From our Oral History Archive. Memories from 100 years ago, recorded in the 1980s. Dartmoor Trust Archive @devonassoc The Museum of English Rural Life #MuseumsTogether South West Fed everythingOkehampton DartmoorFolkFestival Dartmoor Archaeology NorthDevonAthenaeum Devon Archives Dartmoor Preservation Association The Dartmoor Society

We are opening on 24th May. Come & visit. Dartmoor Trust Archive South West Fed Devon Archives Dartmoor Preservation Association DartmoorFolkFestival The Dartmoor Society everythingOkehampton @devonassoc The Museum of English Rural Life #MuseumsTogether

Films to educate and inspire all the young people who couldn’t visit us during the pandemic. All the films have been sent out to as many schools as possible and from next Monday one film a week will be released onto our YouTube channel, subscribe, they are all free to view.

Meet Frida La Vida @mootottersproject designed by @lunaforarts at Museum from re-opening on. 24th May. @SWfed The Dartmoor Society DartmoorFolkFestival everythingOkehampton Kids in Museums #MuseumsTogether @DevonHeritage

Coming soon to a museum in Okehampton. Frida La Vida. @SWfed everythingOkehampton The Dartmoor Society VisitDartmoor @visitOkehampton Kids in Museums Dartmoor Trust Archive

Opening exhibition. South West Fed Dartmoor Trust Archive @DevonHeritage Dartmoor Preservation Association DartmoorFolkFestival The Dartmoor Society everythingOkehampton @devonassoc The Museum of English Rural Life #MuseumsTogether Dartmoor Hillies Moor Otters 🦦 Dartmoor Magazine

Come & meet Frida from 24 May Dartmoor Trust Archive South West Fed @DevonHeritage Dartmoor Preservation Association DartmoorFolkFestival The Dartmoor Society The Museum of English Rural Life everythingOkehampton @devonassoc #MuseumsTogether @visitDartmoor Dartmoor Hillies Moor Otters 🦦 Dartmoor Magazine Pokehampton

Second hand books now available at the Museum. Dartmoor Trust Archive everythingOkehampton Pokehampton Dartmoor Hillies Museum Development South West Kids in Museums VisitDartmoor

This year is the 150th anniversary of the railway first arriving in Okehampton. Learn more & join in celebrations @ Museum of Dartmoor Life 3rd & 4th Oct When the Railway came to town. Free admission.⁦Dartmoor Trust Archive⁩ ⁦everythingOkehampton⁩ ⁦Pokehampton⁩

Come & join in the celebration in Okehampton this weekend. Lots going on, free admission to the Museum, Wren music, lots more. ⁦everythingOkehampton⁩ ⁦VisitDartmoor⁩ ⁦South West Fed⁩ ⁦Pokehampton⁩ ⁦@belstonevillage⁩ ⁦Sourton Parish News⁩ ⁦Visit Chagford⁩

Join in! 2nd Oct Tea Party in Charter Hall. Exhibitions in Museum & Charter Hall. 3rd Oct celebration of 1st train 150 yrs ago @ station. Museum open & free all weekend.everythingOkehampton Dartmoor National Park Dartmoor Trust Archive @visitdartmoor

Join in! 2nd Oct Tea Party in Charter Hall. Exhibitions in Museum & Charter Hall. 3rd Oct celebration of 1st train 150 yrs ago @ station. Museum open & free all weekend.everythingOkehampton Dartmoor National Park Dartmoor Trust Archive VisitDartmoor

Come to the Museum next Saturday 30th October for spooktacular fun and games with Mr Bones from Entertainingly Different from 10am to 5.30pm VisitDartmoor⁩ ⁦South West Fed⁩ ⁦Pokehampton⁩ ⁦@belstonevillage⁩ ⁦Sourton Parish News⁩ ⁦Visit Chagford⁩

It’s a great day for the Museum of Dartmoor Life to announce that they are recipients of a #placesofscience grant from The Royal Society. Follow us on Museum of Dartmoor Life South West Fed Dartmoor National Park @OkehamptonLib

Over the next 18 months we will look at the influence of the wool trade on Moorland life and how our ancestors used local plants, minerals and barks to fix and dye their yarn. Follow our project Museum of Dartmoor Life everythingOkehampton archaeologynews @belstonevillage

Dying o Dartmoor. Our local Dartmoor sheep are hardy creatures providing fleece for clothing, carpets and furnishings for centuries. Keep following Museum of Dartmoor Life for project updates.we will engage community partners looking at plants found on and around the Moor. South West Fed HISTORY

Dying on Dartmoor The project will be working with community partners, local schools and experts. Foraging walks will be led to discover dye plants. Then the process of colour extraction will be discussed looking at how metals were used to improve the take up of dyes.

Carol Hughes has shared with the MoDL some of Poet Laureate Ted Hughes’s private possessions connected to their friendship with the Royal Family. These will be on display along with some of Ted’s awards and hand written poems including one that has never been published.

Look out for Dartmoor Life stand at Postbridge today. Learn about ‘Dying on Dartmoor’.Moreton Info Centre South West Fed Kids in Museums Devon Days #LoveDevon KidsDaysOut everythingOkehampton

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