Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery features collections covering local history, fine art, and world cultures. Families can explore these exhibitions, participate in educational workshops, and engage with the museum's learning programmes. NOTE: please check website for entry details as some events requires a paid booking!
Reviews highlight engaging exhibitions and interactive displays that would interest visitors, though they don't specifically mention children or family appeal.
- Cost
- Free
- Best for
- Preschool · 5–11 · Teens
- Setting
- Indoor
- Rainy day
- Great
What's here
Opening hours
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday: 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM
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Find it
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Please double-check before you go. We do our best to keep details accurate, but opening times, prices, facilities and offers can change. Please confirm directly with the venue before setting off, especially if you’re travelling specially or it’s essential for your visit.
Places to eat nearby
A handful of nearby spots for a bite — a helpful add-on to your day out.
- Restaurant · Italian0.2 mi£££
Italian restaurant offering traditional pasta, pizza and meat dishes.
- Restaurant · Turkish0.3 mi££
Nazar is a Turkish restaurant in Hastings offering dine-in and takeaway options. Led by a chef with 20 years of fine dining experience, they serve meals alongside an extensive drinks and cocktails menu.
- Café0.3 mi£Closed
Stooge Coffee is an independent speciality coffee shop in Hastings serving single origin espresso, filter arabica beans, and loose-leaf tea. It also hosts a Friday and Saturday night Japanese ramen pop-up.
- Restaurant · Italian0.3 mi££
Italian restaurant offering traditional pasta, risotto and meat dishes.
- Café · Coffee shop0.3 mi£Closed
Coffee shop chain offering hot and cold drinks with light snacks.
- Café0.3 mi£Closed
This Hastings sandwich bar serves freshly made sandwiches, healthy salads, sausage rolls, veggie rolls, quiche, and locally baked pastries, alongside vegetarian and vegan options, coffee, smoothies, milkshakes, and alcoholic drinks. It is a lively daytime spot featuring a music playlist and a licensed bar.
- Restaurant · Italian & Mediterranean0.3 mi£££
A Italian & Mediterranean restaurant located in Hastings offering a taste of Spanish cuisine.
- Pub · Pub food0.4 mi£
A J D Wetherspoon pub located on Havelock Road in Hastings, named after the television pioneer John Logie Baird who conducted early experiments in the town. The pub serves food and drinks with facilities including Wi-Fi, TV screens, a licensed outdoor area, and baby changing facilities.
- Café0.4 mi£Closed
Casual café in Hastings offering light refreshments and simple fare.
- Café · Coffee shop0.4 mi£Closed
Popular coffee chain serving espresso drinks, cakes and light snacks.
- Restaurant · Italian, Pizza0.4 mi££
Fortes Pizzeria is an Italian restaurant specialising in pizza, located in St Leonards-on-Sea. The venue offers both dining and takeaway options.
- Café · Coffee shop0.4 mi£Closed
Casual coffee shop in Hastings offering hot beverages and light refreshments.
- Restaurant · Mediterranean, Turkish0.4 mi£££
Grand Pera Mediterranean Kitchen & Lounge offers authentic Turkish and Mediterranean cuisine with a modern twist, drawing on a culinary legacy established in 1963. The restaurant specialises in dishes such as kebabs and mezes, prepared with fresh local ingredients.
- Café0.4 mi£Closed
Traditional bakery café in Hastings serving freshly baked goods and light refreshments.
- Café · Coffee shop0.4 mi£Closed
Costa coffee shop serving hot and cold beverages and light snacks.
- Café · Coffee shop0.4 mi£Closed
Casual café serving coffee and light bakes in a relaxed setting.
- Café · Coffee shop, Lunch, Breakfast0.4 mi££
Seaside café serving coffee, breakfast and lunch in Hastings.
- Pub0.5 miOpen now
Pissarro's is a brasserie in Hastings serving internationally-influenced dishes alongside a selection of beers and wines. The venue features regular live music nights and a weekend breakfast menu.
- Restaurant · Pizza0.5 mi££Open now
Located in the Priory Meadow shopping centre, this Italian restaurant serves iconic Dough Balls and thin and crispy Romana pizzas. It provides baby facilities for families.
- Restaurant · British, Farm-to-table, Seafood0.5 mi£Closed
A eurocentric wine bar and restaurant in St Leonard’s On Sea. Pouring natural wines (and making our own wines) alongside great dishes championing local produce and creative flavours.