Newton’s Place Has a New Face!
- by naadmin337
- in Museum
- posted September 18, 2017
If you attended the last of the Summer Nights events in Newton Abbot last weekend you may have noticed that the Town Council has acquired a new member of staff. Newton the Town Crier has been active for some time on our Twitter and...
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Fun Palace! Speeding Through History
- by naadmin337
- in Museum
- posted September 1, 2017
We’ve had a exciting meeting about Fun Palaces today! Find out more about what a Fun Palace is and why they are brilliant here: Why were we talking about it? Newton Abbot Town and GWR Museum will have three stalls at the ‘Speed History’ Event upstairs...
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Terrific Toys!
- by naadmin337
- in Museum
- posted August 25, 2017
One of our fantastic Facebook-followers heard our plea for toys and came through for us in spades! Not only are these wonderful wind-ups great examples of toy making from the 1920’s through to the 1950’s but the family they come from also have strong...
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What is Your Perfect Museum?
- by naadmin337
- in Museum
- posted August 4, 2017
Now that we have HLF funding we are ready to shake off museums of the past and create the museum of the future. If you haven’t had a chance to find out about the Newton’s Place project and share your ideas with us, don’t...
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Terrific Tour
- by naadmin337
- in Museum
- posted July 28, 2017
Earlier this summer we had the great pleasure of showing a group of young ladies from the 3rd Newton Abbot (Salvation Army) Brownies around the museum and they did a great job of getting to grips with local history. They tried out stereoscopes: Tried on...
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