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Totnes Elizabethan House Museum

Totnes Museum is contained within an authentic Elizabethan Merchant's House, built around 1575 for the Kelland family. The house retains many features dating back to the Elizabethan period and has been painstakingly restored.

Collections, dating from 5000BC, relate to the social, cultural, economic history of Totnes, include a room dedicated to the life and work of Charles Babbage

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Facilities

  • Toilets On-Site

    Toilets On-Site

  • Wheelchair access

    Wheelchair Access

  • Gift Shop

    Gift Shop

We regret that there is only wheelchair access to the ground floor in the museum.

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Our Collections

Thirteen rooms over three floors house diverse collections including archaological, Victorian toy and Jacobean furniture displays. Plus a Tudor kitchen , Tudor herb garden and local archive.

 

Saxon Coins

In Saxon times Totnes was a minting Burgh, a fortified town which produced its own coinage. The Museum houses a collection of coins minted in Totnes during the Saxon period, which are currently on display in the Bennett Room.

Saxon Coins

Charles Babbage

The museum houses an exhibition detailing the work that Charles Babbage conducted, as well as describing the advancement in the field of modern computers and technology.

Charles Babbage

Lee Ring

This is one of two rings presented to the daughters of Totnes merchant Richard Lee - around 1640 - to thank him for funding the building of the 'Exchange' - a place where fellow traders could do business. It features - in exquisite detail - images of the townspeople of that time.

Lee Ring

Forehall

The Elizabethan Forehall. This gallery is dedicated to demonstrating how Elizabethans and later citizens would have lived, as well as containing some beautiful examples of Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture.

Forehall

The Tudor Kitchen

This gallery compares food and cookery throughout the Elizabethan and Victorian periods, and the displays include some good examples of cookery equipment and the food enjoyed by Tudors.

The Tudor Kitchen
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Our Latest news

  • MUSEUM REOPENS

    18 March 2013

    TOTNES ELIZABETHAN MUSEUM reopens on Monday 18th March at 10.30am, Come and try a slice of...read more

  • NEW QUIZ

    03 September 2012

    Next time you are in Totnes Elizabethan House Museum make you visit more interesting by tr...read more

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Admission & Prices

Opening Times

Mon - Fri: 10.30 - 5.00 (Last entry at 4.30pm) Sat: Groups by prior booking Sun: Closed

The Museum will re-open on Monday, March 18th and then be open on week-days until Friday, November 1st.
Entry is free to members of the Museum Society and to residents in the TQ9 5** area -- otherwise

Adults £2.50
Concessions (OAP, Students, UB40) £1.50
Children £1

There is available a joint ticket giving access also to the town's ancient Guidhall --

Adult £2.50
Concessions £2.00
Children 75p

Totnes Elizabethan House Museum

Totnes Elizabethan House Museum
70, Fore Street
Totnes, Devon. TQ9 5RU
TOTNES, DEVON TQ9 5RU