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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Coming this November! MRS MANTELL'S TOOTH PERFORMANCE AND WORKSHOP SERIES For details and booking visit this link: www.hmag.org.uk/event/mrs-mantells-… Hastings Borough Council

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We worked alongside our friends from Hastings and St Leonards Museum Association to raise funds for conservation work on the Banquettes in the Durbar Hall. Thank you to everyone who donated to the project. Hastings Borough Council

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The animals are gathering… But one species hasn’t turned up, and it’s the species which has been causing all the trouble. Something’s got to happen, and whatever it is, it’s going to be wild! Animals! is suitable for the whole family. Book here: www.hmag.org.uk/event/animals

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Through additions to the ceiling in the Dinosaur Gallery, artist Ellie Fryer helps us to tell the story of how some dinosaurs survived a mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous, flying into the Cenozoic 66 million years ago. Hastings Borough Council #FossilFriday

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

There are still tickets available for the photography course taster sessions on Wednesday 15 July and beyond. www.hmag.org.uk/event/photography-c…?

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Booking is now open for the next set of photography course taster sessions at the museum. The first one is next week on 15 July with other dates in September 2026 and February 2027 . www.hmag.org.uk/event/photog...

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Open today! Outside the Lines is a vibrant art exhibition celebrating the boundless creativity of home educated young artists from our community. The exhibition is open until 4 October. #homeeducation Hastings Borough Council

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Opens 4 July "Outside the Lines" is a vibrant art exhibition celebrating the boundless creativity of home educated young artists from our community. The exhibition is open until 4 October. #homeeducation Hastings Borough Council

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Happy Sussex day! June 16 is the county day for the historic county of Sussex and celebrates its rich heritage and culture. The event takes place on St Richard's Day, Sussex's patron saint. Image: Sussex Pottery holy water Stoup HASMG1947.41.1

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

✨ CALLING ALL SOUTH EAST ARTISTS! ✨ We are currently accepting submissions for Hastings Open 2026. ⏳ Deadline: Sunday 19 July 👇Click below for details and to apply now ow.ly/Yah950ZbN66

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This year, we hosted a photography course with students from the home education community. The exhibition on Friday 19 June at 3pm celebrates their work during the course. "Please come & have a chat with us — we'd love to share our love of photography with you". Kate Butts

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🌊Happy World Oceans Day!🐟 In 2021, inspired by the museum's marine biology collection, home educated children & others who'd been home schooled during the pandemic, created their own puppet theatre performance based on the issue of plastic pollution www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI2RWOJHvbk…

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Trees in Stitches by Mary Dawson, Trees in Stitches by Mary Dawson Mary Dawson's beautiful textile artworks are on display at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery until 14 June as part of the Tree Festival 2026 www.cpresussex.org.uk/tf26

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The museum has a series of local history subject files covering a wide range of topics from the America Ground to X-rays! The lists of topics are available to browse via this page www.hmag.org.uk/explore/research-and-enquiries/ to help inform your enquiry or research visit. Hastings Borough Council

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🦖 Happy Dinosaur Day!🦕 If you've not been yet, visit our Dinosaurs gallery to find out about Hastings, the Dinosaur Town. The fossils, found in & around the town, are the cast of an amazing story - 140 million years in the making! We're open again from tomorrow at 10am. Hastings Borough Council

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Meet Hastings Ancient Trees Fossils Tuesday 26 May 10am, 12noon & 2pm In partnership with CPRE Sussex to take part in the Tree Festival 2026. Children aged 3+welcomed and must be accompanied by an adult. FREE TICKETED EVENT – book for children only. hmag.org.uk/event/meet-h...

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Half Term LEGO Lab Bring LEGO to life! Wednesday 27 May 2026 Session one: 10.30 am – 12.00 noon Session two: 1.30 pm – 3.00 pm Suitable for ages 5+ £6 per kit; each kit can accommodate two children. Wheelchair accessible. Book here: www.hmag.org.uk/event/half-t...

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Meet Hastings Ancient Trees Fossils – Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

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

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Relics Roadshow – Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

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 @hastingsbc.bsky.social

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Planetarium – Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

Step inside a mini celestial theatre and take a trip to the stars.

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

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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.

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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. @hastingsbc.bsky.social

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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

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The Dinosaur on your Doorstep 2025

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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...

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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. @hastingsbc.bsky.social

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

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

The Curator of the True Crime Museum Joel Griggs

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

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

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Crime Writers Day – Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

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

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

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...

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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 illustrating the stories behind the amazing fossils th...

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

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 @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Triceratops brown horn showing blood vessels

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Hastings Museum & Art Gallery @notjustabattle.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

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