Littlehampton Museum

30/08/2026

Did you know that today is National Beach Day? Let that wash over you before you dive into the rest of the terrible puns coming your way… It’s a day that shell-ebrates our beaches and seeks to protect them, inviting you to spend the day at the beach, having a whale of a time and to help clean up! This ensures our shores get the love they deserve current-ly and long (shore drift) into the future. To celebrate, we’re sharing some of our favourite photos of Littlehampton’s beach from our collections, and we hope you have a lovely day out.

1. A sepia postcard from the 1910s, showing a gathering of people at the promenade and sands
2. People on the beach for Littlehampton Regatta
3. There’s no chance of this happening this year, but this photograph shows the sea frozen over in 1963, with heavy snow replacing a sandy beach!
4. Crowds gather on the beach to watch a ship in distress off the Littlehampton coast, dated 6th August 1912.
5. Seeing as though Wednesday was also National Dog Day, how about a postcard of a dapper dog, surrounded by scenes from the harbour, pier, West Beach and Littlehampton Sands.

24/08/2026

24/08/2026

Heeee Haw!
It’s an Animal themed day on Littlehampton High Street on Wednesday 26 August between 11am and 3pm with lots of FREE animal themed entertainments and activities. The Museum team will be there trying not to make an ass of themselves with a DONKEY themed stall. Some along and meet some of the donkeys from the Museum collections, including this one on a Donald McGill postcard, and have a go at pinning the tail on the donkey! We look forward to seeing you there! 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏

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21/08/2026

One of our volunteers has uncovered this wonderful photo during the cataloguing of our oversized photograph collection! It shows Maurice Robinson, with members of his family and friends enjoying a trip on the River Arun on board the family’s private launch, The Pride of the Arun. The Robinson family lived in Littlehampton in River Road at Ferry House, and between them owned and captained many ships. In the background you can see the ship yard on the west bank. We love the expressions on the children’s faces 😊😊😊

18/08/2026

Kon'nichiwa, this Wednesday, 19 August, we’re going to be on Littlehampton High Street for street/anime day! Our stall will be promoting our newest project, Transforming Littlehampton Museum, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project seeks to improve our collections now and for the future. We’re grateful to National Lottery players for making this project possible, and we want you to get involved too!
Currently, we are working through some objects from our collections that have no relevance to the history of the Town or the Museum’s wider collecting area. We are aiming to remove these items from the collections, offering them first to other museums where they would be better suited, and then to other local community organisations / schools / colleges etc.
It’s important that this process remains transparent and accountable, so we’d like your feedback on this process. We’ll have a workshop for you to take part in, telling you what we’re looking to disperse and why, and then giving you the opportunity to have your say about where items could go. Sayōnara, we look forward to seeing you on the High Street!

13/08/2026

This is your reminder that Littlehampton Museum will have a stall at the Yapton & Ford Local History Group Exhibition, talking about our newest project: Transforming Littlehampton Museum. We will be sharing what we're up to and we'll have some workshops for you to take part in too! We look forward to seeing you this Saturday, 15th August, between 12-5pm 😊

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10/08/2026

On Wednesday 12 August, the Museum team will be at the Dragon Day on Littlehampton High Street, a free event running from 11am to 3pm. Join us at our stall to find out more about the local Knucker dragon story and claim your free dragon activity pack (while stocks last!). There are lots of other free dragon related activities along the High Street too.. See you there…. It's gonna be ROARsome!

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08/08/2026

The Dehumidifiers!!
Keeping our collection safe is a constant battle with all manner of pests and problems. The Museum is situated in the Manor House, a 19th century listed building, and like so many old buildings it is prone to damp. To ensure the moisture doesn’t reach levels where damage could occur to our collection we have a small army of dehumidifiers running constantly. Twice a week our Collections Officer has the glamourous task of emptying these and ensuring they are functioning properly.

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05/08/2026

Some said it says seagullible on the ceiling? Our mascot today, Softy the Seagull, has come to life over our Victorians display! We’ve got plenty of costumes ready for you to try on, or some Victorian items for your to handle. Come see for yourself, we’re on the High Street until 3pm, and for more Victorians make sure to visit our free exhibition in the museum! 🥳🦅