Museums

Visit Hastings’ family-friendly and diverse Museum and Art Gallery for an exploration of art, heritage and history from around the world.

Special displays of Battle's industries over the centuries including the famous gunpowder production.

It’s curious, it’s quirky, it’s packed to the rafters with diverse objects with a surprise in every cabinet and around every corner.

The Shirley Leaf & Petal Company, an extraordinary family business which dates back over 110 years, can be found in Hastings Old Town. Despite its humble surroundings, the company has an extraordinary global reputation as a leading supplier of artificial flower and plant props for film, theatre and television productions.

Maritime museum with 3000 years of historic treasures from local shipwrecks. Audiovisual show 'A Shipwreck Adventure', push button videos, talks with slides on shipwreck and coastal history topics.

A former fishermen's church by the old net shops, now a museum on local fishing with ship models, nets, old photos and the Lugger 'Enterprise' which was built in 1912

Set in 3,000 sq/ft of seafront caves, this museum houses the largest collection of crime memorabilia in the UK.

The East Street Museum was originally a bottling factory but it now houses exhibitions from Rye's history including its unique C18th fire engine.

Varied collection of water pumps mainly from the steam era including 1904 Tangye and 1940 Worthington Simpson triple expansion engines located in their original buildings.

Located between High Street and The Bourne, Hastings History House is the headquarters of the Old Hastings Preservation Society (OHPS).