We’ve re-opened thanks to National Lottery support
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life has received £39,900 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to enable the museum to safely re-open to visitors. Since the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown began we've been closed to the public. The museum is an independent charity and...
Where’s Wally? Spooky Museum Search – find Wally in Tiverton Museum!
This Halloween, Wally, the world’s favourite children’s book character – wearing a red-and-white striped shirt and black-rimmed specs – will be travelling the country, appearing in museums, including Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life. Families will be able to join the...
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...
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....
Tiverton Museum Earns 2019 TripAdviser Certificate of Excellence
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life today announced that it has received a TripAdvisor 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 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...