Explore the museum’s collections and trace fascinating local history through the every day home life of Mid Devon folk.
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Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life is a treasure trove of fascinating objects and quirky artefacts that weave incredible stories about the people who lived here.
The galleries show everything from lace making to laundry, bicycles to brewing and carts to costume.
Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life was started by a few energetic individuals concerned that many of the objects and much of the information about Tiverton and the surrounding areas would be lost if nothing was done to collect them in the rapidly changing post-war world.
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Twitching the Curtains
We can’t tell if the lace in the curtains sold in Carey’s shop was made in Tiverton. Certainly, the invention of the Bobbinet machine by John Heathcoat in the early 1800s must have contributed to the expansion of the lace curtain industry. It was only when wide,...
Thank you to our Funders!
We are incredibly grateful for the funding provided through Mid Devon District Council’s Prosperity Fund, which has allowed us to make significant improvements to the visitor experience at Tiverton Museum in recent months. Thanks to this support, we have been able to...
Posy Ring – A poem by Emma Phillips
Posy Ring inscribed 'I Live in Hope', Wool Trade Gallery - A poem by Emma Phillips, read by Beccy Lloyd. https://youtube.com/shorts/D69BFeA6Gls?si=N2KxsPvv0TNSolVH She loved me not; not then, when I offered her my boyish charms in cuckoo–spit and daisies, not...
Twitching the Curtains
We can’t tell if the lace in the curtains sold in Carey’s shop was made in Tiverton. Certainly, the invention of the Bobbinet machine by John Heathcoat in the early 1800s must have contributed to the expansion of the lace curtain industry. It was only when wide,...
Thank you to our Funders!
We are incredibly grateful for the funding provided through Mid Devon District Council’s Prosperity Fund, which has allowed us to make significant improvements to the visitor experience at Tiverton Museum in recent months. Thanks to this support, we have been able to...