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Museums & Galleries in Sidmouth
From local history to serious collections, here\'s what\'s worth your time around Sidmouth — think Sidmouth Toy and Model Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art and Sidmouth Museum — with distances and visitor reviews to choose by.
Museums & Galleries
0.1 mi from Sidmouth
Sidmouth Toy and Model Museum
Sidmouth Toy and Model Museum sits in a beautifully converted chapel on Chapel Street, right in the heart of Sidmouth's shopping area, and is a good choice if you're staying nearby...
0.1 mi from Sidmouth
Sidmouth Museum
Sidmouth Museum sits in the heart of Sidmouth, East Devon, housed in a historic building with two floors of beautifully curated displays telling the story of Sidmouth and the Sid V...
3.3 mi from Sidmouth
Countryside Museum
Countryside Museum sits within Bicton Park Botanical Gardens in Bicton, East Devon, and traces how village life, farming, horticulture and rural crafts changed during the early 20t...
4.9 mi from Sidmouth
Fairlynch Musuem
Fairlynch Museum is a volunteer-run museum housed in a thatched cottage in Budleigh Salterton, covering local history, archaeology, geology, costumes, lace and toys, plus a dedicat...
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7.7 mi from Sidmouth
Axe Valley Heritage Museum
Axe Valley Heritage Museum sits in the Town Hall on Fore Street in Seaton, East Devon, and focuses on the lower Axe Valley, including Beer, Axmouth, Branscombe, Colyton and Colyfor...
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7.8 mi from Sidmouth
Whimple Heritage Centre
Whimple Heritage Centre is Devon's only cider museum, telling the story of the famous Whiteway's Cyder factory that once stood at the heart of this East Devon village. Run by enthu...
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8.5 mi from Sidmouth
Exmouth Museum
Exmouth Museum & Heritage Centre is a volunteer-run museum telling the story of Exmouth, from its days as a fishing village to becoming the largest town in Devon. Inside you'll fin...
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8.7 mi from Sidmouth
Allhallows Museum
Allhallows Museum occupies the oldest building in Honiton, a former chapel with origins before 1327. Inside you'll find the largest collection of Honiton lace in the world, tracing...
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9.7 mi from Sidmouth
Topsham Museum
Topsham Museum occupies a group of late 17th century buildings overlooking the Exe Estuary, with furnished period rooms in the original Merchant's House and exhibits in the Sail Lo...
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12.7 mi from Sidmouth
Axminster Museum
Axminster Museum, part of Axminster Heritage, brings to life "the story of Axminster" from "origins in the Bronze and Stone Ages" through to its world-famous carpet-making history,...
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12.9 mi from Sidmouth
Exeter's Underground Passages
Exeter's Underground Passages take you through medieval vaulted tunnels originally built to carry clean drinking water into the walled city, with tales of wars, sieges and plague a...
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13.1 mi from Sidmouth
Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Museum and art gallery in Exeter, Devon, England, UK
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13.4 mi from Sidmouth
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is a free public museum and academic research facility holding one of Britain's largest collections on cinema and moving image history, built around...
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13.8 mi from Sidmouth
Town Mill
Town Mill is a restored watermill in the artisan quarter of Lyme Regis, brought back to life by local volunteers after a ten-year restoration. You can explore all three floors for...
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13.8 mi from Sidmouth
Dinosaurland Fossil Museum
Dinosaurland Fossil Museum is an independent museum in Lyme Regis run by palaeontologist Steve Davies, home to more than 30,000 specimens. You'll find a striking fossil collection...
13.9 mi from Sidmouth
Lyme Regis Museum
Lyme Regis Museum stands on the site of Mary Anning's former home and fossil shop, telling the story of her remarkable fossil discoveries along the Jurassic Coast. Inside you'll fi...
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15.4 mi from Sidmouth
Upottery Airfield Nissen Hut Heritage Centre
This is a small heritage centre near Upottery airfield, run by the South West Airfields Heritage Trust, telling the story of local airfields used during the Second World War. You c...
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