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Museums in South Devon

Totnes Elizabethan museum
A family museum housed in a rich Tudor merchant's house dating itself from 1575.

Torquay museum
An extensive display on the life and work of crime writer Agatha Christie is one of the main features of this popular museum.

Newton Abbot museum
A museum which gives a real glimpse of the way one of Devon's most important market and railway towns took its place in history.

Cookworthy museum
A lively museum of rural life, with everything from costumes to carts.

Brixham museum
At Brixham Museum visitors can learn how the people of the country's second-largest fishing port have for years braved the perils of the sea in order to make their living.

Bishopsteignton museum
Local residents inspired the re-founding of this museum of village life.

Teignmouth museum
Pride of place in this fascinating collection belongs to the story of a 16th Century Armada wreck which was the subject of a TV Time Team investigation.

Dawlish museum
The Georgian house which houses this collection is an exhibit in itself.

Dartmouth museum
Dartmouth's rich maritime heritage is explored in this collection.

Ashburton museum
Formerly the home and workshop of a brushmaker, the museum details the rich history of a Stannary town at the gateway to Dartmoor.