Dartmouth Museum in Dartmouth, South Devon, United Kingdom | Museum

Welcome to Dartmouth Museum in Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom, a small and unusually interesting Museum housed in an old Merchants House, dated 1640. Dartmouth Museum houses marine and local artefacts, including a superb collection of ships in bottles and an extensive photographic archive of the local area,shipbuilding and shipping on the Dart.
King Charles II held court in one of the galleries of Dartmouth Museum's magnificent rooms, whilst stormbound in Dartmouth, Devon, in 1671. Some of the unique features of the room are the original panelling and the superb plaster ceiling.
Dartmouth, Devon's rich history is displayed in three first floor rooms of an old Merchants House dated 1640.
The collection comprises maritime, trade artefacts and local history. There is an especially good collection of ships in bottles and an extensive archive of local photographs, some dating from the early days of photography. New in 2006 is the amazing Henley Collection representing the life of a Victorian gentleman as seen by his sister and a family friend.
Dartmouth Museum has a fine collection of ship models including HMS Deptford, of the same class as HMS Dartmouth. It is one of a number of superb models from the sailing era. The Collection includes models of ships going back to the 13th Century and comes up to date with excellent recent examples.