We made a film in July 2025 to document continuing celebration around the subject of Hollington's local dinosaur in #TheDinosaurOnYourDoorstep. Huge thanks to all involved and to our funders @royalsociety.org @artscouncilengland.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_fl... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Learn how to carve and print your own Japanese woodblock inspired by geological charts and maps on 18-19 October. Book here: www.hmag.org.uk/event/memoir...

NOW OPEN - Plants Make Places: A Collaborative Exhibition by Laura Ribbons Through a range of visual art, Laura invites us to think about our relationship with #plants & discover how they shape not only our ecological survival but our sense of place, identity, & belonging. @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Booking for Myth Monster with Dens and Signals is now open! Expect stories, sound, music, the chance to dance… and of course, a monster! Suitable for ages 7+ www.hmag.org.uk/event/myth-m... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Are you an avid crime buff 🕵️? From 10:30am tomorrow to coincide with the final weekend of the Agatha Christie: The Queen of Crime🕵️♀️ exhibition, meet local crime writers, explore their work & get your books signed. www.hmag.org.uk/event/crime-... @hastingsbc.bsky.social #CrimeWritersDay #Hastings

FINAL REDUCTIONS! It's the last week of the Agatha Christie exhibition & some original posters and more from Gale' Goddard's collection that are for sale have been reduced for the last few days. DEATH ON THE NILE £200.00 PARTNERS IN CRIME £200.00 Evil Under the Sun £100.00

Are you an avid crime buff 🕵️? From 10:30am on 9 August to coincide with the final weekend of the Agatha Christie: The Queen of Crime🕵️♀️ exhibition, meet local crime writers, explore their work & get your books signed. www.hmag.org.uk/event/crime-... @hastingsbc.bsky.social #CrimeWritersDay #Hastings

There are some weird & wonderful objects in the Museum’s stored collections. One of them is a strange egg-laying mammal that looks like a mix of a duck, beaver & an otter. The platypus is now on temporary display in our natural history gallery. youtu.be/jp4X4Krl-DY @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Are you an avid crime buff 🕵️‍♂️? From 10:30am on 9 August to coincide with the final weekend of the Agatha Christie: The Queen of Crime🕵️‍♀️ exhibition, meet local crime writers, explore their work & get your books signed. www.hmag.org.uk/event/crime-... @hastingsbc.bsky.social #CrimeWritersDay #Hastings

Our favourite exhibit in Agatha Christie exhibition has to be the recreation of the Orient Express interior, complete with real train noises! #AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

Our favourite exhibits in Agatha Christie exhibition has to be the recreation of the Orient Express interior, complete with real train noises! #AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

Have you been to Agatha Christie - The Queen of Crime 🕵️‍♂️ yet? One of the many remarkable stories from her life that is included in the exhibition is her mysterious disappearance in 1926, 100 years ago next year! #AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

There are still places available for 'Your Place: Researching the History of Your Home'. In this interactive session, learn about what resources you can use at the museum to research the history of your home or where you live. www.hmag.org.uk/event/your-p... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Among the objects in Agatha Christie - The Queen of Crime 🕵️‍♂️are models related to the author's work. They include this unique & highly detailed scale model of the SS Sudan, a steamship that inspired Death on the Nile. #AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

Have you seen our newly revamped Dinosaurs gallery yet? It's full of beautiful artwork by Ellie Fryer based on the fossils that tell us what Hastings was like 140 million years ago during the #Cretaceous period. #FossilFriday #Dinosaurs #Geology @hastingsbc.bsky.social‬ youtube.com/shorts/1x0MC...

Have you seen episode 1 of the new @BBCEarth #WalkingWithDinosaurs? 🦖It features Triceratops, found in the USA & Canada. In our collection we have this section of brow horn with well preserved blood vessels. How it came to be here is a bit of a mystery. #FossilFriday @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Our favourite exhibits in Agatha Christie exhibition has to be the recreation of the Orient Express interior, complete with real train noises! #AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

Several posters for Agatha Christie shows and films feature in our current exhibition Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime and most of them, including some originals and prints are for sale. #AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

Agatha Christie - The Queen of Crime 🕵️‍♀️ is now OPEN - Gale Goddard's exhibition is all about the life of the world’s most famous crime writer #AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

Opening next weekend! From 10 May we’re hosting Agatha Christie - The Queen of Crime 🕵️‍♂️ - an exhibition all about the life of the world’s most famous crime writer #AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

Coming Soon! From 10 May we’re hosting Agatha Christie - The Queen of Crime 🕵️‍♂️ - an exhibition all about the life of the world’s most famous crime writer #AgathaChristie #TheQueenOfCrime #Hastings @hastingsbc.bsky.social #FREE

From 2pm to 4pm tomorrow meet some of the SOCO artists behind the amazing artworks in Stories from DEEP TIME on the exhibition's final day. 🎨🖌️ www.hmag.org.uk/event/storie... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

From 2pm to 4pm on 27 April meet some of the SOCO artists behind the amazing artworks in Stories from DEEP TIME on the exhibition's final day. www.hmag.org.uk/event/storie... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Enjoy working with fabrics and being creative with textiles? Then how about trying out Creative Couching at these fab workshops with Stories from DEEP TIME artist Emily Mackey. Book here: www.hmag.org.uk/event/creati... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

📢 We're opening a new permanent gallery! 🌍 Fixing Our Broken Planet combines scientific research, climate advice and practical ideas to find your role in fixing the planet. It’s free to visit from Thursday 3 April – we hope to see you there! 🌱

Have you ever found something interesting and wondered what it might be? Find out about the latest fossil and archaeological discoveries and have your own finds and treasures identified by experts at the Relics Roadshow this Saturday 10am-4pm. @hastingsbc.bsky.social

#OTD today is the 200th anniversary of the reading Gideon Mantell's paper to @royalsociety.org naming Iguanodon on 10 Feb 1825. The name comes from the similarity of the dinosaur's teeth to those of the Iguana. Dinosaurs with similar teeth found in #Hastings were also given this name in later years.

From 2pm to 4pm, 23 Feb meet SOCO artists behind the beautiful and diverse artworks in Stories from DEEP TIME. Over the last year they've worked extremely hard to research & create a series of artworks inspired by the geological collection at the museum and our local geology. @hastingsbc.bsky.social

Meet Siân Evans, a working coppersmith who investigates the ancient metalworking techniques found in archaeological relics from around the world. Siân will be part of our annual Relics Roadshow on 15 February 10-4pm. www.hmag.org.uk/event/relics... @hastingsbc.bsky.social

ITV came to interview curator Phil Hadland and SOCO lead Fiona Denning, about the 'Stories from DEEP TIME' exhibition yesterday. The exhibition is FREE and open until 27 April. @hastingsbc.bsky.social www.itv.com/news/meridia...

Philip Rufford was born #OTD in 1852. For many years, he was the Museum's authority on natural history & images from his book 'The Geology of the East Cliff, Hastings' feature in our new exhibition, 'Stories from DEEP TIME', now OPEN. www.hmag.org.uk/see-and-do/e... @hastingsbc.bsky.social #Hastings

Coming Soon! From 25 Jan we’re hosting Stories from Deep Time, a co-curated exhibition with SOCO artists group. The artist’s works will be displayed alongside fossils & other geological wonders from Museum’s collection. @hastingsbc.bsky.social www.hmag.org.uk/see-and-do/e...

Calling all local community creatives! We're now seeking a partner to work with us on the delivery of a programme of community outreach in Ore as part of our NPO. Deadline 23 Feb 2025. #Hastings www.hmag.org.uk/see-and-do/p... @hastingsbc.bsky.social