Brighton Museum and Art Gallery is a municipality-owned museum and art gallery in Brighton and Hove in southeast England. It is part of the "Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton and Hove". It's free for local residents but charges £5.20 per non-resident. The building housing the collection is part of the Royal Pavilion Estate and was originally built for the Prince of Wales, later George IV, and was completed in 1805. It was initially intended for a tennis court but not yet completed, and later served as a Knights Barracks. After the death of George IV in 1830, his successor, King William IV, also remained in the ward during his visits to Brighton. However, after Queen Victoria's last visit to Brighton in 1845, the government planned to sell the building and land. The Brighton and Brighton Commissioners successfully petitioned the government to sell the pavilion to the city for £53,000 in 1850 under the Brighton Improvement (Purchase of the Royal Pavilion and Gardens) Act 1850.