- Wikidata identifier:
- Q42846594
- Also known as:
- Teignmouth Museum, Teignmouth & Shaldon Museum, Teign Heritage
- Instance of:
- local museum; local authority museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 996
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q42846594/
- Object records:
- Yes, see object records for this museum
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Maritime Collection
The maritime collection is unusually strong for a local museum, as a result of the museums rights over the 16th century wreck, thought to be a Venetian trading vessel, lying off Teignmouth Church Rocks. Diving on the wreck has produced many interesting artefacts which are in the museum including bronze cannons and shot; a cooking pot; animal bones; a collection of iron chains; copper pots; and pottery. There are also research papers written about the wreck. There is also a gun raised from the wreck of the Peronne, a ship sunk off Teignmouth during the First World War. Other artefacts represent the local lifeboat, coastguard service and fishing industry.
Subjects
Maritime
Costume and Textile Collection
At the turn of the 20th century, Shaldon had a lace school and the museum has examples of the lace produced, as well as a photograph of the lace made by members of the school for the coronation robe of Queen Mary. There are also two samplers of mid 19th century date.
Subjects
Costume and Textile
Social History Collection
There are old pier gaming machines; memorabilia of both World Wars; and artefacts relating to local trades. There are some documents and personal effects of the first Lord Exmouth, the Rt Hon Edward Pellew (1775-1833), including an account of his fight to win the Battle of Algiers.
Subjects
Social History
Transport Collection
There is the original Act of Parliament for the South Devon Railway, tickets and timetables, as well as other items relating to the Great Western Railway. There is also a rare section of the atmospheric vacuum pipe from Isambard Kingdom Brunell’s ill-fated attempt to use atmospheric traction on the South Devon Railway. Haldon Aerodrome is reputed to have had the first railway air service in the world and the first flying school in the West Country. Together with the original Air Rally Cup, there are models and photographs of the planes which used the aerodrome.
Subjects
Transport
Fine Art Collection
The oil painting ‘Teignmouth Beach and the Ness’ (1829) by Thomas Luny is displayed in the museum, along with a sketch by the same artist.
Subjects
Fine Art
Photographic Collection
The photographic collection is large, with a good series of ‘then and now’ images of local views.
Subjects
Photographic equipment
Archives Collection
Among this collection are research papers written about the 16th century wreck lying off Teignmouth Church Rocks. There are also family records and papers and an ephemera collection.
Subjects
Archives
Other
Subjects
Agriculture; Archaeology; Arms and Armour; Biology; Geology; Medals; Medicine; Music; Numismatics; Oral History; Science and Industry; Decorative and Applied Arts
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC