Find out about: Brixham Heritage Museum

About Us

Brixham Heritage Museum

The Brixham Heritage Museum and History Society was founded in 1958 for the purpose of recording, saving and displaying the heritage of the historic town and fishing port.

Since 1976, the Museum has been located in what was once the Police Station and Sergeant's House, built 1902.

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Facilities

  • Toilets On-Site

    Toilets On-Site

  • Wheelchair access

    Wheelchair Access

  • Childrens activities

    Family friendly

  • Gift Shop

    Gift Shop

Our Next Event

Napoleonic Boot Camp for children

Napoleonic Boot Camp for children

When: 03 June 2012
Where: Battery Gardens, Brixham

Boys and girls (aged up to 12 years) accompanied by adults are invited to drop in and dress up in Napoleonic (late 18th/early 19th century) style uniforms and costumes and join in marching, musket drill and cooking.

Participation is FREE but donations for the Museum are welcome.

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Our Collections

A large part of the collections are devoted to the fishing and ship building industries of Brixham and include scale model sailing trawlers, shipwright's tools and navigatione equipment. Aspects of the town's social history are depicted in imaginative and nostalgic reconstructions of a Victorian Parlour, Fisherman's Cottage and a Shopping Arcade from 100 years ago.

 

Maritime

Models of a Brixham Trawlers, with a large collection of shipwright's tools, fishing & navigation equipment.

Maritime

Brixham Caverns and Ice Age Animals

On display a collection of ice age animal bones and prehistoric pottery and tools from three Brixham cave sites.

Brixham Caverns and Ice Age Animals

Military artefacts

Collection of excavated military artefacts from the Napoleonic-era forts at Berry Head (Torbay) these include shako plates (pictured) and over 600 regimental buttons.

Military artefacts

WW2 Airman's Mascot "Radar rat"

Collection of WW1 & WW2 uniforms and artifacts, which include "Radar Rat" attired as a corporal in a WAAF (Women's Auxilliary Air Force) WW2 uniform.

WW2 Airman's Mascot

Belgian school in Brixham during WW2

We have over 3000 photographic images which include the fishing fleet, the town and the people of Brixham from the 1880s to modern times.

Belgian school in Brixham during WW2
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Our Latest news

  • Family Friendly Museum Award

    12 February 2012

    Brixham Heritage Museum is one of the 20 national museums to be nominated for the Family F...read more

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