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Your Heritage. Our Future. Axminster Heritage and Museum Facing An Uncertain Future Following major investment in the Georgian carpet factory that once made the world-famous Whitty carpets, [...]

Your Heritage Our Future As a private charity we have to raise all our own fees for running cost. We do not receive any funding from the local authority or government and are dependent on the [...]

Volunteering Opportunities with Axminster Heritage. Interested in local history, community  and developing new skills while making new friends? If you answered yes to any of these questions then [...]

If you’re interested in learning a new skill, developing a new hobby, or making new friends then one of our wide range of Heritage Alive activities and workshops might be just what [...]

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    We are sorry to announce that there are no planned coach trips for 2024.  This is being constantly reviewed and if anything changes it will be announced here. We are Sorry for any [...]

Summer Opening Hours: 3rd April 2026 to 31st October  2026 Monday Closed Tuesday: 10am – 4pm Wednesday Closed Thursday: 10am – 4pm Friday  10am – 4pm Saturday: 10am – 1pm   Museum [...]

The East Devon Market Town of Axminster   axminster-edmt    

To mark International Women’s Day today we would like to introduce you to a remarkable woman – Margaret Tomlinson. Margaret Tomlinson Née Tansley, was born on 20 September 1905 at [...]

East Devon Residents’ Experience of the First Wave of Covid-19, Spring and Summer 2020 (Written in mid-July 2020)   covid-19-in-east-devon28095   covid-19-first-wave-oct-202015235 [...]