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ARTHUR RANSOME

Tue 08 Jan 2019

ARTHUR RANSOME

Date: 8 January 2020 Torquay Museum Society Lecture By Julian Lovelock 10.45am - 12 Noon A left-wing journalist and Bolshevik sympathiser, Ransome also worked for MI6. How do we reconcile this with the author o.....Read more

THE SOMERSET LEVELS

Mon 14 Jan 2019

THE SOMERSET LEVELS

THE SOMERSET LEVELS Date: 14 January 2020 Torquay Museum Society Lecture By Peter Exley 10.45am - 12 Noon One of England’s greatest wetlands, the Somerset Levels form a landscape rich in wildlife, history, arc.....Read more

BOTANISING THE FOOTPATHS OF TORQUAY

Tue 15 Jan 2019

BOTANISING THE FOOTPATHS OF TORQUAY

BOTANISING THE FOOTPATHS OF TORQUAY Date: 15 January 2020 Torquay Museum Society Lecture By Anne Swithinbank 10.45am - 12 Noon Torquay is blessed with intriguing walkways and steps, colonised by a range of pla.....Read more

THE TORQUAY HISTORICAL PAGEANT OF 1924

Mon 21 Jan 2019

THE TORQUAY HISTORICAL PAGEANT OF 1924

Date: 21 January 2020 Torquay Museum Society Lecture By David Hinchliffe 10.45am - 12 Noon In June 1924 around 2,000 local people took part in a pageant that entertained over 25,000 spectators with scenes from .....Read more

THE ITALIAN GARDEN AT GREAT AMBROOK

Wed 22 Jan 2020

THE ITALIAN GARDEN AT GREAT AMBROOK

Date: 22 January 2020 Torquay Museum Society Lecture By Angela Dodd-Crompton 10.45am - 12 Noon The garden’s volunteer historian since 2005, Angela explores the magic and mysteries of this unique Grade-II listed.....Read more

CHARLES KINGSLEY: A WESTCOUNTRYMAN OF MANY TALENTS

Tue 28 Jan 2020

CHARLES KINGSLEY: A WESTCOUNTRYMAN OF MANY TALENTS

Date: 28 January 2020 Torquay Museum Society Lecture By Ian Lane 10.45am - 12 Noon A parish clergyman with a concern for social reform, Kingsley was the Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, an enthu.....Read more

BUMBLEBEES

Wed 29 Jan 2020

BUMBLEBEES

BUMBLEBEES Date: 29 January 2020 Torquay Museum Society Lecture By Debs Rylands 10.45am - 12 Noon Debs will discuss their ecology, threats to bumblebees and some fun facts. How can we help these much-loved an.....Read more

Classic Film Club - Passport to Pimlico (1949)

Thu 09 Jan 2020

Classic Film Club - Passport to Pimlico (1949)

Passport to Pimlico is a 1949 British comedy film made by Ealing Studios and starring Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford and Hermione Baddeley. It was directed by Henry Cornelius and written by T. E. B. Clarke. The st.....Read more

Chinese New Year Celebration

Sat 25 Jan 2020

Chinese New Year Celebration

Date: 25 January 2020 - 25 January 2020 CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION - 25TH JANUARY 2020 10.30-16.00 Come and celebrate the Chinese year of the Rat with our day of family- friendly fun activities suitable for all a.....Read more

Display of Objects from the Titanic and the Olympic

Sat 02 Apr to Sat 04 Jun 2022 (2 months)

Display of Objects from the Titanic and the Olympic

The 15th April 2022 marks the 110th anniversary of the most famous maritime disaster of all time, the sinking of the Titanic. The loss of life from the sinking of the unsinkable ship at over 1,500 souls had repercussions.....Read more

Eggstraordinary Easter Egg Trail

Sat 02 to Sat 30 Apr 2022 (1 month)

Eggstraordinary Easter Egg Trail

Eggs represent new life & rebirth and it's thought that this ancient custom became a part of Easter celebrations. FACT: In the medieval period, eating eggs was forbidden during Lent (the 40 days before Easter) so on East.....Read more

Exotic Animal Handling Sessions

Wed 28 Jul to Sat 14 Aug 2021 (3 weeks)

Exotic Animal Handling Sessions

If you’ve ever wanted to learn about, and handle, snakes, reptiles and large bugs up close, then you’re in for a treat as the Museum welcomes small animal experience specialists, Frazoo. Run by primary school teacher,.....Read more

Display of metal detectorist's finds

Sat 19 Mar to Sat 04 Jun 2022 (3 months)

Display of metal detectorist's finds

In October last year the Devon and Somerset Finds Liaison Officer, Lucy Shipley, commonly known as a FLO arrived at the Museum with a quite extraordinary collection of finds. There were boxes and collector’s cabinets ove.....Read more

The Far Side of the World: Torquay's Fijian Connection

Tue 01 Feb to Sat 04 Jun 2022 (4 months)

The Far Side of the World: Torquay's Fijian Connection

Learn about the fascinating history, traditions and crafts of Fiji through the museum's rich collection of objects and the stories of the collectors who brought them to Torquay. The important collection of art and art.....Read more

Family-Friendly Tiger Trail

Tue 08 to Mon 28 Feb 2022 (3 weeks)

Family-Friendly Tiger Trail

Celebrate the Chinese New Year with us! According to the Chinese zodiac, 2022 is the Year of the Tiger. Follow the Tiger Trail around the Museum. In each gallery, you'll find at least one object which has the word 'ti.....Read more

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