Saturday 13 March – Sunday 9 May

 Image: The Wizard of Oz by Lionel T Dean, Future Factories, Lincolnshire, UK. Photocredits: Michael Trainor

Bursting with colour and sunshine, don’t miss Bathing Beauties. This exhibition is an innovative and engaging look at the architecture of beach hut design. It evolved from the Bathing Beauties  a Hub touring exhibition which inspired 240 architects, artists and designers from 15 countries to compete for commissions to build their 21st century designs on the Lincolnshire coast. The best 100 models will be on show here in Scarborough.

You can feast your eyes on the ever popular vintage Railway posters and swimwear from our collections. 

North Bay Beach Huts by Graham Shackleton

The exhibition is complemented by photographs of Scarborough’s very own beach huts by Graham Shackleton who shared a day on the beach with their equally colourful residents. 

Come on in, the water’s lovely!

Bathing Beauties Events

The Story behind the Huts

Friday 26 March, 12.30 – 1.30pm

Michael Trainor, Curator of Bathing BeautiesTM, reflects on the international project ‘to reimagine the British beach hut for the 21st century’. Booking is essential. Tel: 01723 384511 or email: learning@smtrust.uk.com

Arty Party

Thur 8 April, 11am – 4pm

As part of the Bathing BeautiesTM exhibition we have constructed a row of small beach for children to decorate throughout the day.

Arty Party

Thursay 15 April, 11am – 1pm and 2 – 4pm

Emma Renhard and Wayne Martin, costume and fashion lecturers, will be setting up a temporary design studio. They will be showing participants how to make simple beach wear from paper!