Looking at Things: A virtual show to make you look closer
By Benji Thomas With the new year came the same old lockdown challenges for galleries and museums. To get people engaged with their collection from afar, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery has opened the virtual exhibition, Looking at Things, which…
Hastings Museum is ‘Good to Go’
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery re-opened on Thursday, 10th December. The family-friendly museum with amazingly diverse collections, offers access to art, culture and history from around the ;And the museum is free to visit with free onsite parking! You still…
Black History Month
Celebrating the local Black community in Hastings St Leonards and Hastings Alliance for Diverse Ethnicities (SHADE), Black Butterfly and Hastings Borough Council are joining in the celebration of Black History Month this October. WE ARE HERE is a collaborative programme…
Museum Reopens
The Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, which has been accessible only digitally since March because of the Covid-19 pandemic, reopened its doors to visitors on Thursday 27th August, subject to advance bookings through the museum’s website or by phone. Besides…
The Two-Grand Piano No Need To Consult On Sale, Says Museum Manager
Local pianists have been surprised and disappointed to hear that Hastings Museum and Art Gallery sold off a 9-foot Estonia concert grand piano last winter for a price of around £2,000 without any consultation save within the committee that runs…
Hastings Open 2020
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery (HMAG) is back celebrating some of the South East’s best artistic talent, alongside national and international work, in the inaugural Hastings Open. The exhibition will run from 27th August 2020, when the Museum reopens, until…
Online Art Shows Worth a Look
Tempo Arts Tempo Artsis delighted to be working with five international artists to present Your Place, a new digital online project which offers perspectives during the lockdown and beyond. Your Place launches in July and continues through November 2020 featuring…
Hastings Museum Seeks Volunteers To Keep A Coronavirus Journal
The COVID-19 crisis has affected, and continues to affect, the lives of all of us. Many of the resultant changes to our lifestyles will hopefully only be temporary but others may well turn out to become ; When the danger…
Arts Diary
Lecture by the Arts Society Rother Valley - The Inventors of Christmas Monday 18th November 2019 at the Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings TN34 2SA, pm. Everyone knows the ingredients of a traditional Christmas: gathering round the Christmas tree, pulling…
Fishing For Generations
John Cole records over twenty years of Hastings’ fishing industry. By Emma Harwood Hastings’ beach-launched fishing fleet is arguably the heart and soul of this seaside town and the lifeblood of the community. Its thousand-year-old heritage has drawn journalists, artists…