It costs £9.50 for a yearly pass,[1] discounted to £7 for Brighton and Hove residents and students at local universities.

The building which houses the collection is part of the Royal Pavilion Estate and was originally built for the Prince of Wales, later George IV and completed in 1805.

However, after Queen Victoria's last visit to Brighton in 1845, the Government planned to sell the building and grounds.

[3] In September 1851 it was announced that part of the Pavilion was to be appropriated for annual art exhibitions and two months later the first of these was held.

A major refurbishment of the museum and art gallery costing £10 million occurred in 2002.