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Topsham Museum
Museum Diary 2010 From: Mon 8th Feb 2010 To: Fri 29th Oct 2010
The full 2010 diary for Topsham Museum nas now been finalised.

Opening dates
31st March - 31St October / ADMISSION FREE
Museum open Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 2 pm - 5 pm ( Last admission 4.30 pm)

Special Exhibition - Topsham Sailing Club -A celebration of 125 Years sailing.

Lecture topics to be announced.

Wednesday 28th April - Lunchtime Lecture - 11.30am. Doors open 11am.

15th May - 1st August: Museum Open Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 2pm - 5pm ( Last admission 4.30pm)

GLOBAL GARDENERS Special Exhibition
A display charting the journeys of the Veitch nursery plant hunters, who travelled all over the world in the 19th and 20th centuries to collect new species of plants. The Museum holds a collection of Veitch plants in its Riverside Garden.

Sunday 16th May: Open 6pm - 9pm - Night at the Museum
Gardeners and their travels will be featured with plant identification information and readings. Light refreshments available.

Wednesday 27th May: Doors open 11am

Victorian Souvenir Collecting and the Plant Hunters.
By Tony Eccles, Curator of Ethnography at RAMM

Sunday 13th June - Secret Gardens Trail

Wednesday 23rd June - Lunchtime Lecture11.30am. Doors open 11am.

Wednesday 28th July - Lunchtime Lecture

11.30am. Doors open 11am.

Thursday 22nd July - A study day on "Plant Collectors and Local Nurseries".
For further information please see website in May.

Thursday 5th August - MUSEUM OPEN - Extra Opening Plus Children's Day!

Thursday 12th August - MUSEUM OPEN - Extra Opening

Thursday 19th August - MUSEUM OPEN - Extra Opening

Tuesday 24th August - Town Fayre Coffee Morning

Thursday 26th August - MUSEUM OPEN - Extra Opening

Thursday 9th September - Heritage Day

Wednesday 23rd September - Lunchtime Lecture

Doors open 11am.

Wednesday 27th October - Lunchtime Lecture

Doors open 11am.