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Limestone Lintel of Ramses III
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1st August, 2023 by Torquay Museum

Help support Torquay Museum to bring British Museum Touring Exhibition to Torquay

Torquay Museum was chosen from a big group of applicants as a host venue for spectacular touring exhibition that explores the decoding of hieroglyphs. If Ancient Egypt is your passion and you would like exclusive access and some unique rewards please help our Crowdfunding campaign raise much needed funds for the Museum.
Torquay Museum
20th June, 2024 by Barry Chandler

Torbay's Maestros of Marble

On the 6th July Torquay Museum will open a small but important addition to its permanent galleries with a space dedicated to the ‘Artisans of the Torbay Marble Industry’.
Union Street, Torquay, early June 1943. Police and rescue workers clear the debris of a raid on the 30th May.
Torquay Museum
14th March, 2024 by Barry Chandler

D-Day 80 Exhibition Opens at Torquay Museum

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the most important global event to ever impact Torbay - D-Day. Torquay Museum is commemorating this with an exhibition about Torbay during the World War II years and the extraordinary events in South Devon that formed Operation Overlord.  
Extras
2nd February, 2023 by Torquay Museum

Making Movies at the Museum

This January, the Museum played host to its first film drama production - a vampire series called Immortium created by local filmmakers, writer/director Luke King Abbott and assistant director Ryan Noir. 
Will Emery wins Marsh Award
Benedict Johnson
16th November, 2022 by Torquay Museum

Museum Volunteer Wins Marsh Award

Will Emery of Torquay Museum has won a prestigious award for his transformative engagement work for the Michelangelo Trail: A Delve into LGBTQ+ Histories.
Armada Treasure Chest
The ‘Armada’ Chest now the Museum’s donations box
25th August, 2022 by Torquay Museum

The Museum’s Armada Treasure Chest worthy of any Pirate

The Museum’s donations box is a magnificent ‘Armada’ chest, a name applied to heavily reinforced strongboxes from around the 16th century. Many have tales of being acquired from the shipwrecks from Spanish Armada fleet. In reality, few have any such provenance and the Museum has never really believed the story that this chest may have once been on board an Armada ship. Until now.
Carrara marble statue of Esmeralda by Pasquale Romanelli
Carrara marble statue of Esmeralda by Pasquale Romanelli
12th May, 2022 by Barry Chandler

Italian Art at Torquay Museum

Earlier this year we reported on the new identification of our beautiful Carrara marble half-length bust of Elizabeth Williams Johnson, which is now attributed to Lorenzo Bartolini, portrait sculptor to the Bonapartes.  
5th April, 2022 by Torquay Museum

David Martin's Detecting Finds Displayed

In October last year the Devon and Somerset Finds Liaison...
Britain's Oldest Handaxes
Torquay Museum
24th February, 2022 by Torquay Museum

Are these Britain's Oldest Handaxes?

By Callum Wilson, UCL Visiting Researcher Among the many objects...
Portrait of Elizabeth Rowe in Carrara marble by Lorenzo Bartolini
Portrait of Elizabeth Rowe in Carrara marble by Lorenzo Bartolini
16th December, 2021 by Barry Chandler

Art Detectives in the Museum

As staff working at the Museum we get very familiar with the exhibits, sometimes we think we have learnt all there is to know about an object, but often that is far from the case. This is why projects from outside that focus on our incredible collections are so important as they bring fresh eyes and new expertise.

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