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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: June 20, 2019
Volunteering Open Day
We are holding a Volunteer's Open Day on Saturday 29 June, 10am-3pm here at the museum. If you'd like to find out... Read more >
Posted: May 23, 2019
Discover Okehampton
On Tuesday 4th June starting at 2pm, set out on a guided walk with Paul Rendell and visit the museum as part of a... Read more >
Posted: May 16, 2019
Local councillor supports new exhibition
We were delighted to welcome Cllr Kevin Ball to the museum yesterday to see our new exhibition "Life at the edge... Read more >
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👋👋 Your Museum needs new volunteers to join its friendly team 👋👋
If you can spare a morning or an afternoon a week, have an interest in Dartmoor and our local history, then why not come and join us!
Drop in to the Museum this Saturday during the Okehampton Food & Music Festival to learn more about volunteering with us - everyone welcome!
We’d also love to have some young people on our team - are you 16 years old and looking for a chance to volunteer? Call in on Saturday and find out how to get involved.
Look out for our FB posts over the next couple of weeks introducing our team 😎
The weather’s looking perfect for this year’s Food & Music Festival. Fantastic line-up in the Museum Courtyard - enjoy with breakfast or lunch from the Victorian Tea Rooms.Here's what's going on in the Museum Courtyard and at The Plume of Feathers on the 29th June - what a great festival it's going to be!