Totnes Museum

Totnes Museum occupies a restored merchant's house built in 1575 and displays local history across multiple floors through twelve galleries. The rooms contain objects and collections that document different aspects of the town's past and commerce.

Totnes functioned as a minting center during Saxon times, producing coins that are preserved in the museum's Bennett Room. The merchant house itself dates to Elizabethan times and reflects the town's long importance as a trading place.

The museum displays Charles Babbage's role in developing computing through his early mechanical calculators on view. Visitors can see and understand the predecessors of modern computers in this dedicated exhibition space.

The museum is open from March through October on Tuesdays and Fridays, with free entry and welcome donations. Plan to spend a couple of hours exploring the galleries at a relaxed pace across the different floors.

An authentic Elizabethan herb garden in the courtyard grows medicinal and culinary plants using historical methods. This hidden green space provides a quiet retreat and shows how people cultivated useful herbs centuries ago.

Location: Totnes

Address: 70 Fore Street, Totnes, TQ9 5RU

Website: https://totnesmuseum.org

GPS coordinates: 50.43130,-3.68662

Latest update: December 14, 2025 11:42