Launch of the atmospheric Pullman Wall Mural painting

Brighton Street Party – hosted by the Brighton Toy and Model Museum and the 5BEL Trust 7 – 9 pm in Trafalgar Street under the bridge at Brighton Station Thursday 23rd September.
Come and witness the celebrity unveiling of the Pullman Wall Mural and the Glamour of Brighton exhibition within the entrance / shop area of the Brighton Toy and Model Museum.
There will be LIVE special sound effects for all forms of transport and more besides.
The Brighton Toy and Model Museum and the 5BEL Trust are celebrating the eagerly anticipated return of a much loved Brighton icon – the world’s only all electric Pullman train – the elegant Art Deco style Brighton Belle. The 5BEL Trust’s £1 million restoration by professional railway engineers is to ensure the train’s return, in Olympic year 2012, to the mainline on the 80th anniversary of its construction.
The dramatic near life size Mural depicts the train drawn up at a platform in Brighton Station. The windows of the Pullman come alive with contemporary figures from the train’s heyday.
Within the Museum the new Glamour of Brighton exhibition depicts Brighton’s history through to the present, featuring a series of spectacular exhibits from the Museum collections and its various sponsors. This is designed to enhance the visitor experience in the Visit Brighton Official Visitor Information Point in the entrance area of the Museum.
The base of the exhibition display has a 3D relief of the Victorian cast iron Brighton Seafront Railings and those organisations, whose generosity with money and “in kind” help has facilitated these “public benefit projects”, are being acknowledged with placards hanging from the handrail.
Major renovations over the past year at the internationally renowned Museum include new showcases, spectacular new exhibits and new world class “green” energy efficient museum display lighting. A donation secures ticket holders a brief tour and Street Party participants will doubtless wish to re visit the Museum to soak up the atmosphere and excitement of all these developments and witness one of the world’s finest collections of model trains and period antique toys.
The Museum’s Napoleonic Dioramas, previously in the shop area, have been lent to the Belgian Committee for the Commemoration of the Battle of Waterloo to compliment their new Museum currently under development in Belgium.
The Street Party is supported by St Martin Vintners and Pommery Champagne. Hospitality will be provided for ticket holders on St Martin Vintners forecourt in Trafalgar Street.