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Sidmouth Museum

"Something for everyone of all ages" is the motto of Sidmouth Museum through its interpretation of Natural History and the Jurassic Coast.

This Regency cottage houses permanent & annual exhibitions illustrating the development of the town from fishing village through Regency & Victorian times, including many famous residents and visitors.

240million years of geological development are charted in the Land and Man room together with a modern interactive Jurassic Coast display.

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Facilities

  • Wheelchair access

    Wheelchair Access

  • Gift Shop

    Gift Shop

Wheelchair access to the ground floor. Computer presentation of first floor exhibits, Jurassic Coast interpretation and local history videos are available on the ground floor.

Public toilets within about 200 yards level ground.

Our Next Event

Activity Day for Young Visitors

When: 06 June 2012
Where:

5 - 10 year olds can be entertained with masses of things to make and play with, all based around the seashore and Queen Elizabeth II's reign. 

Hours: 10.30 - 3.30

Free entry  

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Our Collections

The collection illustrates the evolving history of Sidmouth from its humble beginnings as a fishing village, through its Regency Period blossoming into the timeless charm that is Sidmouth today.

 

Collection 1

Sidmouth is fortunate in having its own historian and diarist. Peter Orlando Hutchinson, son of a doctor, came here in 1825. He was then 15 and he lived here until his death in 1897.

Collection 1

Sidmouth Long Picture

The original watercolour was painted in 1814 by Hubert Cornish, an Exeter solicitor, for his brother George who was Lord of the Manor of Salcombe Regis. It remained in the Cornish family unti 1971 when it was acquired by the Sid Vale Association - for permanent display in Sidmouth Museum.

Sidmouth Long Picture

Collection 3

Woolbrook Cottage, now the Royal Glen Hotel was home to the infant Princess Victoria before the untimely death of her father there in January 1820. It is just one example of the Regency architecture whose Cottage Orné and Strawberry Gothic styles are still to be seen in profusion in the town.

Collection 3

Collection 4

This beautiful lace collar was worn by Queen Victoria and is an example of our extensive collection of hand-made lace, widely known as Honiton lace after the nearby town from which the big merchants used to collect their stock.

Collection 4

Collection 5

This fine example of an Iron Age mirror illustrates perfectly the quality of the artefacts exhibited in the museum’s Land and Man room.

Collection 5
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