| Name |
Image |
Town/City |
Region |
Type |
Summary |
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| A La Ronde |  | Exmouth | East Devon | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, late 18th century sixteen-sided house with unusual decorations and collections |
| Allhallows Museum | | Honiton | East Devon | Local | website, local history, Honiton lace collection, Honiton pottery, palaeontology, toys, war memorabilia |
| Ariel Centre | | Totnes | South Hams | Art | website, art centre with gallery and theatre, part of King Edward VI Community College |
| Arlington Court |  | Arlington | North Devon | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, early 19th-century country house with collection of antique furniture and an eclectic collection of family memorabilia, National Trust Carriage Museum, gardens |
| Ashburton Museum | | Ashburton | Teignbridge | Local | website, local history, culture, collection of Native American artifacts |
| Axminster Museum | | Axminster | East Devon | Local | Local history, culture, industry, agriculture |
| Barnstaple Heritage Centre | | Barnstaple | North Devon | Local | website, local history |
| Barometer World | | Merton | Torridge | Science & Technology | Shop (sells, repairs and restores Barometers) and Museum collection which houses the famous Tempest Prognosticator. |
| Berry Pomeroy Castle |  | Totnes | South Hams | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, ruins of a large late-medieval fortified house and castle |
| Bicclescombe Watermill | | Ilfracombe | North Devon | Mill | information, late 18th century mill |
| Bideford Railway Heritage Centre |  | Bideford | Torridge | Railway | |
| Bill Douglas Cinema Museum | | Exeter | Exeter | Media | History of film and visual media, media memorabilia, part of the University of Exeter |
| Bishopsteignton Museum of Rural Life | | Bishopsteignton | Teignbridge | Local | information, local history, agriculture, geology |
| Bovey Tracey Heritage Centre | | Bovey Tracey | Teignbridge | Local | information, local history, culture, located in the Bovey railway station |
| Bradley |  | Newton Abbot | Teignbridge | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, medieval manor house, riverside meadows and woodland |
| Braunton and District Museum | | Braunton | North Devon | Local | information, local history, agriculture, maritime heritage, industry, railway |
| Braunton Countryside Centre | | Braunton | North Devon | Natural history | website, environment of the coastal and farmed landscapes surrounding Braunton, farming and Braunton Marshes |
| Bridge Mill | | Bridgerule | Torridge | Mill | website, restored 19th century watermill |
| Britannia Museum | | Dartmouth | South Hams | Maritime | website, history of the Britannia Royal Naval College, open by pre-booked tour |
| Brixham Battery Heritage Centre | | Brixham | Torbay | Military | Local World War II military history, gun battery, pill box, tours of battery garden |
| Brixham Heritage Museum | | Brixham | Torbay | Local | website, local history, fishing and ship building industries |
| Buckland Abbey |  | Buckland Monachorum | West Devon | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, abbey estate and grounds with exhibits about explorers Sir Richard Grenville and Sir Francis Drake |
| Budlake Old Post Office | | Broadclyst | East Devon | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, website, 1950s period cottage post office, near Killerton |
| Burton Art Gallery and Museum | | Bideford | Torridge | Art | website, watercolours, oil paintings, prints and drawings, decorative arts, contemporary crafts, Napoleonic ship models, also local history |
| Bygones Museum |  | Torquay | Torbay | Multiple | website, Victorian period shop and room displays, model railway and memorabilia, military displays, 1940s and 50s shopping arcade, amusement machines, model buildings, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company memorabilia |
| Cadhay |  | Ottery St Mary | East Devon | Historic house | Elizabethan manor house and gardens |
| Castle Drogo |  | Drewsteignton | West Devon | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, early 20th-century castle house designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, gardens |
| Chambercombe Manor | | Ilfracombe | North Devon | Historic house | Norman manor house with period furniture ranging from Elizabethan to Victorian times |
| Clovelly |  | Clovelly | North Devon | Historic house | Historic fishing village that includes the childhood home of the Victorian author and social reformer Charles Kingsley, 1930s fisherman's cottage |
| Clyston Mill | | Broadclyst | East Devon | Mill | Operated by the National Trust, website, water-powered corn mill, near Killerton |
| Cobbaton Combat Collection | | Chittlehampton | North Devon | Military | website, military artifacts, most from World War II |
| Coldharbour Mill |  | Uffculme | Mid Devon | Industry | Working spinning mill textile museum, historic steam engines (run on Bank Holidays), dolls house exhibition, model railway, schools education programme |
| Coleton Fishacre |  | Kingswear | South Hams | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 1920s Arts and Crafts style country home for Rupert D'Oyly Carte, gardens |
| Colyton Heritage Centre | | Colyton | East Devon | Local | website, local history |
| Combe Martin Museum | | Combe Martin | North Devon | Local | website, local history |
| Compton Castle |  | Marldon | South Hams | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, medieval fortress house |
| Crediton Museum | | Crediton | Mid Devon | Local | website, local history, operated by the Crediton Area History and Museum Society |
| Cricklepit Mill | | Exeter | Exeter | Mill | website, 19th-century watermill, headquarters and visitor centre for the Devon Wildlife Trust |
| Crownhill Fort |  | Plymouth | Plymouth | Military | Victorian era fort with artillery, operated by Landmark Trust |
| Dartmoor Prison Museum | | Princetown | West Devon | Prison | History of Dartmoor Prison |
| Dartmouth Castle |  | Dartmouth | South Hams | Military | Operated by the English Heritage, coastal fortress with gun battery |
| Dartmouth Museum |  | Dartmouth] | South Hams | Local | Located in a 1640 merchant's house, maritime and local history, several local and maritime history collections, also houses The Henley Collection and the Dawe Collection of ships in bottles |
| Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre - Princetown | | Princetown | West Devon | Multiple | website, one of three visitor centres for Dartmoor National Park, exhibits on local history, culture, wildlife, art |
| Dawlish Museum | | Dawlish | Teignbridge | Local | information, local history, culture, industry, porcelain, natural history, dolls and toys |
| Devon Railway Centre | | Bickleigh | Mid Devon | Railway | 2 ft 610mm) gauge passenger railway, narrow gauge collection, miniature railway, model railway layouts |
| Devonport Naval Heritage Centre | | Plymouth | Plymouth | Maritime | Artifacts from the Royal Navy, open by appointment |
| Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre | | Lifton | West Devon | Amusement | website, fairground art and memorabilia, vintage rides, stalls and shows, industrial and road steam engines, vintage vehicles, roadsigns, vintage machinery |
| Dunkeswell Memorial Museum | | Dunkeswell | East Devon | Military | website, history of RAF Dunkeswell in World War II, currently closed |
| Exeter's Underground Passages | | Exeter | Exeter | History | website, medieval underground passages built for supplying drinking water |
| Exmouth Museum | | Exmouth | East Devon | Local | website, local history, culture |
| Fairlynch Museum |  | Budleigh Salterton | East Devon | Multiple | website, housed in an early 19th-century house with a thatched roof, local history, costumes and lace collection, archeology, geology |
| Finch Foundry |  | Sticklepath | West Devon | Technology | Operated by the National Trust, water-powered forge |
| Fursdon (Devon) | | Cadbury | Mid Devon | Historic house | website, farming estate dating back over 700 years, costume collection, garden |
| Golden Hind Museum, Brixham | | Brixham | Torbay | Maritime | website, museum ship replica of Sir Francis Drake's ship Golden Hind |
| Great Torrington Heritage Museum and Archive | | Great Torrington | Torridge | Local | website, local history |
| Greenway Estate |  | Galmpton | Torbay | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Georgian house owned by author Agatha Christie, 1950s decor with collections of archaeology, Tunbridgeware, silver, botanical china and books, gardens |
| Hartland Abbey |  | Hartland | Torridge | Historic house | Former medieval monastery, country home with collections of pictures, furniture and porcelain, gardens |
| Hartland Quay Museum | | Hartland | Torridge | Maritime | website, shipwrecks, natural history, coastal trades, geology and history of Hartland Quay, located in the Hartland Quay Hotel |
| Hele Corn Mill | | Hele | North Devon | Mill | website, 16th century working watermill, tea room and shop |
| Hemyock Castle | | Hemyock | Mid Devon | Historic house | Open on Bank Holidays, medieval manor house ruins |
| Holsworthy Museum | | Holsworthy | Torridge | Local | website, local history, period rooms |
| House of Marbles | | Bovey Tracey | Teignbridge | Art | website, working glass and games factory set in an historic pottery, exhibits of glass, games, marbles, and Bovey Pottery |
| Ilfracombe Museum | | Ilfracombe | North Devon | Multiple | website, local history, natural history, Victoriana, maritime artifacts, minerals, archaeology, maps, paintings, photos, military items and costumes |
| Kelly House | | Kelly | West Devon | Historic house | Manor house under restoration |
| Kelly Mine | | Lustleigh | Teignbridge | Mining | Former iron mine with equipment and mill with Californian stamps |
| Killerton |  | Broadclyst | East Devon | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 18th century estate and garden, costume collection |
| Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum | | Kingsbridge | South Hams | Local | website, local history, social history, trades and crafts, William Cookworthy porcelain, Victorian kitchen, costumes, agriculture |
| Kirkham House |  | Paignton | Torbay | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, late medieval stone house |
| Knightshayes Court |  | Tiverton | Mid Devon | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Victorian country house designed by William Burges, garden |
| Lyn and Exmoor Museum |  | Lynton | North Devon | Local | Local history, natural history, culture |
| Marker's Cottage | | Broadclyst | East Devon | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, website, medieval cob cottage with a thatched roof, near Killerton |
| Merchant's House, Plymouth |  | Plymouth | Plymouth | Historic house | website, 17th-century house, home to three Plymouth mayors, includes antique artifacts, prison equipment, Victorian school room, an entire chemist's shop |
| Mortehoe Museum | | Mortehoe | North Devon | Local | website, local history, maritime heritage, agriculture |
| Morwellham Quay |  | Tavistock | West Devon | Open air | Restored 19th century village, docks and quays, a restored ship, copper mine tour by train, Victorian farm, nature reserve |
| Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon | | Barnstaple | North Devon | Multiple | website, local history, natural history, culture, Royal Devon Yeomanry and Devonshire Regiment, archaeology, decorative arts; also known as Barnstaple Museum |
| Museum of British Surfing | | Braunton | North Devon | Sports | website, surfing in the UK, surfboard collection |
| Museum of Dartmoor Life |  | Okehampton | North Devon | Multiple | Local history, culture, industry, trades, period rooms, art |
| Newcomen Engine House | | Dartmouth | South Hams | Technology | Newcomen steam engine and history of Thomas Newcomen |
| Newton Abbot Town & GWR Museum | | Newton Abbot | Teignbridge | Multiple | website, local history, Great Western Railway, art |
| North Devon Maritime Museum | | Appledore | North Devon | Maritime | History of shipbuilding and seafaring in the village |
| Old Bakery, Manor Mill & Forge |  | Branscombe | East Devon | Historic site | Operated by the National Trust, restored bakery, water-powered forge and forge |
| Otterton Mill |  | Otterton | East Devon | Mill | 19th century water mill, bakery, shop |
| Overbeck's |  | Salcombe | South Hams | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Edwardian house with collections of stuffed animals, model ships, nautical tools and photos, doll houses |
| Plough Arts Centre |  | Great Torrington | Torridge | Art | Includes visual art gallery, theatre and cinema |
| Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery |  | Plymouth | Plymouth | Multiple | Local history, natural history, art, archaeology, decorative arts |
| Powderham Castle |  | Kenton | Exeter | Historic house | Medieval castle, home of the Earl of Devon, Victorian kitchen, deer park, gardens |
| Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery |  | Exeter | Exeter | Multiple | Art, natural history, local history, decorative arts, archaeology, coins, costumes, world culture |
| Salcombe Lifeboat Station | | Salcombe | South Hams | Maritime | History of the RNLI lifeboat station in Salcombe |
| Salcombe Maritime Museum | | Salcombe | South Hams | Maritime | website, ship portraits, shipwreck and rescue, shipbuilding, local history |
| Saltram House |  | Plympton | Plymouth | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Robert Adam-designed Georgian house with original decor, plasterwork and furnishings |
| Sand, Devon | | Sidbury | East Devon | Historic house | website, Elizabethan manor house, garden |
| Seaton Museum | | Seaton | East Devon | Local | website, also known as Axe Valley Heritage Museum, local history, archaeology, natural history, geology |
| Sidmouth Museum | | Sidmouth | East Devon | Local | website, local history, natural history of the Jurassic Coast |
| Smeaton's Tower |  | Plymouth | Plymouth | Maritime | 18th century former lighthouse |
| South Devon Railway: Buckfastleigh | | Buckfastleigh | Teignbridge | Railway | Headquarters and museum for the South Devon Railway, steam locomotive depot and workshops |
| South Molton & District Museum | | South Molton | North Devon | Multiple | website, local history, trades, agriculture, culture, archaeology, toys, household items, railway |
| St Nicholas Priory |  | Exeter | Exeter | Historic house | Furnished as an Elizabethan town house in 1602 |
| Start Point Lighthouse |  | Start Point | South Hams | Maritime | Lighthouse open for tours |
| Tamar Belle Visitor Centre |  | Bere Ferrers | West Devon | Railway | Victorian railway station with equipment, rolling stock and memorabilia |
| Tavistock Museum | | Tavistock | West Devon | Local | website, local history |
| Teignmouth & Shaldon Museum | | Teignmouth | Teignbridge | Multiple | website, maritime and local history, art, area railway and air transport |
| Tiverton Castle | | Tiverton | Mid Devon | Historic house | Medieval castle manor house, garden |
| Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life |  | Tiverton | Mid Devon | Multiple | Local history, railroads, transport, social history, agriculture |
| Topsham Museum |  | Topsham | Exeter | Multiple | website, maritime and local history, 17th century period rooms, natural history, local trades, memorabilia of film star Vivien Leigh |
| Torquay Museum |  | Torquay | Torbay | Multiple | website, local history, Agatha Christie, artifacts from Kents Cavern, archaeology, replica farmhouse interior, Ancient Egypt, and world jewellery |
| Torre Abbey |  | Torquay | Torbay | Multiple | Former abbey and country house, art gallery, collections of fine and decorative art, gardens |
| Totnes Castle |  | Totnes | South Hams | Military | Operated by English Heritage, preserved Norman motte-and-bailey castle |
| Totnes Elizabethan House Museum |  | Totnes | South Ham] | Historic house | 1575 Tudor house with period rooms, local history including computer inventor Charles Babbage, Saxon coins |
| Totnes Fashion and Textiles Museum | | Totnes | South Hams | Fashion | Located in Bogan House, clothing and accessories from the 18th to 20th centuries from the Devonshire Collection of Period Costume |
| Totnes Guildhall |  | Totnes | South Hams | Historic site | 16th century Tudor guild hall, magistrate's court and prison |
| Totnes Image Bank and Rural Archive | | Totnes | South Hams | Photography | website, changing exhibits of historic area photographs from its collections, cameras and photography equipment, located in the town watermill |
| Ugbrooke | | Chudleigh | Teignbridge | Historic house | Estate dating to the 12th century, house and grounds remodeled in the 18th century by Robert Adam and Capability Brown |
| University of Exeter Galleries | | Exeter | Exeter | Art | website, part of the University of Exeter, galleries in Northcote House and Queen's Building |
| Valiant Soldier | | Buckfastleigh | Teignbridge | Historic house | website, information, 1960s period pub and home |
| Watermouth Castle |  | Watermouth | North Devon | Amusement | Theme park with collection of Victorian antiques, domestic tools, amusement machines, mechanical instruments, toys, model trains |
| West of England Transport Collection | | Winkleigh | Torridge | Transportation | website, private collection of transport vehicles open to the public once a year |
| William Pengelly Cave Studies Trust Museum | | Buckfastleigh | Teignbridge | Natural history | website, caves, geology, fossils, conservation |
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