by my-admin | Aug 9, 2021 | News
‘Walking Through History’ Trail Guide: Salcombe-Bolt Head – Soar Mill Cove Walk through hundreds of years of history on the western approaches to the Kingsbridge-Salcombe estuary with this new self-guided walking trail. This is the first of a series...
by my-admin | Aug 9, 2021 | News
At the Salcombe Museum Society’s recent AGM Christine Milton was unanimously elected as Chair. Christine, who is also the museum’s Education Officer, is a local lass who grew up hearing tales of local shipwrecks from her parents who owned Kingsbridge Watersports, a...
by my-admin | Aug 9, 2021 | News
A magnificent new 1:48 scale model of the steam tug Joffre which went ashore in thick fog near Bolberry Down on 27 May 1925 has been added to our display in the Wreck Room The model has been donated by its maker, Tom Phillips.
by my-admin | Aug 9, 2021 | News
Over 1300 old photos of Salcombe and neighbourhood from the museum’s collection have been added to the ‘Photo Gallery’ page of the website. Seventeen photo albums are listed under the headings Shipwrecks, Boats, Lifeboats, Second World War, People and Places. Click on...
by my-admin | Aug 9, 2021 | News
At the Annual General Meeting of the Devon History Society last Saturday (12th October 2019) Roger Barrett, the curator of Salcombe Maritime Museum, received the Society’s prestigious W.G. Hoskins Prize The W.G. Hoskins Prize is awarded in memory of the historian...
