For the first time ever, a cluster of tourist destinations in Devon have developed British Sign Language videos (BSL), enabling the Deaf community to have meaningful and engaging experiences with their heritage like never before.
Just in time for Deaf Awareness Week, Seaton Wetlands, Seaton Jurassic, Kents Cavern and National Trust Killerton are the four Devon locations that have so far created the videos in partnership with Heritage Ability.
Heritage Ability is a project helping over 20 heritage places across the South West become more accessible to disabled people and...
Explore, Discover & Enjoy Exeter with Curious About Exeter
Are you curious about Exeter? Looking for an unusual and quirky activity which gets you out in the fresh air whatever the weather? Take one of our self-guided walks with a treasure hunt theme – looping around the better-known sights, as well as some of the more unusual and quirky ones, which combined make Exeter a fascinating place to explore!
You’ll get everything – detailed directions, maps, clues (with answers in the back!), and interesting snippets about the history of Exeter and the people that have shaped...
Items relating to George Henry Baker of Exeter, who died on 10/10/1917 in the Great War, are being gifted to the Devon Heritage Centre after almost 100 years in the north of England.
The Dissenters Graveyard in Exeter will be open to visitors between 11am and 4pm on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th September as part of Heritage Open Days.
This is an opportunity to walk through the nearly restored graveyard and browse through the range of information on the histories of the Graveyard, of Dissent, of the monuments and the people associated with site.
At 2.30pm on Saturday, the West Gallery Quire in costume will sing hymns and psalm settings of the 18th and 19th Centuries.
The programme will include hymns by Sir John Bowring, the most distinguished of...
Visitors to Newton Abbot can now listen and learn about significant events in the town’s history through new, energy efficient heritage posts.
Positioned by places of historical interest at St. Leonards Tower, one of Newton Abbot’s most recognisable landmarks, Passmore Edwards Library and Courtenay Park, opposite the town’s railway station, the three heritage posts came about through a partnership between Teignbridge District Council, Newton Abbot Town Council and Newton Abbot Museum.
A first of their kind for Teignbridge, the posts are operated by selecting one of a total...
The talents of a Devon film maker and branding expert are playing a key role in the development of a museum more than 7,000 miles away in the Falkland Islands.
Tim Roberts’ Fatcalf Media business has been working with the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust since 2014 when a chance meeting with the museum’s manager led to a contract to produce a film chronicling the 1982 Argentinean invasion through the eyes of islanders who were children at the time.
As well as featuring emotional interviews with the now adult residents, the film also features material from the...
History of much loved East Devon parks and gardens will be captured for posterity thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund award of £9,500
Interpretation panels for each of East Devon District Council’s eight parks and gardens are currently being developed by the council using information provided by local museums and local community members/groups. East Devon’s in-house design team are currently producing these ready for installation this spring.
The panels and a trail leaflet for this project have been made possible thanks to a £9,500 grant, which East Devon District Council...
Exeter-based KOR Communications has adopted a rare piece of the city’s history, as part of Exeter Library’s Adopt a Book initiative.
Launched by the Library’s Senior Supervisor Joanne Cousins, the Adopt a Book scheme aims to raise funds for the restoration and preservation of a collection of rare and ancient books in the Library’s special collection archives.
Run by Libraries Unlimited, the charity and social enterprise responsible for all of Devon’s Library services, Exeter Library is home to over 6,000 rarely seen items, dating back to 1480. Joanne launched Adopt a Book...
A historically-important city graveyard, which has been brought back from neglect and disrepair, will be on display to the public this weekend as part of an national heritage event. <SEPT 10-11>
At least 1,300 Dissenters - Protestants who dissented from the strictures of the Anglican Church - were buried in a small plot off Magdalen Road in Exeter between 1748 and 1854– known as the Dissenters’ Graveyard.
The graveyard will be open to the public this Saturday <September 10> and Sunday <September 11> for visitors to discover the progress made on the...
Some of Exeter’s most fascinating buildings will open their doors to the public free of charge next week for Heritage Open Days.
Among those taking part are Exeter’s Guildhall, the Barnfield Theatre, Princesshay ,Tuckers Hall, 21 The Mint, various Red Coat Guided tours and Exeter’s Underground Passages. The event runs from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 September.
Many of the venues participating are not usually open to the public or otherwise charge an entry fee. This is a unique opportunity to explore these sometimes hidden, often curious, and always interesting places. This...
