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Torquay Museum

Our aim is to safeguard, collect and preserve those objects relating to Torbay’s cultural and historic heritage and to present them.
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Our aim is to safeguard, collect and preserve those objects relating to Torbay’s cultural and historic heritage and to present them.

Travel back through 400 million years of time at Torquay Museum – a hands-on family-friendly visitor attraction, with lots to see and do for children and adults alike.

A wide variety of exhibitions are hosted throughout the year by the Museum, from child-friendly summer blockbusters to fascinating exhibitions about South Devon’s amazing archaeology, geology and people.

Detect your way through Britain’s only Agatha Christie gallery at Torquay Museum, which is dedicated to the life story of the Queen of Crime. Re-developed and improved in 2013, the new gallery now enables visitors to step inside Poirot’s study and lounge, including furniture, books, pictures and even fireplaces from his beautiful London Art Deco apartment.

Come face-to-face with North-West Europe’s oldest human fossil and the sabre-toothed tigers he shared his Torquay home with 44,000 years ago, and explore life and death in Ancient Egypt, including the coffin of a 2,500 year old mummified boy. Find out about Torquay’s explorer’s, including the inspiration for Indiana Jones and what life was like in an Devon Farmhouse in the 1800s.

Travel back through 400 million years of time at Torquay Museum – a hands-on family-friendly visitor attraction, with lots to see and do for children and adults alike.A wide variety of exhibitions are hosted throughout the year by the Museum, from child-friendly summer blockbusters to fascinating exhibitions about South Devon’s amazing archaeology, geology and people.Detect your way through Britain’s only Agatha Christie gallery at Torquay Museum, which is dedicated to the...

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Event - The Michelangelo Trail: A Delve into LGBTQ+ Histories

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  • All of Devon
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Explore hidden LGBTQ+ histories from Torquay Museum’s Collections by following The Michelangelo Trail around the galleries. The trail can be ... Read more
  • 3-01-2023 - 31-12-2024
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  • 248 days remaining
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Event - D-Day 80 Exhibition

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D-Day 80 Exhibition brings to life the dramatic events leading up to D-Day, the part played by the people of South Devon in this historic ... Read more
  • 19-03-2024 - 21-09-2024
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