List of museums in East Sussex

This list of museums in East Sussex, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

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Name	Image	Town/City	Region	Type	Summary
Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum		Halland	Wealden	Multiple	Palladian mansion with furnishings, automobile museum, gardens, wildfowl reserve, miniature steam train, woodlands
Bexhill Museum		Bexhill-on-Sea	Rother	Multiple	website, local history, natural history, fashion, dinosaurs, stone-age life, Ancient Egyptians, military, world cultures, British motor racing
Bluebell Railway		Fletching	Lewes	Historic house	Heritage railway with museum displays at the Sheffield Park railway station
Brede Waterworks		Brede	Rother	Technology	Former waterworks with working stationary steam engines
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery		Brighton	Brighton and Hove	Multiple	Art, decorative arts, natural history, puppets, fashion, world culture artifacts, Egyptian artifacts, local history
British Engineerium		Hove	Brighton and Hove	Technology	Victorian pumping station with beam engines, (museum currently under renovation)
Eastbourne Redoubt		Eastbourne	Eastbourne	Military	Early 19th century fort, includes collections of The Royal Sussex Regiment, Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, vehicles, weapons, uniforms, medals
Hastings Lifeboat		Hastings	Hastings	Maritime	website, visitor centre with film, viewing of the lifeboats
Heritage Mill, North Chailey		Chailey	Lewes	Mill	Early 19th century windmill
How We Lived Then		Eastbourne	Eastbourne	History	information, information, authentic Victorian period shops, room settings, displays covering 100 years of shopping and social history
Lavender Line		Isfield	Wealden	Railway	Heritage railway and exhibits including model railway at the Isfield railway station
Mechanical Memories Museum		Brighton	Brighton and Hove	Amusement	website, working vintage penny slot machines
Nutley Windmill		Nutley	Wealden	Mill	Early 19th century windmill
Ovenden's Mill		Polegate	Wealden	Mill	Early 19th century windmill
Stanmer Rural Museum		Stanmer	Brighton and Hove	Agriculture	website, rural life artifacts, farm tools and equipment, wagons, reconstructed blacksmith's forge, household items
Stone Cross Windmill		Stone Cross	Wealden	Mill	Late 19th century windmill
West Blatchington Windmill		West Blatchington	Brighton and Hove	Mill	Early 19th century windmill
Windmill Hill Mill		Herstmonceux	Wealden	Mill	Early 19th century windmill

References

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Museums in East Sussex

• Sussex Museums Group
• Museums and Art Galleries - East Sussex County Council

See also

• Visitor attractions in East Sussex