Tavistock Museum

23/06/2026

~ Tavistock Museum is celebrating Tavistock Cream Tea Week! 😃. ~ This Friday (26th) from 12.00noon at the Museum we are offering visitors a chance to partake of a nice cup of tea or coffee and a homemade scone or slice of cake. 🍰🫖☕️ All proceeds going towards supporting the Museum❗️

Please support us. Thank you. 🙂

19/06/2026

The wonderful story behind one of the lovely dresses for our Stitch in Time exhibition! 🪡❤️

https://www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/daughter-donates-mums-wedding-dress-to-museum-918387?fbclid=IwZnRzaAShwFpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe_cMS9QNjMFknWYMcu2EIGMpImIqjAZBDyF3GNHrweNl_HstqhWF8dHRsLCw_aem_aH5_Z-GJ9KpLRAlj4USbQg

One of the stand-out new pieces on display at Tavistock Museum is a beautiful wartime wedding dress with an emotive and interesting story.

08/06/2026

🪡🧵A reminder of our new 2026 exhibition: A Stitch in Time 🕰 Only at Tavistock Museum

29/05/2026

🎉 Woo-hoo! A BIG shout out to our 50 new followers since we opened on 9th May! Thank you all for following us at Tavistock Museum❗️🎉 Your support is very much appreciated.😃👍

27/05/2026

🥵 Reasons to visit Tavistock Museum when it's a hot, sunny day ... Because we are SOOO COOOOL! ❄️🏛 😃👍

27/05/2026

🏛 Tavistock Abbey; Mines Minerals & (Bal) Maidens; Drake .... just a few more areas of interest in your local, accredited Museum. Visit us Tavistock Museum Tues-Sat 11am - 3pm. 🏛 Tavistock Museum

(If you need to visit us, perhaps when it is a little quieter, do contact us and we will do our best to accommodate you 🙂 )

26/05/2026

🌟 Meet Kevin 🌟 He is our stalwart when it comes to putting out our second-hand books for sale - all proceeds of which go to Tavistock Museum .

He is also our go-to person for anything to do with the 1000s of images we hold in our photographic archive of Tavistock and the surrounding area. 📷

Kevin is both a Volunteer and Trustee, but most importantly, is another one of our hidden treasures!♥️

26/05/2026

🔎 Tavistock Blue Plaques 🔎
On display in the Reception of Tavistock Museum is information on the Tavistock Blue Plaques.

The accompanying booklet contains a photograph and information about each of the 28 locations recognised as places of interest in the town by the er****on of a Blue Plaque.

The plaques highlight Tavistock’s rich past and include monastic sites, public buildings, famous names associated with the town, former industrial buildings, local hostelries and open spaces.

You can pick up your copy of the booklet from our friendly Reception Stewards in the museum, or alternatively from our lovely neighbours in Tavistock Visitor Information Centre 😃

26/05/2026

📣 "Very good!" "Fantastic exhibition ...""One of the most interesting museums ..." and "It was so fun ..."

We have had a great first two weeks of the season, but don't just take our word for it! See just some of our visitor comments below ... ... 😃👍

Tavistock Museum

19/05/2026

🌟Meet Nicky and Harriet🌟 Two more of our lovely volunteers who will always give you a warm welcome 😃 Behind the scenes, Harriet also looks after our museum records for object entry and movement, 💻 and creative Nicky is the inspiration behind our new Time to Get Dressed board game activity and Sillouhette Man here in the photo! They make a great team here at Tavistock Museum . 👍👍