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Raising the Standard

Discover our project which restored banners from museum collections and discovered retold local history stories

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About the project

Raising the Standard was a National Heritage Lottery funded (NHLF) project coordinated by South West Museum Development across 10 museums and community heritage organisations based within Devon and Cornwall involving the conservation, display and interpretation of 15 banners.

The museums included:

  • Grampound with Creed Heritage Centre, Cornwall
  • Helston Museum, Cornwall
  • Mevagissey and District Museum, Cornwall
  • Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Cornwall
  • Saltash Heritage Museum and Local History Centre, Cornwall
  • Sidmouth Museum, Devon
  • South Molton and District Museum, Devon
  • The St. Ives Museum, Cornwall
  • Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life, Devon
  • Whimple Heritage Centre, Devon

Take a look at our films from the project:

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