Terrific Tuesdays: Handling Session (CANCELLED)
Discover some of our Anglo Saxon replica objects and find out about past inhabitants of Tiverton. Children must be accompanied. 11.00 - 12.30 and 1.30 - 3.00 Normal admission applies
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Monthly Print Club at Tiverton Museum (TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED)
This month we print on fabric with pattern making demonstration. Linocut and relief press available. Monthly print club for artists and anyone who wants to get creative. We're a very supportive group and try out a range of printmaking techniques. Get in touch with lizziemee@hotmail.com or go to the website lizzieprint.wordpress.com Sessions run 10:00-1:00 or […]
Monthly Print Club at Tiverton Museum (TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED)
This month we print on fabric with pattern making demonstration. Linocut and relief press available. Monthly print club for artists and anyone who wants to get creative. We're a very supportive group and try out a range of printmaking techniques. Get in touch with lizziemee@hotmail.com or go to the website lizzieprint.wordpress.com Sessions run 10:00-1:00 or […]
Mid Devon Folk Art exhibition (POSTPONED)
This exhibition features items of folk art from the museum’s collections. It includes a diverse range of objects, and invites our visitors to look at our collection in a new light. Thursday 11th June to September Entry as part of normal admission ticket
An Emotive Landscape exhibition (POSTPONED)
Tracy Neil Elliss-Brookes is a visual artist based in Mid-Devon who produces semi-abstract work. This exhibition of drawings is primarily inspired by nature and through abstraction investigates the artist’s personal reflection on the world around him. Tuesday 5th to Saturday 23rd May Free admission
FREE
Street Scenes of Tiverton exhibition
A temporary exhibition showing photographs of street scenes of Tiverton's shopping streets. The images are all drawn from the museum's collection and date from the late 1800s to the 1970s. Entry as part of normal admission.
Telling our Stories, Finding our Roots Talk (POSTPONED)
Postponed until further notice. A talk about the hidden histories of Tiverton including new research and archival records of people who've come from far and wide to live and work in Tiverton. Some stories will be about those who've just passed through but have a tale to tell, whilst other findingd help us describe Tiverton […]
£6
Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots exhibition
Explore the history of black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups in Tiverton, from the Eighteenth Century to workers arriving after World War Two from all over Europe and beyond. The Telling Our Stories exhibition opens on Thursday 1st October and runs until Saturday 31st October. Due to the generosity of the National Lottery Heritage […]
Finds Day at Tiverton Museum
Found something interesting in your garden during lockdown? Been busy field walking or have detecting finds you’d like to record? Come along on Saturday 3rd October to show your discoveries to the Devon Finds Liaison Officer. She can advise you on what you’ve found, and will take in finds of interest for recording on the […]
Where’s Wally? Spooky Museum Search
Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life Beck's Square, TivertonJoin the search for Wally with your family at Tiverton Museum this October half term. We're part of the national Where's Wally? Spooky Museum Search organised by Kids in Museums and Walker Books to celebrate the release of the new Where's Wally? book, Spooky Spotlight Search. Can you find Wally in our collections? Pick up […]
Listening to History
Virtual eventJoin Telling Our Stories, Finding Our Roots on Zoom to hear more about the project's research discoveries. Tiverton's history is deep and broad, taking in stories of refugees, ex slaves, entrepreneurs, farmworkers, entertainers and soldiers. The project team will share a collection of stories from different periods, using the Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life […]
Museum Bingo
Tiverton Museum Of Mid Devon Life Beck's Square, TivertonThis May half term join us for Museum Bingo! Free bingo trails throughout Half Term. We challenge you to use our special Bingo cards and find things around the museum. We're open all week in Half Term! Monday - Saturday, 11:00 - 4:00 Normal museum admission applies. We're giving priority to pre-booked tickets, but give […]