North Devon Maritime Museum

A fantastic visit to the North Devon Maritime Museum! The exhibits are wonderfully well-preserved, and the detailed displays bring local seafaring history to life. The staff were brilliant—incredibly friendly, welcoming, and knowledgeable!

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Really interesting collection in a beautiful location, with friendly and knowledgeable staff. It’s tucked away, but definitely worth seeking out! The woman on the reception was very, very helpful, and knew so much about the exhibits.

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We passed by the Maritime Museum when we first arrived in Appledore, and were welcomed by a lovely, friendly volunteer who was great with us and our dog. We felt very encouraged to visit and assured her we'd see her soon. We returned a few days later (Weds 2nd Sept), and were greeted by a different team and a different atmosphere. There was a lovely gentleman who assured me that my partner and young dog could wait in the museum courtyard. This was after me saying my partner and I would look around the museum separately, specifically stating our dog is young and excitable and not yet at the stage where she can patiently walk around a museum. What followed (and why I left the museum in a hurry) was the woman selling tickets telling people there was a 'tetchy' dog in the courtyard and talk about how highly strung cocker spaniels were. Our dog is a beautiful, friendly, loveable soul, who brings smiles to everyone she meets. 'Tetchy' is the last word anyone who has met her would ever use to describe her. I would advise, if you would like people to visit and support the museum, that it's more polite and professional to keep these thoughts to yourself. This is where we see the spectrum that is 'dog friendly' establishments. Places like the Royal George who welcome any dogs - young, old nervous, they just take care of them. Be warned that if your dog doesn't sit like a statue, you will hear comments about it as you go around this museum. It is a great shame as under different circumstances I would have liked to stay longer and learn more about the maritime history of Appledore. Not a great experience, please consider how your attitude and comments may come across to people who wish to visit this museum, which is advertised as 'dog friendly'.

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Lads... there is alot of information here. Great access to knowledge and education through reading. Theres also a big boat wheel thing you can pretend to be the captain of a ship, theres a statue worth seeing for reasons.... a jar which clearly documents a world record for a fella sticking ferrets in his pants and one of those classic stick your face through a cut out for classic banter picture. Overall something for everyone, you can either read or do that other stuff I said 👍

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