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Worthing Museum and Art Gallery is in the centre of Worthing near the grade II* listed St Paul's. [2] The building, which celebrated its centenary in 2008, was originally designed to house the town's library as well as the museum, the library section being funded by Andrew Carnegie. It is the largest museum in West Sussex.
This list of museums in West 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 ...
Worthing Museum and Art Gallery hosts one of the most significant costume collections in the UK. [175] Built in 1908 as the town's museum and library, it is expected to undergo a major redevelopment in 2020. [176] Alfred Cortis, the first mayor of Worthing, and the international philanthropist Andrew Carnegie funded the construction. [177]
There is evidence of several buildings from the Roman era in Worthing. The town's Museum and Art Gallery is built on the site of a Roman farmhouse. A Roman settlement existed along the modern Brighton Road between Merton Road and Navarino Road.
The rescue of this ship, which encountered difficulties off Worthing and was wrecked, was commemorated in a painting which is held at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery. [48] Kingshill: 1915 1 This schooner sent out a distress signal in stormy seas, and was eventually wrecked at Goring-by-Sea. Worthing lifeboat was launched, but it capsized during ...
Artefacts from Cissbury Ring can be found at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, the Museum of Sussex Archaeology, Lewes and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. [11] Silver pennies from the reign of Æthelred the Unready (978-1016) can be found at the British Museum. [12]
n November 1954, 29-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. was driving to Hollywood when a car crash left his eye mangled beyond repair. Doubting his potential as a one-eyed entertainer, the burgeoning performer sought a solution at the same venerable institution where other misfortunate starlets had gone to fill their vacant sockets: Mager & Gougelman, a family-owned business in New York City that has ...
Pages in category "Worthing" The following 84 pages are in this category, out of 84 total. ... Worthing Museum and Art Gallery; Worthing Pier; Worthing Pier ...