Hastings Museum & Art Gallery

Have you seen our newly revamped Nature Gallery yet? The new interpretation includes some amazing, and surprising, stories of the animals, from brave parents to intrepid global travellers. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this innovative project!🦇🦔🐟🦆🐞@hast

The Relics Roadshow is tomorrow 10-3! FREE entry. @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Relics Roadshow – Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

The Relics Roadshow is on Sat 21 Feb, from 10am to 3 pm. This free event allows visitors to bring in fossils, archaeological finds, & treasures for identification by experts & museum staff. For more information please see the event page here ow.ly/B8jo50Y8aLB
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The Relics Roadshow is on Sat 21 Feb, from 10am to 3 pm. This free event allows visitors to bring in fossils, archaeological finds, & treasures for identification by experts & museum staff. For more information please see the event page here ow.ly/B8jo50Y8aLB @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Happy birthday to Philip Rufford, born #onthisday in 1852! This Cretaceous fossil plant, Otozamites klipsteinii, is ~140 million years old & was collected by Philip in the 1890s in his favourite collecting area east of Hastings. See it on display in our Dinosaur Gallery! @hastingsbc.bsky.social

From today, the Natural History Gallery will be partially inaccessible or closed for just over 3 weeks while we make changes which we hope you will love. The gallery will be fully open again on 4th February. Apologies for any inconvenience. @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Who knew galled brambles are a thing!? These were the preserve of Edward Connold (1862 - 1910) who published many books & papers on galls. You can find photos recently digitised from his collection here on our new collections pages ow.ly/TRWK50XALsx by searching 'connold' @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Join us for Dinosaurs at Dusk next half term on 19th February!
Travel back in time through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous geological periods in search of the ancestors of modern-day birds, the feathered dinosaurs. £5 pp Link to book: www.hmag.org.uk/event/dinosa...
#HalfTermEvents

Planetarium – Hastings Museum and Art Gallery Step inside a mini celestial theatre and take a trip to the stars.

Join Immersive Experiences in the Planetarium to take a 🚀trip to the stars & explore 🔭the wonders of the universe 🌠🌌 next #halfterm on 18 Feb!
£5 per person.
Link to booking: www.hmag.org.uk/event/planet...
Suitable for ages 5+ Wheelchair Accessible
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Welcome – Axel Scheffler – Hastings Museum and Art Gallery In association with Hastings Storytelling Festival,we present a selection of original illustrations from AxelScheffler’s recent book, Welcome.

NEW EXHIBITION!
Welcome - Axel Scheffler is now open until 11 January
In association with @hastingsstory, we present a selection of original illustrations from Axel's recent book, Welcome. There's also the Hide & Seek trail for small persons.
www.hmag.org.uk/see-and-do/e...
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Join us at Downs Farm Community Centre this afternoon from 2-5pm as our Dead Zoo goes on the road for Halloween!

Groundwork South will be doing pumpkin carving and spooky crafts and Hastings food network will be offering hot food and drink.

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The Exploring Chainstitch workshop on 29 November is now open for booking! In this workshop, Emily Johns will introduce you to the many ways in which the humble chainstitch can be worked & guide you through several different types.
Book here: www.hmag.org.uk/event/explor... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Learn how to carve and print your own Japanese woodblock inspired by geological charts and maps in this 2 day workshop on 18 and 19 October. Book here: www.hmag.org.uk/event/memoir... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

YouTube video by Hastings Museum & Art Gallery The Dinosaur on your Doorstep 2025

We made a film in July 2025 to document continuing celebration around the subject of Hollington's local dinosaur in #TheDinosaurOnYourDoorstep. Huge thanks to all involved and to our funders @royalsociety.org @artscouncilengland.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_fl... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Learn how to carve and print your own Japanese woodblock inspired by geological charts and maps on 18-19 October. Book here: www.hmag.org.uk/event/memoir...

NOW OPEN - Plants Make Places: A Collaborative Exhibition by Laura Ribbons
Through a range of visual art, Laura invites us to think about our relationship with #plants & discover how they shape not only our ecological survival but our sense of place, identity, & belonging.
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Booking for Myth Monster with Dens and Signals is now open!
Expect stories, sound, music, the chance to dance… and of course, a monster! Suitable for ages 7+
www.hmag.org.uk/event/myth-m...
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The Curator of the True Crime Museum Joel Griggs

Are you an avid crime buff 🕵️?
From 10:30am tomorrow to coincide with the final weekend of the Agatha Christie: The Queen of Crime🕵️♀️ exhibition, meet local crime writers, explore their work & get your books signed.
www.hmag.org.uk/event/crime-...
@hastingsbc.bsky.social #CrimeWritersDay #Hastings

FINAL REDUCTIONS!
It's the last week of the Agatha Christie exhibition & some original posters and more from Gale' Goddard's collection that are for sale have been reduced for the last few days.
DEATH ON THE NILE £200.00
PARTNERS IN CRIME £200.00
Evil Under the Sun £100.00

The Curator of the True Crime Museum Joel Griggs

Are you an avid crime buff 🕵️?
From 10:30am on 9 August to coincide with the final weekend of the Agatha Christie: The Queen of Crime🕵️♀️ exhibition, meet local crime writers, explore their work & get your books signed.
www.hmag.org.uk/event/crime-...
@hastingsbc.bsky.social #CrimeWritersDay #Hastings

YouTube video by Hastings Museum & Art Gallery Platypus

There are some weird & wonderful objects in the Museum’s stored collections. One of them is a strange egg-laying mammal that looks like a mix of a duck, beaver & an otter.
The platypus is now on temporary display in our natural history gallery.
youtu.be/jp4X4Krl-DY @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Are you an avid crime buff 🕵️‍♂️?
From 10:30am on 9 August to coincide with the final weekend of the Agatha Christie: The Queen of Crime🕵️‍♀️ exhibition, meet local crime writers, explore their work & get your books signed.
www.hmag.org.uk/event/crime-...
@hastingsbc.bsky.social #CrimeWritersDay #Hastings

Our favourite exhibit in Agatha Christie exhibition has to be the recreation of the Orient Express interior, complete with real train noises!

#AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

Our favourite exhibits in Agatha Christie exhibition has to be the recreation of the Orient Express interior, complete with real train noises!

#AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

Have you been to Agatha Christie - The Queen of Crime 🕵️‍♂️ yet?

One of the many remarkable stories from her life that is included in the exhibition is her mysterious disappearance in 1926, 100 years ago next year!

#AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

There are still places available for 'Your Place: Researching the History of Your Home'.

In this interactive session, learn about what resources you can use at the museum to research the history of your home or where you live.

www.hmag.org.uk/event/your-p...

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Among the objects in Agatha Christie - The Queen of Crime 🕵️‍♂️are models related to the author's work. They include this unique & highly detailed scale model of the SS Sudan, a steamship that inspired Death on the Nile.
#AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

Have you seen our newly revamped #Dinosaurs gallery yet? It's full of beautiful artwork by Ellie Fryer illustrating the stories behind the amazing fossils th... Ellie Fryer Hastings Museum Dinosaur exhibition V5 4k

Have you seen our newly revamped Dinosaurs gallery yet? It's full of beautiful artwork by Ellie Fryer based on the fossils that tell us what Hastings was like 140 million years ago during the #Cretaceous period.
#FossilFriday #Dinosaurs #Geology @hastingsbc.bsky.social‬ youtube.com/shorts/1x0MC...

Triceratops brown horn showing blood vessels

Triceratops brown horn showing blood vessels

Triceratops brown horn showing cross section with scale

Have you seen episode 1 of the new
@BBCEarth #WalkingWithDinosaurs? 🦖It features Triceratops, found in the USA & Canada. In our collection we have this section of brow horn with well preserved blood vessels. How it came to be here is a bit of a mystery. #FossilFriday
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Our favourite exhibits in Agatha Christie exhibition has to be the recreation of the Orient Express interior, complete with real train noises!

#AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE