Dartmoor Museums

Ashburton Museum - Ashburton - Dartmoor No visit to Ashburton would be complete without a visit to the Town's Museum. Originally started in a private house, it moved to the tower of St Lawrence Chapel and, when it outgrew that, in 1962, to...

Dartmoor Prison Musuem - Princetown - Dartmoor Dartmoor Prison has a long and fascinating history that has seen many changes in its fortunes. But it is also at the cutting edge of modern penal practice, developing ways to help offenders change...

Museum of Dartmoor Life - Okehamton - Dartmoor The museum opened in 1982 when - with a growing collection of local objects to be housed and displayed - a group of volunteers raised funds to purchase the present site and its empty, derelict...