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Monday - Saturday from 10.15am to 4.30pm

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Last admission 4.00pm

Open Easter Monday - until end of October.

For Sunday and Winter opening and

Closed Easter Sunday

Open Good Friday & Easter Saturday

welcomes You

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Okehampton from the moor

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Rural Life on Dartmoor 100 Years Ago

* Could you live without electricity?

* Could you cope without central heating?

* Where would you get food and clothes if there were no supermarkets or clothes shops?

WOULD YOU SURVIVE?

The people of Dartmoor did.

FIND OUT HOW AT: THE MUSEUM OF DARTMOOR LIFE,

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OKEHAMPTON

The Museum of Dartmoor Life

OKEHAMPTON - DEVON

‘It’s great for children’;
–‘The museum is much bigger than it looks’;
––‘There’s so much to see and do’;
–––‘You can touch things’;
––––‘I can remember my grandparents using one of those’;
–––––‘I can’t believe how professional it is’;
––––––‘What an asset to Okehampton: it’s a gem’

– these are just a few of the comments passed by visitors to the museum of Dartmoor Life in Okehampton.