Mr & Mrs Gill are happy to give a 'Performance' where the characters take you back in time on a fascinating trip on the first train to Newton Abbot in 1846. This 'performance' can be used during school visits to stimulate enquiry about Newton Abbot's past.
There is a working signal box in the GWR Room which enables the children (& all visitors) to try out, and understand the basics of signalling.

Learning through the Museum Archives

Each year a new exhibition is created, and each year members of the public, who have a connection with the exhibitions donate photographs or archive material that follow the theme of the exhibition.  In this way the museum archives are continually growing.

These archives are available to everyone.  They are displayed in the museum in files.  Some archives become relevant to schools, some with family history researchers.

The exhibitions that created these links were

The Polish Exhibition, many local familys in the area, have Polish connections, through the Polish home at Stover.
Photographs and tales of their survival during the WWII were brought in and shared with everyone.  After the exhibtion the museum was given a collection of Polish costumes.

In 2007 the exhibition was on Newton Abbot's connections with Newfoundland.  Again many members of the public gave information and photographs to the museum.  Newfoundland folk singers visited a local school
 arranged by the Wren Trust.

This year we are hoping
that many people will want to share their experiences
of Bibbings the Chemist with us.