- Wikidata identifier:
- Q113369864
- Instance of:
- maritime museum; history museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 312
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q113369864/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Maritime Collection
This is the principle theme of Salcombe Museum and the collection contains paintings, ships logs and other objects relating to ships and shipping; tools relevant to small boat building, boat yard work and sailmaking; information and photographs about boat building families; photographs, documents and charts about ship wrecks and rescues; photographs, newspaper reports and a model about lifeboats; and photographs, equipment and charts about fishing.
Subjects
Maritime
Social History Collection
The collection includes artefacts, photographs, genealogical information and Wartime memorabilia of life in Salcombe.
Subjects
Social History
Archaeology Collection
There is a small number of Greek and Roman artefacts.
Subjects
Archaeology
Photographic Collection
There are photographs of all aspects of maritime life around Salcombe and about the local history of the town and its locality.
Subjects
Photography
Archives Collection
The collection includes maps, family trees and documents relating to wrecks, lifeboat history, the fishing industry, customs documents relating to the First and Second World Wars and ships logs.
Subjects
Archives
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC