- Wikidata identifier:
- Q111950906
- Instance of:
- local museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 854
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q111950906/
Collection-level records:
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Collection history (Collection development policy)
The Museum’s collection is founded on two donations in 1950, from a privately owned museum and a naturalists’ club formed in 1914, the collections consisted of items of both local and general significance.
Over the next seventy years the Museum received innumerable donations from residents and former residents of Sidmouth, the Sid Valley and beyond with only a few acquisitions.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2020
Licence: CC BY-NC
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Collection overview (Collection development policy)
The Costume and Lace Collection includes costumes & military uniforms, locally made 18th 19th & 20th c lace, 19th & early 20th c jewellery & accessories, and 18th 19th & 20thc dolls.
The Social History Collection includes 18th 19th & 20thc porcelain, glass, toys, cameras, clocks & watches, coins, militaria, WW1 and WW2 memorabilia, general domestic artefacts, scientific instruments, tools and natural history items. The collection also includes banners and memorabilia from the Town Council, its predecessors & local societies.
The Archaeology Collection includes finds illustrating human activity in East Devon from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period including Romano-British items from Holcombe Villa. Also in the collection are ancient Egyptian artefacts and other historic items from overseas.
The Geology collection includes rocks, minerals and fossils, many from the Sidmouth area and the cliffs of the UNESCO Dorset and East Devon World Heritage Site (the ‘Jurassic Coast’).
The Art collection includes 18th 19th & 20thc paintings and prints mainly of Sidmouth and East Devon.
The extensive Library includes local newspapers and journals dating from the early 19th c, books from 18th 19th & 20thc some by local historians, published and unpublished works by notable personalities such as scientists, artists, writers, diarists and royalty who have lived and stayed in Sidmouth, records from local societies and a large collection of ephemera relating to the Sid Valley.
The Map collection includes local 18th 19th & 20thc maps of Sidmouth, Sidmouth Manor, the Sid Valley and the Railway.
The Photographic collection includes prints, negatives and slides, both original and copied from loans, illustrating the history of Sidmouth, the Sid Valley, WW1, WW2, residents, visitors and significant events.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2020
Licence: CC BY-NC