Planting Ideas
Introducing historic objects and contemporary art inspired by science and botany.
Parallel Lives: Eight Women Artists
Looking at the careers and experiences of eight women artists, all born within twenty years of each other and whose lives spanned the 20th century.
Pirates! Fact and Fiction
Ahoy me hearties! Join us for a swashbuckling exhibition this summer to learn about pirates from across the globe..
St Barbe Open 2023
St Barbe is proud to provide this showcase for the wonderful creations of our local artistic community.
Scene through Wood
A Century of Wood Engraving – celebrating one of the most astonishingly skillful and richly creative forms of visual art.
Denizens of Discworld 30 years of Paul Kidby’s Illustrations
A rouges’ gallery of characters from Sir Terry Prachett’s Discworld – some on display for the first time.
Wycinanki – Polish Paper Cuts
This exhibition, touring from the Horniman Museum brings together 24 examples of the Polish folk art, Wycinanki.
Small Wonders
Small Wonders celebrates plants, animals and habitats which are sometimes overlooked but nevertheless remarkable in their own way
Dinosaurs on your Doorstep
This exhibition of original fossils, impressive casts, models and photo-realistic graphics looks at important dinosaur material found along the South Coast from West Sussex to Lyme Regis.
Contemporary Cuts: Images of land and sea by leading British printmakers
British artists have excelled at printmaking, using wood engraving, linocut, lithography and etching to create inspiring and innovative artworks.
St Barbe Open 2022
The exhibition has an amazing selection of high quality art from paintings to prints, drawings to sculptures, ceramics and textile works.
High Street
This exhibition will explore the past, present and future of the High Street through objects, photographs, drawings, maps and interviews.
HM Coastguard
Discover the history of Her Majesty’s Coastguard service, which was established in 1822