Happy Monday from Totnes ❤️

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Happy #WorldBookDay! 📚 Our rare books are available for EVERYONE to read, study & enjoy in our reading room. With more than 50,000 books published between 1460 & 2022 by thousands of different authors, we have something for everyone! Find out more ➡️libguides.exeter.ac.uk/archives/books…

Happy World Book Day! 📚 This week's throwback from the University Archive takes us back to the Old (then New!) Library in the 1980s, incl. a photo of rare books that are today housed in our Special Collections! 📷EUL UA/P/1b #WorldBookDay #ThowbackThursday #UniOfExeterArchive

Today is International Women's Day, a day to celebrate women's achievement, raise awareness against bias, & take action for equality. We'll be celebrating by sharing information about some of the women in our archives. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD23 #WHM #WHM2023 #Archives

We're brightening up the High Street totnestowncouncil.gov.uk/town-decorated… #totnes #bunting #spring

Vire Island, 1902. From a small book produced for Miss Annie Phillips, who ran a Fancy Repository at 28 Fore Street from 1902 until 1910.

We have some exciting news!! You are invited to the Official Opening of the 2023 Season at Totnes Museum Saturday 1st April at 2pm! There will be a short ceremony including the unveiling of our Malcolm Curley statue, based on the Lee Ring figures!

Not long... This #museummonday we want to show off our Elizabethan house but also remind you all that you're invited to our reopening ceremony for the 2023 It will be totally free and happen at 2pm at the museum Saturday 1st April See you all there instagram.com/p/CqTRDrZL6Ae/…

This is our first #museummonday of our 2023 open season, and we want share some moments from our reopening ceremony with you A special thanks goes to the trustees and volunteers who made the day so special as well as our special guests instagram.com/p/CqlgUtPrOQB/… #totnesmuseum

Don't forget we are open, and entry is free! This #museummonday starts an exciting week at Totnes Museum we have an Easter trail and Craft activities Including an exciting drop-in Royal Crown Craft Workshop Wednesday 12th from 2pm to 4pm FREE instagram.com/p/Cq3eLqbrnX3/…

Today, Wednesday 12th we will be doing a free drop-in craft workshop between 2pm and 4pm where you can make your very own Royal Crown as part of celebrating the upcoming coronation of King Charles III, come on by! #totnesmuseum #totnesmuseumarchive instagram.com/p/Cq7uFcXo6I6/…

A massive thank you to everyone who came along to our Royal Crown drop-in craft workshop yesterday A shout-out goes to our amazing staff and volunteers who make these sorts of activities possible, wonderful, and free for everyone #totnesmuseum instagram.com/p/Cq--RaFoJ5q/…

Its #museummonday and we want to remind you we are open and entry is free! So if you're in Totnes having an explore why not come on by to learn more about the town and it's fascinating history #totnesmuseum instagram.com/p/CrbdpH8rWJE/…

With the upcoming Coronation this year, it has been fascinating to look back at the images produced during previous celebrations for other Monarchs. This was taken during the Edward Vll Coronation Celebrations, in the High Street, 1902.

Mayday, 1906. The May Queen, Olive Chudley, was the second May Queen at Lustleigh (started in 1905)

Here's a mystery post for you, this is a beautiful piece of plaster thought to have been made in 1584, it was recovered from a cottage in Berry Pomeroy on the estate of the Duke of Somerset, the question is, where can it be spotted in the museum today? instagram.com/p/Crys590LCJQ/…

Here is another instalment of our #museummonday looking at interesting parts of the Museum’s Elizabethan house Here's another piece of that beautiful plasterwork from Berry Pomeroy, featuring a fleur-de-lis design with an oak leaf #totnesmuseum instagram.com/p/CsRma3grW9y/…