Sunset Over Palermo
"Sunset over Palermo" HMS Foudroyant 80 guns and HMS Queen Charlotte 100 guns in close company arriving at Palermo. HMS Queen Charlotte 100 (1st of that name) Vice Admiral Lord Keith’s flagship, 2nd in command of t.....Read more
Tue 24 to Sun 29 May 2022 (6 days)
Leave no Trace
An exhibition of paintings, drawings and text by Karen Pearson. Karen sketches, takes photographs and has a developing practice of research and writing about the more remote landscapes shaped by human activity such as.....Read more
Sat 21 May to Sat 16 Jul 2022 (2 months)
Phil Underwood: The Digital Craftsman
Collapsing the boundaries between traditional and digital printmaking, The Digital Craftsman combines wood engraving with the visual language of a graphic artist. The Digital Craftsman explores how modern 21st centur.....Read more
Sat 21 May to Sat 16 Jul 2022 (2 months)
Skills for Life
Astrid Arnold and TouchWood South West’s schools project. Currently the experience of craft skills in state primary and secondary schools is very much under-represented or missing from the curriculum, creating a shar.....Read more
Sat 02 Apr to Sat 04 Jun 2022 (2 months)
Display of Objects from the Titanic and the Olympic
The 15th April 2022 marks the 110th anniversary of the most famous maritime disaster of all time, the sinking of the Titanic. The loss of life from the sinking of the unsinkable ship at over 1,500 souls had repercussions.....Read more
Sun 29 May 2022
LES MUSICALS
Ansell’s LES MUSICALS’ Live Concert Tour is the ultimate celebration of Musical Theatre. Jonathan Ansell (G4 Frontman) and Jai McDowall (Winner of Britain’s Got Talent) have joined forces to create a dramatic and spin.....Read more
Sat 19 Mar to Sat 04 Jun 2022 (3 months)
Display of metal detectorist's finds
In October last year the Devon and Somerset Finds Liaison Officer, Lucy Shipley, commonly known as a FLO arrived at the Museum with a quite extraordinary collection of finds. There were boxes and collector’s cabinets ove.....Read more
Tue 01 Feb to Sat 04 Jun 2022 (4 months)
The Far Side of the World: Torquay's Fijian Connection
Learn about the fascinating history, traditions and crafts of Fiji through the museum's rich collection of objects and the stories of the collectors who brought them to Torquay. The important collection of art and art.....Read more
Sat 30 Apr to Sat 03 Sep 2022 (4 months)
Pirates! Fact & Fiction Exhibition
From 30th April discover the world of maritime crime with Pirates! Fact and Fiction. This exhibition takes the visitor on a journey through pirate history, film and literature. From the Cilician pirates of the Roman Medi.....Read more
Thu 12 May to Thu 06 Oct 2022 (5 months)
Don't Stop The Music
A collection of songs can often be referred to as the "soundtrack to your life" - It is like a roadmap looking backward on the major milestones that got you to where you are today. The all-new show ‘Don’t Stop the Music’.....Read more
Tue 31 May to Sun 12 Jun 2022 (2 weeks)
Anthony O'Keefe in Devon
Anthony O’Keefe lives and works in Devon and has painted professionally since 1984, initially concentrating on portraits and equine subjects. Over the last five years he has developed landscape and seascape paintings, in.....Read more