Exhibition dates: 17 September 2008 – 5 April 2009
Location: Level G, National Maritime Museum
Admission: Free, open daily 10.00–17.00

Please note: This exhibition has now closed.

The exhibition brings together photographs, posters and seaside memorabilia to capture the essence of both working life and early tourism along the British coast.

If you would like to purchase memorabilia for the Beside the Seaside exhibition please visit the NMM shop.

Use our map to explore the photographs, choose gallery to view the photographs by geographical area, or submit your own special seaside photographs using our Beside the Seaside group in Flickr. You can view a slideshow of these images on the your photos page.