Eastbourne RNLI Museum tells the story of nearly 200 years of lifeboating in the Sussex resort. The museum is housed in the old Eastbourne lifeboat house, built in 1898 in memory of William Terris, an actor who was murdered on the steps of London's Adelphi Theatre the previous year.
Exhibits cover daring, award-winning rescues, the lifeboat's involvement with the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk during the Second World War, and the development of search and rescue technology throughout Eastbourne's proud history.
The museum shares the William Terris Memorial Boathouse with an RNLI shop.