Totnes Museum

South Hams / Royaume-Uni

Totnes Museum is a local museum in the town of Totnes, south Devon, in southwest England.The museum is housed with an Elizabethan merchant's house that was built c.1575 for the Kelland family. The house has many original features and has been carefully restored. Totnes Museum has twelve galleries, a courtyard, and a herb garden. The collections date from 5000BC onwards, including coins minted in Totnes during Saxon times, and concern the cultural, economic, and social history of Totnes.The galleries include a Babbage Room, presenting Charles Babbage, the Victorian mathematician who invented the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine, mechanical precursors of the modern computer. Babbage spent his youth in Totnes and studied at King Edward VI Grammar School there. There is a Study Centre at the rear of the building which contains an archive of Totnes-related material - books, fiches, transcripts, photographs, and local newspapers from 1860 - of particular interest to those seeking information on Totnes history, buildings and their own family connections in the area. Experienced researchers are on hand to help on Thursdays and Fridays.

Britannia Royal Naval College

South Hams / Royaume-Uni

Le Britannia Royal Naval College est l’établissement de la Royal Navy destiné à la formation initiale de ses officiers. Il est situé sur une colline surplombant Dartmouth dans le Devon . Les élèves-officiers , comme on les appelle jusqu'à ce qu'ils achèvent leur formation, peuvent poser leur candidature entre 18 et 34 ans. Bien que la plupart des cadets se joignent au BRNC après avoir terminé l'université, certains se joignent directement au secondaire. Tous les cadets passent entre 30 et 49 semaines au collège, selon leur spécialisation. Un important contingent d'étudiants étrangers et du Commonwealth fait partie du corps étudiant. Le Royal Fleet Auxiliary envoie ses élèves-officiers au BRNC pour une formation initiale d'officier de 10 semaines, avant de commencer dans un collège maritime.

Devonshire Collection of Period Costume

South Hams / Royaume-Uni

The Devonshire Collection of Period Costume is a collection of historic costumes housed in the Totnes Fashion and Textiles Museum in the town of Totnes, south Devon, in southwest England.The collection includes clothing for men, women, and children, dating from the 18th century to the end of the 20th century. An annually updated exhibition is displayed in Bogan House, a Tudor merchant's house at 43 High Street, Totnes.