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2013 Events North Devon’s Where & Museum museums when

o With a new quiz every month and activities on The Square

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B Play Events Braunton & Mortehoe Heritage

a Wednesday is Play Day at the museum! Come and join in District Museum Centre our family friendly, drop-in activities we're running every

r Caen Street, Braunton Mortehoe, Woolacombe Wednesday in the school holidays. See you there! Tel: 01271 816688 Tel: 01271 870028 n Sessions run: The museum occupies a s 11am - 3pm in the winter beautiful Victorian building

t 11am - 4pm in the summer at the end of the Long Bridge,

a Midsummer Evening Opening - Friday 21st June on The Square, Barnstaple.

p 6pm- 8pm North Devon Burton Art Gallery Maritime Museum & Museum The Big Draw - Wednesday 30th October l Odun Road, Appledore Kingsley Road, Bideford Barnstaple Tourist Information

e Chalk and drawing on the Square, 11am – 3pm Tel: 01237 422064 Tel: 01237 471455 Centre is also based at the

Each Play Day is free - although we do appreciate donations museum Tel 01271 375000 & to help keep the program running – and there’s no need to book. Access

We try to ensure that everyone N gets the best out of visiting our Follow us on: South Molton & Combe Martin museum. If you have particular o District Museum Museum access requirements please get The Guildhall, Cross St, r in touch to let us know how we South Molton Combe Martin can help. The ground floor of

t or www.devonmuseums.net/barnstaple for details of our Tel: 01769 572951 Tel 01271 889031 the museum is wheelchair

h Play events and Adult Learning opportunities. accessible, the first floor can be

reached by stairlift. Disabled D Tea Room parking is available close by the museum, please call for further e Ilfracombe Holsworthy Museum details. v Museum Manor Offices, Mon - Sat, 10am - 5pm

o Wilder Rd, Ilfracombe Holsworthy (closing at 4pm in winter) Tel: 01271 863541 Tel: 01409 259337 Closed from Christmas Day to n New Year’s Day inclusive. 2 0

1 Lyn & Exmoor Museum of British Museum Surfing 3 Market St, Lynton Caen Street, Braunton Museum of Barnstaple 01271 815155 & North Devon The Square, Barnstaple, For information and opening times for all our North Devon EX32 8LN museums visit: www.devonmuseums.net Why not pop into our Tea Room for a speciality tea or 01271 346747 coffee, a slice of home-made cake or a scrumptious Torrington Museum is currently closed [email protected] Devonshire cream tea! devonmuseums.net/barnstaple www.devonmuseums.net/barnstaple Open 10am - 4pm Monday to Saturday A multitude of secrets to discover… Exhibitions 2013-2014 The Museum tells the story of North Devon, and its historic centre Barnstaple, from its formation to the present day, through a series of themed galleries. r e m i 11th North Devon Open Art Show d d u

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r e o photographer. f g a a e m B i Harry Juniper The Tarka Gallery Shapland & Petter The Undersea World 66 years a Potter Find out about otters, culm grassland Manufacturers of high quality Revealing the underwater life of 29th June - 22nd July and the North Devon AONB. arts and crafts furniture. turtles, dolphins and porpoises. A celebration of the life and work of this much loved guardian of the North Devon sgraffitto tradition. Floor Plan Behind the scenes The Arts of Art 27th July - 7th September Collections Learning Discover the Art World and create a masterpiece of your own with this hands-on family fun exhibition by The Story of North Devon Temporary Art Our identification service can School visits can be planned Science Projects Ltd. Exhibitions Pottery help identify and date artefacts for around the curriculum, and include the general public. (not valuations) opportunities to handle our Views of Exmoor collections. Rediscover the moorland, past and present. Talks and guided visits and Shop and Shapland 14th September - 12th October special openings for community Loan collections from Local & Petter The stories of Exmoor National Park’s moorland. See groups are available for a nominal life in Roman Britain Exhibitions The Tarka how people have shaped, and been shaped by, this charge. to Victorian toys; our learning Gallery unique landscape. An exhibition by the EMLP. resources bring the past alive. The Barnstaple Masters www.museumthinktank.org.uk Reception 19th October - 16th November Tea Community Works by Art Teachers from Barnstaple Room Undersea North Devon at War including work by Joseph Kennedy, Allan Smith World Advice for other museums and Brian Chugg on all aspects of running a museum North Devon in Photographs in North Devon. Main Entrance November 23rd - January 11th 2014 Take Part Selected entries from our popular annual Heritage r o y r

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