Holiday Activities & Food Programme (HAF)
Our part in the Holiday Activities & Food Programme inspired by Marcus Rashford MBE, open to children aged 8-11 receiving benefits-related free school meals.
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The story of Bexhill’s pre-war Nazi girls’ school
How Bexhill came to host a finishing school for daughters of the Nazi elite, and inspired Eddie Izzard’s new film, Six Minutes to Midnight.
The Izzard family story behind the Winter Wartime Model Railway
Eddie Izzard tells Sky News how the story of his father’s return home as a wartime evacuee inspired the creation of the Bexhill Winter Wartime Model Railway.
How Bexhill marked VE Day 1945 – buns, bonfires & thrupn’y bits
As the war in Europe ended, Bexhill & Sidley’s parents & community groups ran children’s street parties, and a town honoured the sacrifices of its citizens.
Bexhill Museum temporarily closed to the general public
In line with government recommendations, and along with other heritage venues, Bexhill Museum was closed to the general public on Thursday 19 March 2020.
Megan Traice MBE: Tireless community champion
In a lifetime’s good work, Megan founded women’s refuge, helped establish Pebsham Primary School and secured Bexhill Museum’s future in its darkest hour.
Peter Fairhurst: An imaginative and inspirational friend
With the death of former museum CEO, technologist and much loved teacher Peter Fairhurst, Bexhill bid farewell to a man with an original, creative and inventive mind.
A new project for the visually impaired
Bexhill Museum has launched a new community project for 2020.
Funded by Arts Council England, Insight to Culture is inviting visually impaired members of the community to join workshops at the museum to explore the galleries and collection.
Bring Coastal Currents Back to Bexhill in 2020
Last year’s Coastal Currents Arts Festival really left its mark on Bexhill – literally! – with a fantastic mural in Wickham Road. Exhibitions, open studios, and much more kept creativity popping up all along the coast between Hastings, Rye, St Leonards, Bexhill and Eastbourne.
