Dedicated to the industrial heritage of the South East, charting the history of local industry and crafts in this part of Sussex. We have a diverse collection of exhibits, to include a narrow-gauge railway and bus service (both provide free nostalgic travel around the site), Connected Earth Telecommunications Hall, Milne Electricity Hall, Printing Workshop and much more. The Museum is also home to traditional craftspeople, such as the blacksmith and potter.
Various crafts and skills are demonstrated for the education of our visitors. For example, the Museum Printing Workshop houses historic printing equipment and has demonstrations provided by knowledgeable volunteers, enabling visitors to see machines operated realistically, with items made on presses including Linotype and Heidelberg cylinder presses, small scale Adana and rarities such as the Columbian ‘Eagle’ flat-bed press (c.1856) which in some aspects is not far removed from the first wooden presses by Gutenburg and Caxton.
