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FAIRLYNCH MUSEUM
50 YEARS CELEBRATING EAST DEVON'S HERITAGE IN A BEAUTIFUL THATCHED COTTAGE BY THE SEA
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A pebble’s throw from the best beach in Devon, we’re a volunteer-run museum for life-long learners of all ages and everyone who loves our corner of the world. We have nationally important costume and geological collections and excellent resources for local and family history researchers. |
FAIRLYNCH IS OPEN FROM FRIDAY 18th APRIL - SUNDAY 2nd NOVEMBER IN 2025
Our opening hours are 2.00 - 4.30 Tuesday - Sunday, and Bank Holiday Mondays.
Entry is FREE to Friends of Fairlynch and children under 16
£2.50 to everyone else - and every penny helps to keep our beautiful museum open
Our opening hours are 2.00 - 4.30 Tuesday - Sunday, and Bank Holiday Mondays.
Entry is FREE to Friends of Fairlynch and children under 16
£2.50 to everyone else - and every penny helps to keep our beautiful museum open
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Very informative, with lots of story boards and staff can answer any questions, they have a wealth of knowledge.
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GEORGIAN SILK DRESSES
Some of the earliest pieces in our collection, 250 years old
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BRENDA THOMAS
Exhibition of recent work, with some pieces for sale
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THE OLD SHOPS OF FORE STREET IN BUDLEIGH SALTERTON
Photographs and artefacts from our collection
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BIRDS OF THE LOWER OTTER ESTUARY
BY PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID WHITE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS FROM THE LOWER OTTER RESTORATION PROJECT 2021-2023
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Our 2025 Exhibitions
Local Geology, Archaeology and Nature
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Visitors to Budleigh Salterton always admire the soaring red cliffs and our colourful pebbles, but how did they get here and how did a local man discover the radioactive secret at the end of the beach?
The estuary of the River Otter has changed radically in the past year, to cope with climate change and rising sea levels. Now it is a new National Nature Reserve, attracting birds to a habitat of saltmarsh and mudflats alongside the flowing river. As the land adjusts from a fresh- to a saltwater ecosystem, which plants and animals will thrive and how will strong tidal currents sculpt the landscape? People have enjoyed living beside the sea in East Devon for thousands of years. Our Archaeology collection features some of the artefacts they left behind. |
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Local History, Genealogy and Railways
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Budleigh Salterton, its surrounding villages, coast and beautiful countryside may seem tranquil now but we’ve seen plenty of drama in the past and local people have helped to shape world history. Maybe your ancestors were among them?
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Costumes, Lace and ToysOur wonderful collection includes many rare items, some up to 300 years old. Each year we choose different pieces to display, so don’t miss this year’s selection. Lace making once employed hundreds of local women and girls, and we have some exquisite examples of their work and the oldest trolly lace bobbin in England! This room also houses our toy collection.
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