 • Open daily 10am – 5pm • Entrance: Free • Donations to Community Foundation for Surrey encouraged ...
Outwood Windmill - Redhill
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Outwood Windmill - Redhill
Outwood Windmill is Britain’s oldest working windmill. Listed Grade 1 by English Heritage, it has won numerous awards over the years and has appeared in a number of television programmes.  It was built in 1665 by Thomas Budgen of Nutfield, and is what is known as a ...
Rural Life Centre - Farnham
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Rural Life Centre - Farnham
The Rural Life Centre is a country life museum, assembled by the late Mr & Mrs Henry Jackson and now run by a charitable trust. It is pleasantly distributed over ten acres of field, woodland and barns, and comprises a large number of implements and devices marking over 150 years of farming. Many aspects of village and rural life are...
Reigate Caves
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Reigate Caves
Reigate in Surrey is well known for its 'caves' which riddle the town centre although these are in fact old sand mines. The castle mound overlooking Reigate town centre is composed of soft sandstone and has been mined over several centuries. The castle has long gone but the mound and many of its excavations still remain. It's a sad fact...
Pooh Corner - Hartfield
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Pooh Corner - Hartfield
The shop specialises in Winnie-the-Pooh and is home to the world's largest selection of "Pooh-phernalia". Husband and wife team, Mike and June Ridley run the family business together with the help of a dedicated team of staff. Mike created the Pooh Corner shop in 1978 and met Christopher Robin Milne on a number of occasions....
The Observatory Science Centre - Hailsham
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The Observatory Science Centre - Hailsham
Spectacular hands-on science and discovery among the domes and telescopes of a world famous astronomical observatory. The Centre will be open daily from the 29th January to 27th November. Plus weekends of 15th / 16th, 22nd / 23rd January and 3rd / 4th, 10th / 11th December. TIMES 10 am - 5 pm January / February / March and October / November...
Portsmouth Natural History Museum - Southsea
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Portsmouth Natural History Museum - Southsea
Portsmouth is a very special place for wildlife in Britain. It has many different habitats in a very small area, and at Portsmouth Natural History Museum you can explore them all. The museum tells the story of the wild things of the riverbank, marshes, woods and urban areas of Portsmouth. Have a...
Royal Marines Museum - Southsea
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Royal Marines Museum - Southsea
The Royal Marines Museum depicts history of the Royal Marines from 1664 through to present day. Personal stories of wars, battles and events of great significance, make the history of the Royal Marines comes to life. The Curators at the Museum collect and display contemporary material so that the story of our history is told up to the present...
Bognor Museum
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Bognor Museum
Find out more of the history of early Bognor, when Sir Richard Hotham set about transforming a small fishing village into a fashionable seaside resort. The Museum is run by the Bognor Regis Local History Society and has been in this building since 2011. Almost every aspect of Bognor’s history is represented, from rocks and fossils millions...
Portsmouth City Museum
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Portsmouth City Museum
Portsmouth City Museum is a great place for to get to know the city and its history that have various events throughout the year. Children will enjoy it looks which is like a manor house with turrets and pointed roofs, which was actually a former barracks. The main attraction is: 'The story of Portsmouth ' is the name of those galleries which...
Aldershot Military Museum
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Aldershot Military Museum
The story of Aldershot Military Town and the civil towns of Aldershot, Farnborough and Cove. Open Wednesday to Friday 10am - 5pm Saturday and Sunday 11am - 4pm Admission Adults £2.50 Children 5-15 £1 (under 5 Free) Senior Citizens £2 Other concessions £1 Family (2 adults, 2 children)...
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Discover the world famous historic ships – HMS Victory & HMS Warrior 1860 that have shaped British history at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Home of the Royal Navy, other attractions include The Royal Naval Museum, with a new Exhibition “Task Force South: The Royal Navy and the Falklands War”, and Action Stations with the...
The Mary Rose
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The Mary Rose
Raised in 1982, the Mary Rose is housed in her own purpose-built museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, just a few miles from where she was lost. See the thousands of Tudor objects and personal possessions that were preserved when Henry’s favourite warship sank at the Battle of the Solent in 1545. Learn about the huge underwater...
D-Day Museum and Overlord Embroidery - Southsea
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D-Day Museum and Overlord Embroidery - Southsea
Portsmouth’s D-Day Museum is Britain’s only museum dedicated solely to covering all aspects of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. D-Day was a turning point in the Second World War, and a moment when the course of world events depended on the Allied troops taking part. Opening Times Open...
Curtis Museum - Alton
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Curtis Museum - Alton
One of the finest local history collections in Hampshire, exploring 100 million years of history Displays include prehistoric tools, Roman pottery reconstruction, Saxon burials, the Battle of Alton 1643, the notorious tale of Sweet Fanny Adams and Hop picking and brewing. Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 5pm ...
Royal Navy Submarine Museum - Gosport
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Royal Navy Submarine Museum - Gosport
Dive into history... A visit to the Submarine Museum includes the incredible experience of actually going onboard a WW2 submarine HMS Alliance with a submariner Guide. The visitor can chat with our submariners and find out what it was like to face danger in battle, to share jokes, hot bunk and how the torpedo section  doubled up as...
Bembridge Heritage Centre
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Bembridge Heritage Centre
The Bembridge Heritage Society on the Isle of Wight was formed in 1996 to record and present the rich history and heritage of Bembridge and its surrounding areas. The Centre was once part of the Village School and is located at the rear of what is now the library in the old part of the village. Displays ...
The Lightbox - Woking
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The Lightbox - Woking
Whether you’re passionate about the arts and history, want activities and fun, or would just like somewhere quiet to relax and think, you’ll find it all at The Lightbox, Woking's new gallery and museum. FREE entry Opening Times: Tuesday to Saturday: 10.30am - 5.00pm Sunday: 11.00am - 5.00pm Closed Monday and Bank...
Farnborough Air Sciences Trust
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Farnborough Air Sciences Trust
Farnborough Air Sciences Trust is a museum is dedicated to the areas proud aviation heritage and significant contribution to air science and research, offering an important educational resource as well as an entertaining and stimulating day out for anyone interested in aviation history and scientific progress. There are interactive exhibitions...
Explosion! The Museum of Naval Firepower - Gosport
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Explosion! The Museum of Naval Firepower - Gosport
Explosion! is an award winning museum of naval warfare created within 18th century buildings at the Royal Navy's former armaments depot of Priddy's Hard, in Gosport, Hampshire. The museum is housed in a group of listed buildings which centre around the original powder magazine of 1771. These sit on the edge of a delightful camber basin on the...
Little Woodham - Gosport
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Little Woodham - Gosport
A unique pattern woven in the fabric of time. Within the Parish of Rowner, surrounded by woodland, the village of Little Woodham exists to educate both children and adults about 17th Century rural life in the South of England. In the April of 1642 the King of England, Charles Stuart and his Parliament stood...
Brooklands Museum - Weybridge
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Brooklands Museum - Weybridge
Brooklands - the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit, constructed at Weybridge, Surrey in 1907 - was more than a great sporting arena. Brooklands was the birthplace of British motorsport and aviation, home of Concorde and the site of many engineering and technological achievements throughout eight decades of the 20th century. ...
London Bus Museum
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London Bus Museum
London Bus Museum not only covers the history of public transport over 100 years but also has a great collection of old buses, which still work! So polish up your Blakey impression and come and on down! The displays are arranged in a timeline, with buses ranging from the horse drawn bus from 1870 to those made in the 1970s. Each exhibit is...
Brading Roman Villa
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Brading Roman Villa
Brading Roman Villa is one of the finest Romano-British archaeological sites in the UK. Our award-winning Exhibition and Visitor Centre offers a unique insight into Roman life in Britain, from our beautifully preserved mosaic floors to our extensive collection of Roman archaeology, including coins, pottery and tools. Whether you are a family...
Brading The Experience
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Brading The Experience
The original Isle of Wight Wax Works Museum and Animal World was founded by Graham Osborne-Smith and opened in 1965. Today it is still owned by an Islander who has developed this historical and wonderfully interesting attraction into more than just a Wax Works. It now has many exciting ongoing developments, and in particular the huge new extension...
Lilliput Antique Doll and Toy Museum - Brading
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Lilliput Antique Doll and Toy Museum - Brading
This cottage museum was established in Brading in 1974, and was formed from the private doll collection started by the Munday family in 1960. It is acknowledged as being one of the finest and most important collections in Great...
Dinosaur Isle - Sandown
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Dinosaur Isle - Sandown
Dinosaur Isle is Britain's first purpose built dinosaur museum and visitor attraction; based in Sandown on the Isle of Wight. The Island's diverse geology contains a wealth of fossils that tell us much about the past and gives clues to the effects of possible future environmental changes. Starting about 126 million years ago the rocks record the...
Glory Art Glass - Sandown
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Glory Art Glass - Sandown
From our small studio on the Isle of Wight we make our colourful glass. We also sell most of our glass in the studio so we get to meet the people who buy our glass. Now we are on the web and some of our current work is available for purchase online. Each piece is signed and dated, packed carefully and sent...
Bexhill Museum - Bexhill On Sea
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Bexhill Museum - Bexhill On Sea
Bexhill Museum is managed by The Society of Bexhill Museums Ltd, a volunteer run registered charitable company, limited by guarantee. (Reg Charity No. 1102638). Our stated aim is to provide a museum to promote, improve and advance the education of and to generally benefit and entertain the public. Newly refurbished and extended, the displays and...
Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum - Southampton
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Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum - Southampton
THE LAST REMAINING STEAM DRIVEN BRICKWORKS IN THE COUNTRY Welcome to Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum. We are a volunteer run independent museum based near Southampton. The museum is open from April to November: Thursdays 10-4 and for eight big Open Days - click on events to find out when the next one is ...
Shipwreck and Maritime Museum - Arreton
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Shipwreck and Maritime Museum - Arreton
Shipwreck Centre & Maritime Experience, including audio visual room showing action films. "Wreck and Rescue" Lifeboat Museum, featuring vintage 1887 "Queen Victoria" pulling/sailing lifeboat and RNLI archive material Smuggling and Fishing displays ...
Yesterday's World - Battle
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Yesterday's World - Battle
Battle Experience an amazing 125 years of British social history magically brought back to life. Discover 5 floors and over 150,000 nostalgic artefacts plus virtual and interactive exhibits. Journey through history with superbly recreated life size street scenes and shop displays, with evocative sounds and smells of the...
The Classic Boat Museum
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The Classic Boat Museum
 We are an exciting and award winning all weather attraction based on the waterside in the Isle of Wight. We are able to offer a fascinating collection of sailing and power boats of local and national interest to both family visitors and maritime enthusiasts alike. Open throughout the year, our displays also include photographs, films,...
Nostalgia Toy Museum - Godshill
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Nostalgia Toy Museum - Godshill
The Nostalgia Toy Museum features a large collection of toy cars and lorries by Dinky, Corgi, Matchbox, Triang and Hornby, as well as other popular toys from days gone by. A lovely trip down memory lane.
Isle of Wight Natural History Centre - Godshill
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Isle of Wight Natural History Centre - Godshill
The Natural History Centre in Godshill is housed in a delightful 17th century Squire's cottage Opened by the BBC in 1965, the entrance to this exciting world has its own fish pond with Koi carp and display fountains School parties welcome, worksheets available
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
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Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
The all-new Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, located at the home of the Wimbledon Championships, is set to be the newest star of world tennis when the attraction is officially opened today by HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the All England Club and Patron of the Museum, after a multi-million pound transformation. The new Museum combines...
Ventnor Heritage Museum
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Ventnor Heritage Museum
In addition to the items on view in the Exhibition Hall, the Museum houses an extensive Archive of many thousands of items relating to Ventnor and the surrounding area including :- Albums - Artifacts - Auction Catalogues - Books - Brochures - Certificates - Directories Drawings - Engravings - Guides - Letters - Maps - Models - Newspapers -...
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