Brighton Days out for a Rainy Day with the Family
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Brighton Short Breaks is a grand lover of Brighton Museum, which puts up a top notch destination for both the Brighton and Hove visitant and the resident for a number of reasons and not least the architectural splendour of the building itself.Located n the well-favoured lands of the Royal Pavilion grounds, its architecture owes much to the inheritance and style of the Pavilions architect, John Nash, echoing and reverberating some of the nobility and flights of fantasy that the Pavilion embodies. But its originations arent quite so lofty as the edifice itself once housed the horse barns for the Royal Residence, although possibly the most exhilarating stables to endure in the United Kingdom! As the excellent Brighton and Hove Museum web site tells us : ‘Brighton Museum was founded by local brewer and social reformer Henry Willett. He was an keen accumulator of pottery and porcelain and Mr Willett’s Popular Pottery showcases his collection.’This is the widest internet site for getting info on the opening times and special exhibitions that are housed within the museum, but the most essential piece of information is this: Admission is Free! So another outstanding way to pass an good afternoon if the atmospheric condition isn’t the warmest, and a way that wont try the handbag!The museum is mayhap better fitted to somewhat older children as it doesn’t contain 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 stuff there to grab their attention – but a little and often attack might allow the perfect way to get the most out of this really good local draw.As you would require there’s a mint of really good local history handled within the Museum and on the top floor there are plenty of resources for retracing local history or private family history – so another possible undertaking for the family to enjoy on a wet afternoon.