Editing Hastings (section)

===Museums and art galleries===
[[File:Former St Nicholas' Church (Fishermen's Church), Old Town, Hastings (IoE Code 294063).JPG|thumb|right|Fishermen's Museum, housed in former St. Nicholas Church. Opened in 1854, it is a grade II listed building.]]
There are three museums in Hastings; the [[Hastings Museum and Art Gallery]], the [[Hastings Fishermen's Museum]] and the Shipwreck Museum. The former two mentioned are open for the whole year while the Shipwreck Museum is open only weekends during the winter, but daily for the rest of the year.

The Hastings Museum and Art gallery concentrates mostly on local history and contains exhibits on [[Grey Owl]] and [[John Logie Baird]]. It also features a [[Durbar Hall]], donated by [[Thomas Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey|Lord Brassey]]; the hall contains displays focusing on the Indian subcontinent and the Brassey Family. The Fishermen's Museum, housed in the former fishermen's church, is dedicated to the fishing industry and maritime history of Hastings. The [[Shipwreck Museum]] displays artifacts from wrecks around the area.

The [[Hastings Contemporary]] (formerly [[Jerwood Gallery]] until 2 July 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hastings Contemporary |url=https://www.hastings.gov.uk/arts-culture/hastings-contemporary/ |publisher=Hastings Borough Council |access-date=3 June 2022}}</ref> located in the Stade area of [[Hastings Old Town]] is the home for the Jerwood Collection of 20th and 21st century art and a changing contemporary exhibition programme.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Gallery |url=http://www.jerwoodgallery.org/about/the-gallery |publisher=[[Jerwood Gallery]] |year=2014 |access-date=28 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102221644/http://www.jerwoodgallery.org/about/the-gallery |archive-date=2 January 2014 }}</ref> The project was opposed by many locals who felt that a new art gallery would have been better located elsewhere in the town.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/12/hastings-jerwood-gallery-plans|title=Jerwood meets a sea of disapproval in Hastings|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Jonathan|last=Jones|date=12 March 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219035331/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/12/hastings-jerwood-gallery-plans|archive-date=19 February 2014}}</ref>

In 2019, following a funding dispute with its sponsor the [[Jerwood Foundation]], the gallery was renamed the Hastings Contemporary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2019/03/27032019-jerwood-gallery-renamed-and-relaunched/#|title=Jerwood Gallery to be Renamed and Relaunched|publisher=Museum Association|first=Simon|last=Stephens|date=27 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=3 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720133954/https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2019/03/27032019-jerwood-gallery-renamed-and-relaunched/ |archive-date=20 July 2022 }}</ref>