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People's Park was established to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887 as the first of Tiverton’s three public parks. The core of the park was an area of land called Govett’s Field, with an adjoining piece of land added. The purchase of the land was...

Towards the end of September, the Gazette published the prizes and awards gained at Tiverton Technical, Science and Art School for 1920-1921. The prizes were awarded in ‘sections’ which included Art, Craft-work, Trade, Manual, Science, Domestic as well as Commercial...

On September 3rd 1921 the Gazette reported that ‘much interest was aroused in Tiverton....by the appearance of a Ner-a-Car, a new form of motorcycle incorporating many car principles’. The following week, an accident was noted between a Ner-a-Car and a lorry. ‘The...

From August 23rd, you are invited to take a journey around the museum which ends in the cab of the Tivvy Bumper. A hundred years ago, this advert on the front page of the Tiverton Gazette, encouraged local residents to take holidays by train to London, Reading or...

Raising money for the buildings in which the Museum stands is nothing new. The National Schools, one for Boys and one for Girls were opened in 1841. As early as 1843 there are newspaper reports for fundraising events. In 1845 the Schools are described as being in an...

Please help us to preserve our historic building! We have a fundraising target of £15,500 to cover urgent work to our roof. As we prepared to re-open to the public following the national lockdown, we were dismayed at the discovery that all of the coping stones on one...

After a successful local fundraising campaign, the community group Allies Mid Devon have commissioned Orchard Stonemasons to repair and rejuvenate the Ornamental Drinking Fountain in People's Park, Tiverton. Whilst talking to people about the Park, many memories were...

Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life has received a grant of £32,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen. More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country...

Help us make your museum even better!! We may not be able to welcome you into the museum at the moment but there is still plenty going on behind the scenes! We're busy making plans for the future and reviewing what we offer you, our visitors. We're currently carrying...

Tiverton Museum is calling on supporters to nominate the charity to win a £1,000 festive financial boost as part of Ecclesiastical Insurance’s annual 12 days of giving Christmas campaign. The specialist insurer will be giving 120 different charities an early Christmas...

Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life has been awarded £64,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced...

A new exhibition exploring and celebrating the multicultural heritage of Tiverton will open at the Museum of Mid Devon Life on Thursday 1st October 2020. The exhibition marks the culmination of an 18 month project run by Devon Development Education and supported by...