Museum of Dartmoor Life

The Museum of Dartmoor Life in Okehampton, North Dartmoor is a great starting point, after the tourist info points, to begin your exploration of Dartmoor. On offer here is a choice range of exhibitions exploring the working lives of Dartmoor residents - you can get a real sense of the hardships through the many photographs and ephemera. Check out the little art gallery as well with paintings and photography by local artists.

 

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This superb Dartmoor social history museum has just been completely refurbished, and has a small shop, interactive child friendly galleries, tours by Dartmoor people who have lived and worked in the area, an education room for taks and workshops and various teadching resources linked to the National Curriculum. The particular edge of this Dartmoor People museum is the collection of oral, visual and photographic history of Dartmoor farmers, Dartmoor tin miners, cidar making and more. Dartmoor farming has seen many changes over the years. Once a tight knit extended family concern, this approach has all but died out with contemporary farming pressures. Take a look at the video running at this Dartmoor Museum for more information on this. The farmer and his wife who made the home video in the 1970s are often in the museum and happy to talk further on changes in local farming which they see as not for the better!


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Opening times are from 10.15am to 4.30pm

Mondays to Saturdays - Easter to end of October.

Closed for lunch.

For Sundays, Winter, and Group opening, please ring 01837 52295

 

  • Access: lift between the 3 floors for visitors with a disability
  • Limited blue-badge parking
  • Braille book about the museum and its exhibits
  • WC for wheelchair users
  • There's a Museum Shop on-site and nice Tea Rooms.

 

Museum of Dartmoor Life
3 West Street
Okehampton
Devon
EX20 1HQ
Tel: 01837 52295

 

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