Salcombe Maritime Museum

Salcombe Maritime Museum "A veritable treasure trove of Salcombe's maritime past" The museum reopens this year on 1st April. Free entry

The harder you search the more you will find in this friendly little museum...... A treasure trove of models, paintings, photographs and artefacts which tell the story of Salcombe’s links with ships and the sea from ancient times to the Second World War. There is plenty to amuse and engage younger visitors including hands-on displays, models and pirates’ treasure, in the ‘young sailors’ corner’. T

he Museum has a unique gallery of paintings depicting the famed racing fruit schooners built in Salcombe during the 19th century. Today Salcombe is a fashionable yachting centre but traditional boatbuilding crafts are still carried on in the town and the Museum houses an impressive collection of tools that tell the story of these maritime trades. Finally, don’t miss the sea-bed treasures recovered by divers from the hundreds of shipwrecks that line our coast. Salcombe Maritime Museum is open every day from 10:30am - 12:30pm, and then again from 14:30pm - 16:30pm, April - October.

Do you recognise anyone? It’s a bit damp outside so we are taking the time to enjoy pictures like this one of Maypole da...
02/05/2026

Do you recognise anyone?

It’s a bit damp outside so we are taking the time to enjoy pictures like this one of Maypole dancing in Cliff House Gardens.

To see more wonderful images of Salcombe visit our online photo gallery.
https://salcombemuseum.org.uk/photo-gallery/

This Thursday (April 16th) at 7pm in Cliff House, Salcombe:'Death of the Duchess: The Loss of the Herzogin Cecilie 1936...
13/04/2026

This Thursday (April 16th) at 7pm in Cliff House, Salcombe:
'Death of the Duchess: The Loss of the Herzogin Cecilie 1936.'
An illustrated talk by Roger Barrett about the wreck, 90 years ago, of the famous Finnish windjammer Herzogin Cecilie near Salcombe in April 1936

'50 things to do in Salcombe' update...It's been a little while since our last post (9 weeks) but here's what we have be...
06/04/2026

'50 things to do in Salcombe' update...It's been a little while since our last post (9 weeks) but here's what we have been up to:
Going to the beach (8)
Visiting a historic building- Overbecks (50)
Spending time at the school, helping to give it a spruce up (23)
And yesterday we went to our first BBQ of the year (3)
Also ticked off the list are numbers 17, 16, 31, 14 and 49.
We are looking forward to completing some of the activities that are based in the museum now it has opened.
'50 things to do in Salcombe' is on sale at the museum (open 10.30 to 12.30 and 14.30 to 16.30 daily) Ashby's and Harbour Bookshop.

'Death of the Duchess: The Loss of the Herzogin Cecilie 1936.' An illustrated talk by Roger Barrett about the wreck, 90 ...
01/04/2026

'Death of the Duchess: The Loss of the Herzogin Cecilie 1936.'
An illustrated talk by Roger Barrett about the wreck, 90 years ago, of the famous Finnish windjammer Herzogin Cecilie near Salcombe in April 1936

Address

Market Street
Salcombe
TQ88DE

Opening Hours

Monday 10:30am - 12:30pm
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Tuesday 10:30am - 12:30pm
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 12:30pm
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Thursday 10:30am - 12:30pm
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Friday 10:30am - 12:30pm
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Saturday 10:30am - 12:30pm
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Sunday 10:30am - 12:30pm
2:30pm - 4:30pm

Telephone

01548 843080

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