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Forthcoming Events
Working Heavy Horses
23rd - 24th September
Wild about Wool
30th September - 1st October
Harvest Festival
14th - 15th October
Awesome Autumn TT
24th October
Halloween Spectacular
27th October
Victorian Christmas
2nd - 3rd December
Museum Blog
Introduction
Allow me to introduce myself, I am Jess, the third and final Heritage Lottery Funded Buildings Trainee to walk through the COAM gates. I am only about a month into my Traineeship, so have almost the full 18 months to look forward to and I’m excited at the prospect of what I will learn in
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New 2017 Farm and Site Trainee
Hi my name is Josh and I’m the new farm and site trainee. I am coming to the end of my first month at COAM and what a month it’s been. Over the past two years I’ve been studying a countryside management course which focused on wildlife and conservation, but I always have had a
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Lambs Find Hidden Meadow – And Worming!
If you visited the Museum in the spring and walked in the Hidden Meadow, you would have enjoyed the proliferation of spring flowers. The meadow is however, an important grazing area for the Museum’s sheep and the Museum’s farm staff and volunteers spent much of the winter reducing the invasive scrub cover and erecting or
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Heritage Building Trainee 2016 – 17 reflections
Reflections on the last 18 months of my traineeship When I applied for the role of heritage buildings trainee I didn’t know quite what to expect. For a year and a half I had worked doing building repair work in Devon mainly using traditional materials such as cob and lime. I loved using my hands
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