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Museum, shop and tourist information point is now closed and will re-open on 25 March 2019
Monday to Friday: 10am – 415pm
Saturday: 10am – 1pm
Admission prices: adults £4, children/students £2, family (two adults, two children) £10, under 4s free
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Posted: November 19, 2018
Father Christmas at the Museum
Father Christmas will be visiting the Museum on Thursday 6 December from 530pm as part of Okehampton's Edwardian... Read more >
Posted: October 29, 2018
WWI Centenary Exhibition of art and literacy from 30 October – 3 December.Free admission to the exhibition
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Posted: October 3, 2018
Creatures of the Night
On Friday 26 October 6-8pm come and roam the galleries at night in your finest Halloween fancy dress. Spooky... Read more >
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We always have plenty for our younger visitors to do and this year is no exception; from next week we will have two new trails - by popular demand volunteer Anne has created the 2019 Easter Trail along with crafty Easter things to make.
Several people have asked us this week if we have a lift, as the museum is in an old mill spread over three floors.
The answer is yes! We have a very splendid modern lift kindly funded by Okehampton & District Disabled Fellowship, able to take powered and electric wheelchairs and/or up to 5 people.
(But please note the ground floor has the original granite setts/cobbles as you can just see in the picture below)
Hope to see you soon 😊