Brighton Short Breaks understands that museums themselves hold a lot of history not just the objects they display. Museums started to develop from the 18th century country house displays to buildings purposely built and used for storage and research of historical and artisitc objects. This started to develop more during the 19th century but still with mainly rich and upper class families visiting these instiutions. One museum that began …

Brighton Short Breaks is interested in museum debate topics, one of which is ‘what is an author?’ In our museums we see many different types of narratives created by a Curator to tell s story, an exhibition is laid out in a specific way so a particular story is told to the visitor, here the Curator is the author, but an author using other people’s work. Why are the famous …

Brighton Short Breaks is trying to determine what October half term activities will be worth while during the next week. The range of activities on offer to families across the UK in museums and heritage institutions is staggering from reliving the Battle of Bosworth in Leicestershire of the Diwali celebrations and Bollywood dancing at Brighton and Hove museum. The National Railway museum in York which is usually free admission anyway …

Brighton Short Breaks is a known fan of the stately home, and this interest in how people lived in the 18th and 19th Century and even into the beginning of the 20th Century is becoming more apparent with television shows like Downton Abbey becoming household favourites. It is human nature to be interested in how other people live or lived whether it be upstairs or downstairs. A common theme which …

Brighton Short Breaks has become hooked, like many people, to the television series of Downton Abbey and the fact that it is filmed in such a beautiful historical institution is even better. The series is set in Edwardian times and follows the ups and downs of the Crawley family and their servants during the First World War. Hig
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Brighton Short Breaks has been looking at the importance of classification in museums throughout the years and the arguments that can surround how objects are ordered. From looking at history through the classification of objects we can see what the relationship is between objects and knowledge and how this differs depending what age you are from. Wikipedia tells us that Taxonomy is the practise and science of classification or the …

Brighton Short Breaks has been wondering about the importance of actually being in a place of heritage and what it might mean to the visitor. We definitely believe that the technology we have now is a fantastic way for people to visit museums and look at collections that they may not have been able to otherwise. Having said that if the visitor can, there is something to be said for …

Brighton Short Breaks regularly visits the Brighton Centre which often plays host to a whole range of activities. There are comedy shows like Bill Bailey who is on in November right through to musical concerts from artists like Will Young, Jessie J and Kasabian. On occasion the centre also plays host to special exhibitions and in February next year the Brighton model world will be there.

Anyone who loves models …

Brighton short breaks likes to take an interest in artists and Damien Hirst is always a hot topic of conversation. Damien Hirst was born 7 June 1965, grew up in Leeds and studied at Goldsmith’s College in London. His works of art have been widely criticised over the years and shown all over the UK.

His most controversial pieces have included a pickled shark, a rotting cow and a human …