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Museum of Dartmoor Life

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The Museum of Dartmoor Life exists to show how people have lived, worked and played on and around Dartmoor through the centuries. It shows how the moorland shaped their lives just as their work shaped the moorland. This is a museum which concentrates on local history, and is run and supported by local people.

The Museum began its life in 1982 when - with a growing collection of local objects to be housed and displayed - a group of volunteers raised funds to purchase the present site and its empty derelict buildings. They then put in much time and effort to refurbish the buildings for their new role.

Having opened to the public, over the years further enhancements and additions to the displays, galleries and facilities have taken place to win awards and provide the present services and representations of Dartmoor's history.

THE MUSEUM OF DARTMOOR LIFE

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Further Information: The newly refurbished galleries offer great opportunities for learning. Walk inside a Bronze Age hut, mint a medieval coin, walk into a Victorian privy, watch a video of farm life in the 1960s, smell the blacksmith's forge - and of course see the Museum's working waterwheel.
Further Information: The Museum can offer visits from 1 to 3 hours. Why not combine it with a visit to the town, Okehampton Castle or Finch Foundry? ¨ Spaces in the galleries for small group work ¨ Tours of the Museum focussing on skills and stories ¨ Education room with space for talks (30 children) and workshop activities (15) ¨ Handling collections for guided group work ¨ Find out how and why a museum works in one of our Research and conservation workshops ¨ Teaching pack with our own scheme of work including activities for use in the classroom and the Museum.