Introduction
Allhallows Museum in the High Street has an astonishing wealth of artefacts and information packed into the oldest building in Honiton. Visitors come from all over the world and often say it’s like an Aladdin’s cave.
The doors of ‘Honiton and Allhallows Public Museum’ first opened on November 13th, 1946, when the entrance fee was sixpence. Today it is FREE entry for everyone.
The focus for the Museum is all things Honiton and our aim is to preserve the heritage of the people of the town and surrounding district. It is run entirely by a team of dedicated volunteers who work all year round.
Honiton is most famous for three things –
- Honiton lace – we hold the largest collection of Honiton lace in the world,
- Honiton pottery, and
- the Honiton hippo bones which were found when the by-pass was being built.