Tiverton Museum planning re-opening
The museum and tourist information service remain temporarily closed to the public in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we are working very hard to raise the funds needed to enable us to safely re-open to visitors. We hope to re-open later this summer, and...
Tiverton Museum Temporary Closure Emergency Appeal
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life is temporarily closed to the public in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have cancelled all programmed events until further notice. We are an independent charity dependent upon the income from admission, events and other...
We’re recruiting for two Casual Birthday Party Leaders to join our fun and lively team
UPDATE: The schedule for recruitment to this post has been postponed while the museum is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to reschedule it soon. We're recruiting for two Casual Birthday Party Leaders to join our fun and lively team. About the...
CCTV upgrade at Tiverton Museum
Tiverton Museum is celebrating as the museum’s CCTV system has been upgraded thanks to grants from Devon County Council’s Invest in Devon fund, Cllr Colthorpe’s Locality Budget and the Norman Family Charitable Trust. The museum has worked closely with local firm, Five...
Tiverton Museum Thanks Two Super Volunteers
Staff and volunteers at Tiverton Museum held a special tea party recently to thank two long standing volunteers who are retiring from their roles. Eileen Voce has volunteered at the museum for over fifty years, and Bert Demellweek volunteered for over seventeen years....
Treasure at Tiverton Museum
Tiverton Museum has recently acquired two silver finger rings which were found separately in Burlescombe by people metal detecting. Both of these rings came to the museum after being classed as treasure through the Treasure Act. One ring is a fragment of a medieval...
Tiverton Museum Earns 2019 TripAdviser Certificate of Excellence
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life today announced that it has received a TripAdviser Certificate of Excellence. Now in its ninth year, the achievement celebrates businesses that are consistently excellent – having earned great traveller reviews on TripAdvisor over the...
Tiverton Museum acquires rare PoW photographs
Tiverton Museum has recently acquired copies of some very rare photographs of Tiverton’s World War Two Prisoner of War Camp taken in 1947. They were acquired from the family of Fritz Wieser, who was originally from near Essen in Germany. Following the war, Fritz moved...
Museum unveils new look
Tiverton Museum has a new look with a new logo with a ‘T’ made up of different objects on display in the museum. Pippa Griffith, Museum Director, says ‘We love our new logo and branding which was devised by a South West graphic designer, Matt Hollands. We have...
Museum Without Walls project
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life is delighted to have installed two small displays around Mid Devon. There is a pop up display featuring old photographs of Cullompton currently in the Hayridge Centre and which will be there over the summer holidays. There is also a...
Tourist Information Service recognised again!
Following their success at the Visit Devon Tourism Awards back in November, where they picked up the Bronze award for Visitor Information Service of the Year for the second year running, staff at Tiverton’s Tourist Information Service were delighted to be put forward...
Celebrations for Tourist Information Service
Staff from Tiverton’s Tourist Information Service joined leading businesses from across Devon on 22 November as 80 Dartington Crystal trophies were presented in the 2018 Devon Tourism Awards at a prestigious awards dinner in the Palazzo at Highbullen Hotel, Golf and...