Worthing Museum and Art Gallery

Chapel Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN11 1HP

Tel: +44 (0)1903 221 067
+44 (0)1903 221 1448(Saturdays)
Fax: +44 (0)1903 236 777
Email: museum@worthing.gov.uk


An elegant Edwardian building houses one of the most interesting museum and art galleries in the South! Collections are diverse and include local history, archaeology and geology as well as ceramics and glass; also included are important collections of costume, art and juvenilia.

Permanent displays include two costume galleries, an archaeology gallery, a Victorian nursery and a Downland kitchen. The museum and art gallery organises up to fifteen temporary exhibitions a year in three galleries and a sculpture garden.

Museum staff regularly organise events to complement the exhibitions including demonstrations and talks. Special Saturdays are held every year; 'Touch Day', 'Art Day' and 'Textile Day'.

General Information:

  • Car Parks nearby
  • Disabled parking beside the Richmond Room off Stoke Abbott Road.
  • Toilets, disabled toilet and baby changing
  • Gift shop
  • Lift
  • Ramps for wheelchairs and pushchairs

     

    Opening Times
    (2008 times)
    Tuesday to Saturday 10.00am - 5.00pm.
    Closed Sundays, Mondays and some Bank Holidays.

    Admission Charges
    (2008 prices)
    Free Admission, entry donation at visitors'discretion.

    Directions
    Centrally located 10 minutes walk from Worthing Central Station and 5 minutes walk from pier and seafront.
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