Explore the museum’s collections and trace fascinating local history through the every day home life of Mid Devon folk.
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Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life is a treasure trove of fascinating objects and quirky artefacts that weave incredible stories about the people who lived here.
The galleries show everything from lace making to laundry, bicycles to brewing and carts to costume.
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life was started by a few energetic individuals concerned that many of the objects and much of the information about Tiverton and the surrounding areas would be lost if nothing was done to collect them in the rapidly changing post-war world.
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Tiverton Museum reduce energy use as part of resilience project
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life has taken an important step in reducing its electricity consumption. The museum worked closely with J.V.Lee Electrical to install motion sensors on most of the lighting in the museum’s galleries, and to complete the transition to LED...
‘Shop Early’
By the beginning of December adverts were beginning to appear enticing the reader to ‘shop early’ for Christmas. The Tiverton Tobacco House, in Gold Street, was amongst them. The dangers of smoking were far from people’s minds in the 1920s. ...
Christmas Cards
Unlike today, the earliest references to Christmas in the Gazette of 1923 didn’t appear until well in to November. One of the first to appear was a description of the annual ‘package of Christmas and New Year cards, stationery, post cards, calendars and books...
Tiverton Museum reduce energy use as part of resilience project
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life has taken an important step in reducing its electricity consumption. The museum worked closely with J.V.Lee Electrical to install motion sensors on most of the lighting in the museum’s galleries, and to complete the transition to LED...
‘Shop Early’
By the beginning of December adverts were beginning to appear enticing the reader to ‘shop early’ for Christmas. The Tiverton Tobacco House, in Gold Street, was amongst them. The dangers of smoking were far from people’s minds in the 1920s. ...