Mid Devon at War - Illustrated Talk
2024-11-22 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
We use our museum archives to explore the impact of both World Wars on the communities of Mid Devon.
3 – 4pm
Talks takes place at the museum. Light refreshments served.
Tickets: £8 (£6.50 museum members)
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Christmas at the Museum
2024-12-03 10:00 - 2024-12-21 16:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Find our Christmas stockings hidden around the museum, decorated for the season, and visit the festive Tivvy bumper steam engine.
Part of normal admission.
Book online for Christmas at the Musuem or just turn up on the day.

Tiverton Tots 2025 - Jobs
2025-01-24 10:30 - 12:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Tiverton Tots is a great way to introduce your little ones to our wonderful, family–friendly museum!
Enjoy a mix of stories, music, crafts and free play as you explore the museum, with a different theme each time. Suitable for ages 1-4.
Friday 24th January, 10.30am – 12pm – Jobs
What would you like to be when you grow up? Enjoy our dressing up and role play – will you be a firefighter, a doctor, a vet, or run the post office?
Enjoy our (craft station/messy play), listen to a story, make some music or just enjoy exploring and playing with our toys and books – there’s lots to keep your little ones amused!
1 adult free with each child.
We’ll have a break for a snack, so please bring something along to keep little tummies going!
£4 per child (£3.50 for members). Booking essential.
Book for January’s Tots now.

Railway Day
2025-01-25 10:00 - 16:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Join us for a day of family activities to celebrate the railways and 90 years of the Tivvy Bumper Steam Engine.
Fun family activities telling the story of the railway in Mid Devon.

Evacuee Story
Butter Making
Seaside Photo Booth
Railway Objects
Craft, Toys, Dressing up and more!

PLUS Culm Valley Model Railway Club will be bringing along one of their layouts.
Adults: £8.50, Child: £3.00
Members: £4.25, Child of Member: £2.00
Book ahead for our Railway Day online, or just turn up on the day.
Look out for more Bumper anniversary events coming throughout 2025!

Spinning a Yarn - Illustrated Talk
2025-01-29 15:00 - 16:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
We explore our archives to give an introduction to Mid Devon’s wool trade. Join us to discover why during the 1600s and early 1700s, Tiverton was the most important inland town in Devon.
3 – 4pm
Talks takes place at the museum. Light refreshments served.
Tickets: £8 (£6.50 museum members)
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Photographic Tiverton Exhibition
2025-02-01 10:00 - 2025-02-25 16:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
An exhibition featuring all 40 old photographs featured in our 2024 Photographic Tiverton Trail. The trail took place over the summer last year with old photographs on display in shop and business windows throughout Tiverton, showing how the buildings or parts of the town they were located in used to look in the past.
This exhibition, which runs until the end of February, is a chance for those that missed the trail, to see all of the photos in one place.
Entry into the exhibition is free. Donations are always welcomed.

Bumper Half Term 2025
2025-02-15 10:00 - 2025-02-22 16:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Help us to celebrate the Tivvy Bumper’s 90th birthday with fun family activities around the museum.
Plus: dressing up, train toys and more!
All included with normal admission.
Craft sessions
Tuesday 18th & Wednesday 19th February
10 – 12 Drop in.
£3 per child with paying adult (£2.50 per child with museum member).
Book ahead for Bumper Half Term online, or just turn up on the day.

Engine-eers
2025-02-21 10:30 - 12:00 | Devon
Join us during February Half Term on Friday 21st February for an exclusive museum experience as we celebrate the Tivvy Bumper’s 90th birthday! Go behind the scenes to view our iconic steam engine from trackside and find out more about the engine through photographs, video and an object handling session.
Design and make a birthday badge to take away with you.
10.30am – 12pm.
Booking essential*
£5 per child.
Recommended for age 7+
Must be accompanied by an adult (normal museum admission applies).
*Early bird priority booking for members runs from 31/01/25 to 07/02/25.
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Schools of Tiverton - Illustrated Talk
2025-02-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Devon
This illustrated talk looks at the history of learning in Tiverton and the various schools that have existed over time.
For people who couldn’t make the guided walks on School Days, and people interested in learning more about the history of schooling in the town.
3 – 4pm
Talks takes place at the museum. Light refreshments served.
Tickets: £8 (£6.50 museum members)
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Making Tracks - Exhibition
2025-03-12 10:00 - 2025-05-31 16:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
As part of our celebrations marking the Tivvy Bumper’s (GWR loco 1442) 90th birthday, this exhibition showcases some of the railway collection that is normally not on display.
Items on display relate to the Exe Valley Line, the Culm Valley Line, and the branch line connecting Tiverton Station to Tiverton Junction which was on the line between Bristol and Exeter.
Included in normal admission.
Look out for more railway related events throughout the year!

Victorian Mid Devon - Illustrated Talk
2025-03-12 15:00 - 16:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Discover more about Mid Devon’s towns and countryside in the Victorian era, from childhood, work and home life, to community events. All illustrated from the museum’s extensive archives with photographs and documents.
Wednesday 12th March, 3-4pm
Talk Tickets: £8 (Museum Members £6.50)
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Tiverton Tots 2025 - Nursery Rhymes
2025-03-21 10:30 - 12:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Tiverton Tots is a great way to introduce your little ones to our wonderful, family–friendly museum!
Enjoy a mix of stories, music, crafts and free play as you explore the museum, with a different theme each time. Suitable for ages 1-4.
Friday 21st March, 10.30am – 12pm – Nursery Rhymes
Share your favourite nursery rhymes as you explore the museum. Build a wall for Humpty Dumpty and look out for the mice climbing the clocks.
Get crafty at our craft station, listen to a story, make some music or just enjoy exploring and playing with our toys and books – there’s lots to keep your little ones amused!
1 adult free with each child.
We’ll have a break for a snack, so please bring something along to keep little tummies going!
£4 per child (£3.50 for members). Booking essential.
Book for March’s Tots now.

Tiverton, Travel & Trade - Creative Writing Workshop
2025-03-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Join Tiverton Museum’s Writer-in-Residence Emma Phillips to explore ‘Tiverton, Travel and Trade’ through a workshop suitable for writers at all levels. There will be opportunities to view and handle objects from the museum’s collection and writing exercises to generate ideas.
Emma Phillips is a local teacher, poet and short fiction writer. Her work has been placed in competitions such as the Bath Flash Award, Frome Festival Short Story Competition, Graham Burchell Award, Best Microfiction 2022 and has appeared in various publications, including Mslexia, Popshot, Gone Lawn and Free Flash Fiction Magazine. Her flash collection Not Visiting the SS Great Britain is available from Alien Buddha Press. She runs the Culm Valley Writing Group, which meets at the Hayridge Library in Cullompton on the 2nd Monday of every month.
£8.50 per person (£9.35 with Gift Aid)
Limited places – booking essential.
Book online for our Creative Writing Workshop now.

Behind the Scenes at the Museum
2025-04-02 13:00 - 14:30 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Join our Director, Pippa Griffith, as she takes you on an exclusive tour of the museum’s stores and shares some of her favourite objects.
Learn about how we care for our collection, see our paper and photograph archive and see the Tivvy Bumper steam engine from track level.
Tour starts at 1pm at the museum. Refreshments served afterwards.
Tickets: £12 adults, £10.50 museum members
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Spring Celebration
2025-04-05 10:00 - 2025-04-19 16:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Fun family activities this Easter holiday.
The sheep have escaped! Can you help us find them all?
PLUS: toys, colouring, dressing up and more!
Normal admission applies. Accompanied kids go FREE!
Book ahead online to save time, or just turn up on the day.
Look out for Craft Sessions on Tuesday 8th and Tuesday 15th April.
£3 per child with a paying adult (£2.50 with a museum member), drop in, no need to book.

Spring Celebration Craft Session
2025-04-08 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-15 10:00 - 16:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Join in with these fun family craft sessions as part of our Spring Celebration this Easter holiday.

£3 per child with a paying adult (£2.50 with a museum member), drop in, no need to book.

Wool & Weaving Workshop
2025-04-10 10:30 - 12:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Join us for a hands on wool and weaving experience. Try your hand at carding and spinning wool, then have a go weaving.
10.30am – 12pm
£5 per child.
Booking Essential (limited numbers).
Priority Booking for Museum Members: 17th – 25th March. General Booking opens 26th March.
Book Online for Wool & Weaving.
Recommended for age 7+

Churches & Chapels - Guided Walk
2025-04-11 13:30 - 15:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
A guided walk around Tiverton exploring the history of Tiverton’s many chapels and churches, past and present.
Friday 11th April, 1.30pm – 3pm
Walk Tickets: £10 (Museum Members £8.50)
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Tiverton Tots 2025 - Animals
2025-04-25 10:30 - 12:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Tiverton Tots is a great way to introduce your little ones to our wonderful, family–friendly museum!
Enjoy a mix of stories, music, crafts and free play as you explore the museum, with a different theme each time. Suitable for ages 1-4.
Friday 25th April, 10.30am – 12pm – Animals
What animals will you find hiding at the museum?
Enjoy messy play, listen to a story, make some music, or just have fun exploring and playing with our animal toys and books – there’s lots to keep your little ones amused!
1 adult free with each child.
We’ll have a break for a snack, so please bring something along to keep little tummies going!
£4 per child (£3.50 for members). Booking essential.
Book for April’s Tots now.

Churches & Chapels - Guided Walk
2025-04-26 13:30 - 15:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
A guided walk around Tiverton exploring the history of Tiverton’s many chapels and churches, past and present.
Saturday 26th April, 1.30pm – 3pm
Walk Tickets: £10 (Museum Members £8.50)
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Tiverton's Bridges - Illustrated Talk
2025-04-30 15:00 - 16:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
An illustrated talk exploring the history of Tiverton through the bridges over the rivers Exe and Lowman.
Wednesday 30th April, 3-4pm
Talk Tickets: £8 (museum members £6.50)
Book online for Tiverton’s Bridges now

Tiverton Tots 2025 - Shopping
2025-05-16 10:30 - 12:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Tiverton Tots is a great way to introduce your little ones to our wonderful, family–friendly museum!
Enjoy a mix of stories, music, crafts and free play as you explore the museum, with a different theme each time. Suitable for ages 1-4.
Friday 16th May, 10.30am – 12pm – Shopping
Grab your list and your shopping bag and let’s go shopping! What will you buy?
Get crafty at our craft station, listen to a story, make some music or just have fun exploring and playing with our shopping toys and books – there’s lots to keep your little ones amused!
1 adult free with each child.
We’ll have a break for a snack, so please bring something along to keep little tummies going!
£4 per child (£3.50 for members). Booking essential.
Book for May’s Tots now.

Riots & Rebellions - Guided Walk
2025-05-16 13:30 - 15:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Discover more about Tiverton’s periods of unrest, including the Civil War, Monmouth Rebellion, riots caused by workers in the wool trade as well as bread and election riots.
Friday 16th May, 1.30pm – 3pm
Walk Tickets: £10 (museum members £8.50)
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Memory Bank
2025-05-16 14:00 - 15:30 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Join us at the museum on Friday 16th May from 2pm for the first of our Memory Bank sessions – an afternoon of reminiscing and sharing stories and memories from the past. These relaxed, friendly sessions are suitable for people with mild to moderate, or no dementia. We’ll provide photographs and objects from the museum collections – we’d love to hear your stories over a cuppa!
Carers welcome. £3 per person (£2.50 for museum members)
Please book your place by calling 01884 256295 or emailing education@tivertonmuseum.org.uk and pay on arrival.
Future sessions will take place on the third Friday of the month from 2 – 3.30pm, with a different theme each time.

1442 and What Might Have Been... - Illustrated Talk
2025-05-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Join local railway expert Amyas Crump, as he celebrates the Tivvy Bumper’s birthday and explores ideas for local railways that never came to fruition.
This event is part of our celebrations of the Tivvy Bumper’s 90th anniversary, which also coincides with the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway.
You can find out about other Railway 200 events on the Railway 200 website.
Thursday 22nd May, 7-8pm
Talk Tickets: £8 (museum members £6.50)
Book online for our railway talk now

Storytellers
2025-05-24 10:00 - 2025-05-31 16:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
We’ve hidden some of our favourite books around the museum – can you find them all?
PLUS toys & games, craft sessions, dressing up and more!
Normal admission applies. Accompanied kids go FREE!
Book ahead online to save time, or just turn up on the day.
Look out for Craft Sessions on Tuesday 27th & Wednesday 28th May.
£3 per child with a paying adult (£2.50 with a museum member), drop in, no need to book.

Riots & Rebellions - Guided Walk
2025-05-24 13:30 - 15:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Discover more about Tiverton’s periods of unrest, including the Civil War, Monmouth Rebellion, riots caused by workers in the wool trade as well as bread and election riots.
Saturday 24th May, 1.30pm – 3pm
Walk Tickets: £10 (museum members £8.50)
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Storytellers Craft Session
2025-05-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Join us for these fun family craft sessions as part of our May Half Term activities.
£3 per child with a paying adult (£2.50 with a museum member), drop in, no need to book.

Storytellers Craft Session
2025-05-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life, Beck's Square, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6PJ, United Kingdom
Join us for these fun family craft sessions as part of our May Half Term activities.
3 per child with a paying adult (£2.50 with a museum member), drop in, no need to book.
