- Wikidata identifier:
- Q61750130
- Also known as:
- Devonshire Collection of Period Costume, Totnes Fashion and Textile Museum
- Instance of:
- fashion museum; local museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 1008
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q61750130/
Collection-level records:
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Collection history (Collection development policy)
The Devonshire Collection of Period Costume is an entirely voluntary, non-profit making organisation and a registered charity administered by a board of trustees. It was founded in 1967 by Annette Morel, Paula Morel and Peter Clapham with the following objects:
The object of the Charity is to advance the education of the public by collecting preserving restoring and exhibiting collections of period costumes and accessories connected therewith and to establish and maintain a public museum or place for the storing and exhibition of such costumes and accessories.
In furtherance of the said objects and subject as hereinafter provided the Trustees will hold the said leasehold property Upon Trust to use and maintain the same for the use of the Collection of Period Costume for the purpose of providing education for persons wishing to learn about costumes of earlier periods.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2014
Licence: CC BY-NC
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Collection overview (Collection development policy)
The collection houses dress and textiles across a broad spectrum both in terms of type of object and date of object. Broadly the material consists of female, male and children’s dress and textiles and associated material from the 17th century to the 21st century.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2014
Licence: CC BY-NC