With the forecast rain, a visit to Hastings Museum & Art Gallery looks like a decent proposal today (website); admission to the museum is free and it is situated up Bohemia Road, on the right-hand side of the road, at Johns Place TN34 1ET, open 10am to 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday and 12 noon to 4pm on Sunday, closed Mondays.
There is so much to see in this wonderful building, as I discovered on my return there yesterday, the first exhibitions you reach on entry are about Hastings itself, in three parts. The first, Before Hastings, takes you from the end of the Ice Age, via the Bronze Age and the Romans, up to the Saxons, the Haestingas Tribe, guess where the town's name comes from! Second, is the Story of Hastings in 66 Objects, the bell in my photograph comes from the early 19th century Old Town Hall in the old town High Street, and written about in my earlier blog. The third is Wish You Were Here, which looks at Hastings history as a seaside resort and includes Mods v Rockers in the 1960s!
And so much more, eg you have just this weekend to see the sculpture and ceramics exhibition Cash, Clash and Climate, and into January next year to see Beyond the Western Front, local stories of the First World War, and, just started until the 11th of March, A Sense of Place: Topographical Views from the Museum Collection, a selection of oil paintings covering 300 years, including many of Hastings (website).
The Museum & Art Gallery does so much more too, have a visit soon!
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