As the roaring twenties are back in full swing Torquay Museum is putting on a 1920's fundraising ball to celebrate it turning 175 this year. Speaking to the Learning Officer of the museum, Heather ...

The mummified body of a small boy in South Devon is set to star in the BBC’s first ever augmented reality app. Torquay Museum’s 2,500 year old Ancient Egyptian mummy is the star of the app, which is ...

An ancient fragment of a maxilla in Torquay Museum, Devon, could be the oldest example from a modern human yet found in Europe. The bone, which has been in the museum for the past 80 years, was ...

Torquay, on Devon's coast, is one of the UK's most iconic seaside towns. And it has a long history of tourism - as these fascinating photos show. Often described as the 'Queen of the English Riviera', ...

Do you believe in ghosts? Another ‘normal day’ at the Torquay Museum in Devon for local staff has ended in a bit more than a scenic cruise around an old building. Whilst taking a look around the ...

A coffin on display at a museum in Devon is a rare 3,500-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus, it has emerged. Torquay Museum were unaware of the coffin's significance until an expert from Bristol University ...

The COVID-19 pandemic marked the first time that the Australian National Surfing Museum has closed since 1993. The museum houses an array of internationally significant collections which celebrate ...

Torquay’s Australian National Surfing Museum is riding the waves of good fortune, with Quicksilver donating 45 rare boards to its collection. As Quiksilver moves its operations further north it has ...