Museum of Dartmoor Life

Museum of Dartmoor Life
Entrance to the Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton. The entrance to the museum courtyard is through this archway off West Street.
Waterwheel at the Museum of Dartmoor Life.

The Museum of Dartmoor Life (MDL) is a local museum in Okehampton, Devon, southwest England.[1][2] It covers life in the Dartmoor area.

The museum opened in 1981.[1] It is housed on three floors in an early 19th century mill[3] and there is a waterwheel at the museum. The collections concentrate on the social history of Dartmoor and Okehampton from prehistoric times to the present. The museum is run as an independent charitable trust with a board of trustees.

See also

  • List of museums in Devon

References

  1. ^ a b Gray, Louise (March 2011). "Sited at the edge of a national park, the Museum of Dartmoor Life preserves access to the area's history". Museums Journal 111 (3): 41. 
  2. ^ "Museum of Dartmoor Life". Culture24. http://www.culture24.org.uk/sw000048. Retrieved March 03, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Museum of Dartmoor Life". Information Britain. http://www.information-britain.co.uk/showPlace.cfm?Place_ID=506. Retrieved March 03, 2011. 

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Coordinates: 50°44′18″N 4°00′12″W / 50.7384°N 4.0034°W / 50.7384; -4.0034



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