Find out about: Fairlynch Museum
About Us
Fairlynch occupies an imposing position on a bank overlooking the junction of Fore Street and Marine Parade. It is one of the very few thatched museums in the UK.
The building is a typical example of a 'marine cottage orné' and is Grade II listed.
Built by a local shipowner Matthew Yeates around 1811, the house recently celebrated its bicentenary.
The museum started with the collection of period costumes gathered by Budleigh residents the Misses Gawne, together with the many geological specimens amassed by local archaeologist George Carter.
It opened on 27 July 1967, with Priscilla Hull his daughter as its first Chairman.
Facilities
Our Next Event
Fairlynch 2012 exhibitions
When: 06 April 2012 to 30 September 2012
Where: Fairlynch Museum, Budleigh Salterton
Fairlynch Museum re-opens on Friday 6 April at 2.00 pm with a variety of displays, including sporting and royal themes in keeping with the London Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, and a commemorative feature on the writer R.F. Delderfield.
'Survival!', the exhibition devoted to the Antarctic explorer Murray Levick, carries on for its second year.
The Museum will be open on Easter Saturday, and thereafter every afternoon from 2.00-4.30 pm except Saturdays, until 30 September 2012.
For details of the displays click on the following:
http://www.devonmuseums.net/Antarctic-artefacts-on-display-at-Fairlynch-and-Bonhams/Latest-News/
http://www.devonmuseums.net/Costumes-and-curios-in-Museum-Jubilee-display/Latest-News/1/
http://www.devonmuseums.net/Garments-for-the-Games/Latest-News/1/
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Our Collections
The Museum holds approximately 4,000 items of men's, women's and children's clothing including rare pieces dating as far back as the early 1700s.
On show is Honiton lace and other types of lace from this country and the Continent.
The Geological collections feature the remarkable nodules, or small mineral clusters found in the cliffs.
The Archaeology section includes artefacts from the Bronze Age as well as items from Roman sites.
In the local history room you will find numerous albums containing information on all aspects of life in Budleigh Salterton through the ages.
Our Latest news
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Opening Times Sun-Fri: 14.00 -16.30 (closed Saturdays)
The museum re-opens on Friday 6 April until 30 September 2012, and from 28-31 October 2012.
Admission charges for the museum itself are £2.00, with concessions at £1.50. Serving Armed Forces personnel, students with ID and children are free.
Groups welcome, special rates only if booked in advance.
The Carter Reference Library (in the museum) is open by appointment. -
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Joining the Friends of Fairlynch
Latest Friends newsletter & Museum links
Fairlynch General Meetings: Minutes 19 July, 18 October 2011 -
Fairlynch Museum
27 Fore Street
Budleigh Salterton
EX9 6NP
T: 01395 442666
E: admin@fairlynchmuseum.co.uk
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Public car parks nearby, limited parking at museum for disabled visitors by prior arrangement. Level access from Fore Street Hill. Wheelchair access to ground floor only.
Fairlynch is an educational charity run by volunteers and mainly dependent on voluntary contributions and the fund-raising efforts of The Friends of Fairlynch. To join the Friends, please click on Our Downloads section on this site.
Fairlynch Museum's press officer Michael Downes runs a blog at http://budleighbrewsterunited.blogspot.com/ which he describes as "a sort of museum in cyberspace full of odds and ends about life in Budleigh Salterton."
It celebrates among other things the connection between our corner of East Devon - birthplace of both Sir Walter Raleigh and Roger Conant, founder of Salem, Massachusetts - and the United States of America.
It was inspired by the friendship link established in 2001 with the Cape Cod community of Brewster.
