Displays include:

  • Brixham in world history
  • Berry Head Napoleonic forts
  • Rev. Henry Francis Lyte, author of 'Abide With Me'
  • trawling
  • maritime trades
  • unusual items brought up by Brixham trawlers
  • Mayflower II
  • smuggling
  • the lifeboat
  • Brixham regatta

 

  • Victorian drawing room & nursery
  • Brixham Past & Present photographs
  • slideshow from our photographic archive
  • police cell
  • Brixham's railway
  • Brixham in the twoWorld Wars
  • at school in Brixham
  • British Seamen's Orphan Boys Home
  • Brixham theatre

 

This year is our 50th Anniversary, and to celebrate, we have added our latest display of toys from the time:

Of course, over 50 years
there have been some changes,
but we can save and protect
the best from our pasts
to carry with us into the future.

With special thanks to Angela & Ivy!

More details of our Maritime displays are in our Maritime section.