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Museums & Galleries in Salcombe
From local history to serious collections, here\'s what\'s worth your time around Salcombe — think Salcombe Maritime Museum, Overbeck's House and Cookworthy Museum — with distances and visitor reviews to choose by.
Museums & Galleries
0.1 mi from Salcombe
Salcombe Maritime Museum
Salcombe Maritime Museum is a small, friendly museum tucked in the basement of the Old Council Hall in Market Street, telling the story of Salcombe's links with ships and the sea f...
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3.4 mi from Salcombe
Cookworthy Museum
Housed in the old Kingsbridge Grammar School, this local museum tells the story of Kingsbridge and the South Hams through permanent displays and special exhibitions. You can browse...
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11.5 mi from Salcombe
Dartmouth Museum
Dartmouth Museum occupies part of the historic Butterwalk, a terrace of merchants' houses built around 1640, and offers a small but wide-ranging collection covering the town's mari...
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11.7 mi from Salcombe
Britannia Museum
Britannia Museum sits within Britannia Royal Naval College, telling the story of officer training at Dartmouth since 1863. Exhibits include a fine collection of French prisoner of...
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13.8 mi from Salcombe
Totnes Museum
Totnes Museum is a local museum in the town of Totnes, south Devon, in southwest England. — Wikipedia
16.8 mi from Salcombe
The Valliant Soldier Museum & Heritage Centre
The Valiant Soldier Museum & Heritage Centre is a small heritage attraction in Buckfastleigh, Devon, open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10am to 3.30pm. Inside you'll find a Visitor Ce...
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17.1 mi from Salcombe
Pengelly Trust Museum
The William Pengelly Cave Studies Trust runs a small museum and study centre at Higher Kiln Quarry, Buckfastleigh, within Dartmoor National Park. Founded in 1962, the volunteer-run...
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17.6 mi from Salcombe
Plym Valley Railway
Plym Valley Railway is a heritage railway centre at Marsh Mills in Plymouth, Devon, where volunteers preserve and restore steam and diesel locomotives, carriages, wagons and other...
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18.4 mi from Salcombe
Mayflower Museum
The Mayflower Museum sits in Plymouth, Cornwall, with the exhibition beginning with Wampanoag history and culture thanks to an on-going partnership with members of the Native Ameri...
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18.8 mi from Salcombe
The Box
The Box is Plymouth's museum, art gallery and archive, combining permanent galleries with changing exhibitions. You can explore collections on the Port of Plymouth and the sea, see...
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18.8 mi from Salcombe
Dinosaur World
Dinosaur World is an indoor exhibition in Torquay harbour where you can walk among life-size dinosaurs such as a Triceratops and Dimetrodon, explore scaled scenes, dig for fossils...
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19 mi from Salcombe
Torquay Museum
Torquay Museum tells the story of 400 million years of Torbay's heritage through hands-on, family-friendly exhibitions, including a popular Agatha Christie display with original co...
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19.2 mi from Salcombe
St. Lawrence Chapel
St Lawrence Chapel is a historic 14th-century former chapel in Ashburton, now run as a community venue and heritage centre by the Guild of St Lawrence. You can attend a varied prog...
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