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Museums long ago ceased to be stuffy
rooms full of glass cases containing bits of old pottery
and fossilised bones.
Today even most conventional museums
including displays which change but over recent years
there has been a growth in industrial and "living"
museums.
Here you can learn about local heritage, get a
feel for how people lived and worked, the hardships they
endured...
Galleries listed include not just civic
galleries displaying publicly owned artworks, but also
privately owned galleries with items for sale.
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Not all the
museums and galleries in the Dartmoor / South & South West Devon area are listed.
Please provide details of any we have missed here.
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HOUSE OF MARBLES
The Old Pottery, Pottery Road, Bovey Tracey,
Devon, TQ13 9DS
Tel: 01626 835285 Fax:
01626 835315
E-mail:
uk@houseofmarbles.com
Web:
www.houseofmarbles.com
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Handmade
glassware, vases, goblets, ornaments and
probably the largest selection of marbles
in the world.
Set in the
heart of the old pottery buildings, our
restaurant prides itself in serving
freshly prepared food from local farms
and suppliers.
Open from 9am
- 5pm Monday to Saturday, and 10am - 5pm
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For further information about this attraction and
restaurant in Bovey Tracey, Devon see our website.
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Overbeck's Museum & Garden
Sharpitor, Salcombe, Devon, TQ8 8LW
Tel: 01548 842893 Fax:
01548 845020
E-mail:
overbecks@nationaltrust.org.uk
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Overbeck's -
Photo:
Brian
CCL |
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Elegant Edwardian house with diverse collections
and luxuriant garden.
The scientist Otto Overbeck lived here from 1928
to 1937 and the Museum has the domestic
atmosphere of a private house.
Among the items on show are late 19th-century
photographs of the area, model ships, local
shipbuilding tools and other nautical artefacts,
toys, shells, stuffed animals and some of
Overbeck’s inventions, including the
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The beautiful Mediterranean-style garden, with
spectacular views over the Salcombe estuary,
enjoys a warm microclimate and so is home to
many rare plants, trees and shrubs. |
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Overbeck's Garden -
Photo:
David Smith
CCL |
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The Devon Guild of
Craftsmen
Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ13 9AF
Tel: 01626 832223 Fax:
01626 834220
E-mail:
devonguild@crafts.org.uk
Web:
www.crafts.org.uk
Open: 7 days a week
10am - 5.30pm (and through to 8pm every Friday
and Saturday until 10 September 2006). Free
Admission to all facilities
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The largest contemporary crafts centre in the
South West exhibiting work by around 240
makers, many of national and international
standing, in the converted grade II listed
Riverside Mill at Bovey Tracey.
The diversity of crafts range from the
traditional to the contemporary, and includes
metalwork, jewellery, furniture, sculpture,
ceramics, prints, glass, textiles and digital
photography. |
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Following a £1 million
refurbishment the venue now boasts the spacious
new Jubilee Gallery, extended Craft Shop and The
Terrace café with rooftop seating, reinforcing
its reputation as the main focus for
contemporary crafts in the South West and an
excellent place for a relaxing couple of hours,
whatever the weather. A record 114,000 visitors
came in 2005
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Barometer World
Quicksilver Barn, Merton, Okehampton, Devon,
EX20 3DS
Tel: 01805 603443 Fax: 01805
603344
E-mail:
barometers@barometerworld.co.uk
Web:
www.barometerworld.co.uk
Barometer World logs the progress and
development of domestic barometers from circa
1680 up to the present day.
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Morwellham Quay
Near Tavistock, Devon, PL19 8JL
Enquiries: 01822 832766 Information:
01822 833808 Fax: 01822 833808
E-mail:
info@morwellham-quay.co.uk
Web:
www.morwellham-quay.co.uk
An award-winning, museum and visitor centre
based around the historic port and mine workings
on the River Tamar.
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Museum of Dartmoor Life
West Street, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1HQ
Tel: 01837 52295 Fax:
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Web:
www.museumofdartmoorlife.eclipse.co.uk
Rural life on Dartmoor 100 years ago. Could you
cope?
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Plymouth City Museum & Art
Gallery
Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AJ
Tel: 01752 304 774 Fax: 01752
304 775
E-mail:
enquiry@plymouthmuseum.gov.uk
Web:
www.plymouthmuseum.gov.uk
A wide variety of collections covering the fine
and decorative arts, natural history and human
history.
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