The Marble Museum Devon

Bovey tracey heritage centre 19 15 min.

The marble museum devon.

Museums games gardens. It is worth keeping an eye out for the 19th c application of the beautiful devon marble in cathedrals churches and buildings even outside of devon. Glassworks teign valley glass. Visit us in devon house of marbles bovey tracey.

This list of museums in devon england contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions including nonprofit organizations government entities and private businesses that collect and care for objects of cultural artistic scientific or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Watch the glass blowers at work in the teign valley glass studios as they produce huge victorian replica marbles. The sedgwick museum in cambridge holds 26 polished devon marble specimens. The tap bottle shop.

What you may not know is that our headquarters is also open to the public in devon england. Today we have a large trade and retail presence with our headquarters and visitor site in devon england. Set in an historic pottery works just outside dartmoor national park this attraction has four museum exhibitions to view which are all free to enter. Located in the old bovey potteries site the marble museum has a variety of exhibitions including an antique marble making machine and a collection of toys games dating back to 3rd century bc.

The devon marble display uncovers some of the history of this raw material and the marble industry a story that is often missing from the history books. Trade wholesale customers. This helped to promote the britishness of the marble in buildings. House of marbles is a glass museum and works a pottery museum a toy museum and a marble museum near bovey tracey in devon.

A warm welcome to house of marbles. The first large scale working of the local marble began at the start of the 19th century soon after daniel woodley purchased ownership of the quarry at pettitor torquay. All reviews glass blowing marble runs glass making play area marble museum rainy day gift shop all ages free entry couple of hours glass works well worth a visit great place to visit glass items lovely shop. There you will find.

Restaurant the old pottery.