Totnes Museum
Totnes Museum is housed in a Grade I listed authentic Elizabethan Merchant's House, built around 1575 and located on Fore Street in the heart of Totnes. It is open from March to October The Museum has a Collection of over 10,000 artifacts which together tell the story of Totnes and the surrounding area.
The Museum has twelve galleries, a courtyard and a herb garden. Highlights include a collection of coins minted in Totnes during Saxon times, the Lee ring dating from 1652 and a room dedicated to the life and work of Charles Babbage, inventor of the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine. The museum is open on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10.30am until 4.00pm.
Admission & prices
OPENING TIMES
Tuesday and Fridays. 10.30 - 4.00 (last admission: 3.30) from March to October with some special event openings.
ADMISSION CHARGES
The Museum is free to enter but we depend on visitor donations
Coach parties and school bookings are welcome by prior arrangement - please email us in advance of your visit.
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Museum news
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TOTNES MUSEUM SOCIETY TALKS 2015 2016
Thursday October 8th 2015 AGM followed by ROMAN DEVON Speaker THOMAS CADBURY, Curator of Antiquities at RAMM Thursday November 12th 2015 MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE OF THE SOUTH WEST Speaker ALEX WOODCOCK, sculptor and conserv......
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Change of name
Note that the STUDY CENTRE is now known as TOTNES ARCHIVES......
Information
We regret that there is only wheelchair access to the ground floor in the museum. There are no wheelchair accessible toilets.
TOTNES ARCHIVES
OPENING HOURS
Open from February 2024 on Fridays
10.30 ~ 2.00
TARIFF for Research & Services
Totnes Archives Use: £1.25 per hr
Research by post on your behalf: £7.50 per hr
One year's use of the Archives
(for Friends of Totnes Museum): £8.00
CONTACT
totnes.archives@outlook.com
01803 863821
PARANORMAL
The museum can be booked overnight by paranormal groups. Normally these events are open to the public for a fee.
Totnes Elizabethan House Museum
70, Fore Street
TOTNES
TQ9 5RU
T: 01803 863821
E: info@totnesmuseum.org
Totnes Elizabethan House Museum
70, Fore Street
TOTNES, DEVON TQ9 5RU