Something to Do On a Cloudy Day
July 31st, 2010 . by adminBrighton Short Breaks is a chief lover of Brighton Museum, which allows a top destination for both the Brighton and Hove visitor and the resident for a number of reasons and not least the architectural interest of the edifice itself.
Situated n the well-favoured soils of the Royal Pavilion grounds, its architecture owes much to the inheritance and manner of the Pavilions architect, John Nash, echoing and reverberating some of the magnificence and flights of fantasy that the Pavilion incarnates. But its pedigrees arent quite so glorious as the edifice itself once housed the horse barns for the Royal Residence, although perhaps the most exhilarating stables to exist in the United Kingdom!
As the capital Brighton and Hove Museum website informs us : ‘Brighton Museum was founded by local brewer and social reformer Henry Willett. He was an thirsty accumulator of clayware and porcelain and Mr Willett’s Popular Pottery showcases his collection.’
This is the optimum web site for getting information on the opening times and special exhibitions that are housed within the museum, but the most important piece of information is this: Admission is Free! So another fundamental way to pass an afternoon if the weather isn’t the best, and a way that wont distort the handbag!
The museum is maybe better fitted to somewhat older children as it doesn’t put up too many of the ‘child attention grabbers’ that so many other museums put up. However that is not to say that there isnt a wealth of material there to snap their interest – but a little and often attack might offer the optimum way to get the most out of this local draw.
As you would anticipate there’s a pile of super local history insured within the Museum and on the upper floor there are plenty of resources for retracing local history or personal family history – so another possible undertaking for the family to enjoy on a inclement afternoon.