The museum sits within a medieval building, and houses more than 2,500 exhibits reflecting the rich history of the area, its archaeology, maritime shipbuilding past, the two World Wars and the Shoreham Beach nature reserve.
There are also exhibits from Shoreham airport which opened in 1910 as the first licensed airfield in the country, as well as information about the 19th-century Palmerston fort preserved on Shoreham beach.