The is little museum is so worth climbing the spiral stairs and paying the small entrance fee. It's packed with interesting facts, memoribelia and history about Dartmouth. A fascinating model shop gallery, interesting oral history section and a "I didn't know that" gallery on navel history at Dartmouth. DO ask to see the "Tree of Jesse" plaster ceiling!

The place has a great collection of historical objects and an incredible display of steam engines throughout history .

The museum is a labour of love, and you will love it. Housed in the town's most historic house, the building itself is worth the admission alone. First there is the dining room that once hosted King Charles II above that is the Mayflower room that tells the story of that most famous of ships that once visited the port on her way to the New World carrying the Pilgrim Fathers led by the man I often think of as "Cousin William". The centrepiece of the display is a magnificent cut away model of Mayflower that gives a fine insight into the conditions onboard. The social history of Dartmouth is told in another display, as is the story of Dartmouth at war including the tale of the American forces that left the Dart for the beaches of Normandy for the D Day landings. Don't take my word for it, visit yourself, but you'll need more time than you may think!

Nice museum. Staff are very friendly and knowledgeable. Would highly recommend, especially for the steam engine models.

It’s a tiny museum, but packed with fragments of important history such as Mayflower and the D-day in WW2. The film about getting ready for D-day shows some background scenes from that time. Two teenage sons seemed to find it interesting as they are learning about WW2 at school. The Mayflower replica ship is impressive and well made. We went during the Feb half term and it was raining and wet, so we decided to go in. It was worth visiting.