Museum News
Dartmouth Museum a Shorty Award finalist in the Museum category
Every year the Shorty Awards trawl for the best users of social media, mostly Twitter. And every year that we've been active on Twitter we've been nominated. The top six in each category go forward to a panel discussiomn. We just received this notification form the...
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Dartmouth Charities Unite for Night of Fun, Fundraising Quiz
Dartmouth Apprentice and Dartmouth Museum are uniting for a fun and unique fundraising quiz night on October 17 2012. The evening has been arranged as a great way to raise funds for both the Apprentice training programme and the Museum. It follows a impromptu...
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“Our latest exhibition is on the Battle of the Somme, from 1st July 1916 until December 1916. A detailed description with maps of the engagements can be seen in the Holdsworth Room.There were many Dartmouth men killed in this battle. For details of all the Dartmouth...
read moreYes You May Take Photos in Dartmouth Museum
As part of our Yes You May policy Dartmouth Museum has changed its policy on non commercial photography and videos in the museum. Effective immediately you may take pictures and may take videos for persoanl use. The dusty fusty era is gone for ever. We do ask that you...
read moreDartmouth Museum Picture Archive Goes Online
It's been no end of a slog. New web projects often are. Since we went live on 29 July 2011 on our very own web site we've been "going to get our picture archive online", and we've just completed phase 1. We have put a representative sample of pictures from our five...
read moreAngela White and Joe Fisher on Dartmouth
Joe Fisher has a brief but very informative chat with Angela White from Dartmouth museum. We learn a little about the history of this beautiful town and also take a glimpse at Dartmouth's streets, views, shopping and some fantastic things to do!...
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Dartmouth Museum Guide Book
Dartmouth Museum has often been described as the overlooked jewel in Dartmouth’s crown. Tucked away in a grade 1 listed building, in one of the finest rows of Merchant’s houses of the 17th Century found anywhere in England. Over the last six years the Museum has been...
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The Henley Trail, our first Walking Tour of Dartmouth
Fully road tested, properly trialled and tested by Dartmouth Academy pupils and hailed as a huge success, Dartmouth Museum's Henley Trail has been launched fully this weekend. There was no song and dance, no Town Crier, just quiet announcements on Twitter and Facebook...
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