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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Wembworthy Posy Ring
In 2025, we put out an appeal to help us purchase a 17th-century gold and enamel posy ring, found by a detectorist near Wembworthy and offered for sale under the Treasure Act 1996. Posy rings were popular between the 15th and 17th centuries as tokens of love and...
Lars and the Museum Director
A Professional Assessment - A Field Report from the Office, by Lars (6-month-old Dachshund, Junior Staff Member) Regular readers will recall that I closed my last report with a note that Pippa, the Director, was due to return from leave. I said I was not concerned. I...
What’s in a Name… Brewin Road
Ambrose BREWIN was one of the lace makers who left Loughborough with John HEATHCOAT in 1817 following the Luddite attack on the mill in the town. There are several indications that the two families knew each other very well, even before Ambrose married John’s...
Wembworthy Posy Ring
In 2025, we put out an appeal to help us purchase a 17th-century gold and enamel posy ring, found by a detectorist near Wembworthy and offered for sale under the Treasure Act 1996. Posy rings were popular between the 15th and 17th centuries as tokens of love and...
Lars and the Museum Director
A Professional Assessment - A Field Report from the Office, by Lars (6-month-old Dachshund, Junior Staff Member) Regular readers will recall that I closed my last report with a note that Pippa, the Director, was due to return from leave. I said I was not concerned. I...