Museum Stories

A wedding, a teapot and women in the local glove-making industry

A Bideford wedding and a teapot In January 2023 a beautiful, early 20th-century, silver spirit teapot arrived at The Burton. Having left Bideford in the early 1920s, the teapot travelled on many ...

Bideford Witch Trial: Prejudice and scapegoating in 17th century Devon

Bideford Witch Trial: Prejudice and scapegoating in 17th century Devon Individuals or groups can often be singled out by their communities and labelled because they don't fit in. Known as "otherin...

The North Devon Ceramics Trade and the American Connection

Intro The story of pottery production and trade with America is a tale of being in the right place at the right time; hard work; access to resources; skills and entrepreneurship; adventure; trav...

If you’re also 65 this year, come for cake & memories at Burton Gallery’s birthday party

On Saturday, October 22, the Burton Art Gallery and Museum is turning 65. For this special birthday, the Burton’s Friends are inviting anyone in the North Devon area, especially those who turn 65 t...