252:) as well as local history. The museum currently displays a collection of military medals and offers a display recalling Sidmouth during the Second World War. Before the 2021 season, the museum secured several digitisation grants, which provided the opportunity to present many of the museum's offerings in digital form. As a result, visitors can now access a great deal of information via screens and
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Sidmouth Museum holds considerable quantities of lace in its collection, though only a small fraction of this can be displayed physically in the building itself. A digital monitor allows visitors to view other examples of lace not on public display at the museum. The room also hosts the original Long
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The museum is open from 10 am to 4 pm every day except
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in the post-Second World War period. Many personal effects of the medal recipients were donated to the museum, a select few of which are also visible to the public. The medals of
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