Museums around South Devon

Dartmouth and South Devon have many museums that inform, enrich and entertain all the family.

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    70 Fore Street, Totnes, TQ9 5RU
    01803 863821
    Website

    What will you want to see? Our amazing medieval kitchen? Our resident ghost? Our spiral staircase made from a ship's mast? Or is it Totnes' illustrious son, Charles Babbage, who invented the first mechanical computer, whatever your interest in history is the Totnes Museum is a fascinating place to spend of few hours of your time.

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    Bygones Victorian Museum

    Fore Street St Marychurch, Torquay, TQ1 4PR
    01803 326108
    Website

    Bygones runs a seasonal programme of special events with a focus on fun activities for families. Open every day except Christmas Day. 

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    Totnes Fashion Museum

    Bogan House, 43 High Street, Totnes, TQ9 5NP
    01803 862857
    Website

    Totnes Fashions and Textiles Museum houses the Devonshire Collection of Period Costume, which contains clothing for men, women and children from the eighteenth century to the 21st century. A themed exhibition, which is changed annually, is displayed in the most intact Tudor Merchant's House in Totnes.

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    Plymouth City Museum

    Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AJ
    01752 304774
    Website

    Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery is a bright, welcoming, family-friendly place – just on the edge of the city centre, approximately five minutes’ walk from the main Drake Circus shopping mall.

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    Brixham Museum

    The Old Police Station New Road, Brixham, TQ5 8LZ
    01803 856267
    Website

    Winner of the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award 2013 Dedicated to the history and heritage of the town of Brixham in Devon

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    Cookworthy Museum

    108 Fore Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1AW
    01548 853235
    Website

    Discover the history of Kingsbridge and the South Hams with permanent displays and special exhibitions showing how residents have lived, worked and played over many generations.

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    Torquay Museum

    529 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HG
    01803 293975
    Website

    The Museum at the heart of Torbay English Riviera Global Geopark, telling the fascinating story of Torbay's natural and cultural heritage.

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    The Butterwalk Duke Street, Dartmouth, TQ6 9PZ
    01803 832923
    Website

    A small museum housed in an old merchants house dating back to 1640. Dartmouth Museum displays and chronicles the history of the port of Dartmouth.

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    The King's Drive, Torquay, TQ2 5JE
    01803 293593
    Website

    The majestic Torre Abbey was once the home of the medieval White Canons with 800 years of fascinating local history. It has been newly renovated to form part-gallery, part-museum and part-historic house.

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