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Explore our unique underground air raid shelter with our friendly volunteer guides (tickets required). Browse the new Take Shelter museum displays and chat to our veterans about their wartime experiences
- The Shelter
The Shelter. In the summer of 1939, as the threat of war...
- Schools
At the end of their visit pupils will receive a worksheet...
- Events
Come and meet Alan, Ann or David in the Take Shelter Museum...
- Support Us
A formal open was held in April 2023 with the Lord...
- Plan Your Visit
Buses 26, 46 and 50 run up and down Ditchling Road. Through...
- Contact Us
Take Shelter Downs Junior School, Rugby Road, Brighton, East...
- About Us
Take Shelter Downs Junior School, Rugby Road, Brighton, East...
- Access
We are a 30 minute walk from Brighton station. By bus. Buses...
- The Shelter
The Shelter. In the summer of 1939, as the threat of war grew closer, air raid shelters were built in schools up and down the country. Today the only school shelter open to the public is underneath a playground at Downs Junior School in Brighton.
We are a 30 minute walk from Brighton station. By bus. Buses 26, 46 and 50 run up and down Ditchling Road. Through the kind support of Brighton & Hove Buses, listen out to the announcements on the No. 26 and they will let you know when you reach Take Shelter.
Take Shelter is an immersive museum that we’ve installed inside an original World War Two air raid shelter at Downs Junior School. Visitors experience what life was like during the war years with first hand stories brought to life with rare local photographs, archive video clips and a bombing simulation.
Take Shelter. The Air Raid Shelter at Downs Junior School has been converted into a museum, and holds educational tours.
Take Shelter, Brighton. 693 likes · 11 talking about this · 3 were here. Rare underground museum of the fully restored WW2 Air raid shelter, situated underneath Downs Junior
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Take Shelter is an is an immersive museum that allows visitors to go into the shelter and experience what life was like for children in Brighton during the war years. Visitors can view rare local photographs and archive video clips and a bombing simulation.