With attractions ranging from the Golden Hind Ship Museum, Brixham Heritage Museum and the Torquay Museum, Paignton and the surrounding area cater for all tastes.
Torquay Museum
Torquay Museum’s aim is to protect and promote Torbay’s cultural and historic heritage, to make it accessible and relevant and a source of enjoyment and inspiration to all.
The Museum holds collections that are exceptional for a Museum of this size with over 300,000 specimens held in the stores of which only about one percent are on display. The collections include objects and artefacts relating to natural history, palaeontology, archaeology, social history, ethnography, Torquay pottery and pictorial records and archives relating to the Torbay area as well as from across the world.
The museum is a dynamic environment that is committed to enabling people of all ages to learn about our past and the amazing world around us.
Golden Hind Ship Museum
The Golden Hind Museum ship has been based in Brixham harbour since 1963 during which time it has enthralled many thousands of visitors both young and old alike. 400 years after the death of Sir Francis Drake there is still massive worldwide interest in this remarkable man and his achievements.
As well as providing the visitor with general information about the ship this section has been designed to support students in their studies, particularly KS 1 & 2 on the Golden Hind, Sir Francis Drake and life at sea during the 16th century.
Brixham Heritage Museum
Discover Brixhams rich heritage in the Brixham Heritage Museum, housed in the old police station and Sergeants House.
Displays feature the towns fishing industry, the Napolionic forts at Berry Head, archaelogical finds and medical history artifacts. Other exhibits include a reconstructed Victorian palour and nursery and a model of a railwaqy station. The Brixham Heritage Museum also serves as a Devon Record Office service point.