Cookworthy Museum in Kingsbridge, Devon, United Kingdom | Heritage Museum

Come inside Cookworthy Museum in Kingsbridge, England, United Kingdom, located in the Old Grammar School and discover the story of Kingsbridge and the South Hams.
In the nine galleries at Cookworthy Museum you will find both permanent displays and special exhibitions showing how the people of the area have lived, worked and played over many generations.
A highlight of your visit may be viewing our collection of photographs from the 1870s to the present day or a visit to our Heritage Resource Centre for personal research and access to our archives and local records.
Whatever your interest there's something for all the family in this lively local museum, rain or shine.
Cookworthy Museum was founded in 1971 in the old Kingsbridge Grammar School buildings in Kingsbridge, England. Mrs Evelyn Northcott persuaded English China Clays Ltd. to rescue the derelict building and found a museum to collect and record the social history of the area.
The Museum was named after William Cookworthy, who was born in Kingsbridge, England, and who developed the first true hard-paste porcelain ("china").
The Museum facilities now include displays of artefactes from the early history of Kingsbridge through to the present day, a gallery of agricultural machinery and tools, a collection of nearly 10,000 photographs dating from the 1870's through to the present day, costumes from the 19th and 20th centuries,
a viewing gallery giving a virtual tour of the Museum, a resource centre to support personal research. This has many local documents including microfilm copies of local newspapers from 1855 to the present.