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Dartmouth Museum |
 Dartmouth Museum The Butterwalk Duke Street Dartmouth Devon TQ6 9PZ Contact Person: The Curator Phone: 01803 832923 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Dartmouth Museum is a small, fascinating and interesting museum housed in an atmospheric old merchant's house, built in approximately 1640. The Museum houses an extensive collection of artefacts, models, paintings and photographs which can help you explore and develop your interests, whether they be in maritime history, the social and economic history of the town of Dartmouth, or the physical changes to the town over the past centuries. As you come into the museum through the unassuming doorway in The Butterwalk, don't just rush ahead. There's a whole cabinet on your left that you're in danger of missing. Pause and listen to the short audio presentation as it invites you in. As you walk towards the stairs notice two things about them: the first is that they spiral anticlockwise. If this were a castle that would be very unusual. The second is that the central spine is an old ship's mast. This reuse of timbers is common to all old buildings in Dartmouth. Another great example is The Cherub Inn. Many Dartmouth buildings are older than they look, too. It's amazing what lurks behind some modernish looking facades.
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