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Become a Friend of the Museum

Your membership helps the museum care for its growing collection, deliver exhibitions and workshops, and continue its outreach work across the community.

Why become a Friend of the Museum?

  • Free entry to our museum talks on local history
  • A regular newsletter to keep you up to date
  • Invitations to our exhibition launch events
  • Support your local museum through your membership

Becoming a Friend of Newton Abbot Museum is a great way to support our work while staying connected. For just £15 a year, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including free access to our popular programme of local history talks, a bi-annual newsletter, and invitations to exclusive exhibition launches.

Previous talks have included

  • The Fatal Shore: The Transportation of South Devon Convicts – Philip Badcock
  • Dartmoor in the Age of the Black Death – David Stone
  • Devon and Enslavement in 1834: History from the Evidence – Todd Gray
  • Dartmoor Pubs: The Story Behind Some of These Moorland Pubs – Paul Rendell

If you’d like to become a Friend of the Museum and support what we do, please email charlotte.edwards@newtonabbot-tc.gov.uk for an application form and payment details. Membership runs from September to September, though you’re welcome to join at any time.

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