Torrington Museum

Torrington Museum A volunteer-run, independent museum telling the stories of the people, community and town of Great Torrington, Devon, UK. Not in Connecticut :-)

Registered charity #1166793

Bigger than we look and better than you thought. Torrington Museum is a small, friendly museum, housed in the Town Hall in the centre of Great Torrington. It is run entirely by volunteers. The museum has many fascinating exhibits and reflects the diverse history of this ancient market town.

How well do you know Torrington? 25 unusual views that you can see every day: can you name them all?
29/05/2026

How well do you know Torrington? 25 unusual views that you can see every day: can you name them all?

26/05/2026

Looking for something fun this half term?
Try the brand new Tarka Comes To Town Adventure Trail in Great Torrington. Designed to get families exploring the outdoors, the trail takes you around town, across the commons and up Castle Hill. There are beautiful wood carvings to see, and a great story to read on the way around too.
Trail packs are available in local shops for just £4 and include:
🦦 Story trail book
🎨 Crayons
⭐ Stickers
🖍 Colouring pages
🌳 Rubbing paper for the trail
There are two routes, one shorter and one with a steeper finish.
Please note some areas are not suitable for pushchairs or wheelchairs.
Please share and encourage people to come along and see our wonderful town, and enjoy this great new attaction.

25/05/2026

Dear potential retail/equipment suppliers: if your website says 'email for quote' or your catalogue contains no prices, I'm probably moving on. No time for that.

And yes, there are better things to do on a sunny Bank Holiday Monday.

Yours, Hot and Grumpy of Torrington!

A little something to keep our younger visitors entertained and maybe get you working, too: our 2026 quiz is ready to go...
23/05/2026

A little something to keep our younger visitors entertained and maybe get you working, too: our 2026 quiz is ready to go!

We're always pleased to meet our younger visitors: we're not one of those places that tells you to shush and we won't wa...
22/05/2026

We're always pleased to meet our younger visitors: we're not one of those places that tells you to shush and we won't watch you like a hawk. In fact some of our most interesting questions come from the younger end of our age range and it's great to see kids having fun and engaging with history.

We're always looking for new ways to help children have a great visit; in each room there's a box of bits and pieces you can explore, get stuck into and really get up close to real museum objects.

Oh, and if dressing up in Civil War armour and waving a musket or pistol round is your thing, we can definitely help with that... plus you'd be surprised how many adults want to get dressed up, too!

We're open Thursday - Friday - Saturday, 10-3 with last admission at 2:30 and it's completely free to get in.

We're thinking about expanding our shop (not the one in the picture!) to sell souvenirs, gifts and locally made crafts. ...
21/05/2026

We're thinking about expanding our shop (not the one in the picture!) to sell souvenirs, gifts and locally made crafts. But a load of generic, boring stuff you see everywhere you go isn't very interesting and doesn't fit our policy of recycling money into the local community.

So, two questions:

As a buyer:

What do you look for in museum gift shops? This might include budget items (pens, pencils etc) for kids and adults, food (such as jam, chutney, sweets), locally-made clothing, gifts etc, Devon-themed souvenirs and suchlike. We want our offer to be as local and unique as possible so no generic pewter soldiers and suchlike.

As a seller:

What have you got? Do you make food? Knitwear, cool souvenirs? Talk to us; drop a message here or pop in and see us. Bear in mind we're not a big museum with a huge retail area and unlimited budget, but we're definitely open to interesting, uniquely local ideas you can't get elsewhere.

C'mon, Torrington, let's hear from you!

Did you ever have one of those days? Grr to the world in general and Microsoft in particular!Still, on the upside we've ...
21/05/2026

Did you ever have one of those days? Grr to the world in general and Microsoft in particular!

Still, on the upside we've been ratified as a charity by Facebook. This means we can accept donations on here as well as post... don't worry, we won't be making a constant stream of 'please give' posts.

Well, maybe the odd one: more on that later.

Torrington Regeneration Board has been hard at work.It’s been quite cold today: let’s hope it gets... 😃
16/05/2026

Torrington Regeneration Board has been hard at work.

It’s been quite cold today: let’s hope it gets... 😃

16/05/2026

A quick walk round town!

Address

14 South Street
Great Torrington
EX388AA

Opening Hours

Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm

Telephone

+441805938008

Website

https://www.youtube.com/@torringtonmuseumdevon

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