Brighton Fishing Museum, Maritime museum in Brighton, England
The Brighton Fishing Museum occupies two restored Victorian seafront arches and displays fishing nets, traditional boats, period tools, and photographs from generations of local fishers. The space conveys how daily life unfolded for these maritime workers and their connection to the surrounding neighborhood.
Brighton began as a fishing village before becoming a fashionable seaside resort in the 1700s and 1800s. The museum opened in 1992 to preserve the stories of the fishing families whose work had defined the settlement long before tourism transformed the town.
The exhibits tell the story of fishing families who made their living from the sea, showing how their work shaped the neighborhood's identity. You can see the tools they used and hear their voices describing a way of life that once defined this coastal area.
The museum sits in the Fishing Quarter just west of Brighton Pier and is easy to reach on foot from the main beach. The spaces inside are small Victorian arches, so allow extra time to read the displays and move comfortably through the rooms.
The museum maintains a collection of restored Sussex beach boats, a local boat design that is rarely seen anywhere else today. These wooden craft represent traditional boatbuilding knowledge that has nearly disappeared from the region.
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