Torquay Museum

Torquay Museum is a museum located on Babbacombe Road in Torquay and is one of several places of interest along the Agatha Christie Mile. The museum is one of two museums which house a gallery dedicated to the life and works of Agatha Christie (the other one is in Wallingford. Besides this, the museum also houses galleries of local interest, including the history of life and work in Torquay, and on natural history--displaying information on some of the important geological and paleontological discoveries made locally in places such as Kents Cavern.

The Agatha Christie gallery contains exhibits relating to Agatha Christie's early life in Torquay and includes some rare photgraphs. The galley also has artefacts relating to two of her more popular TV adaptations: ITV's [Agatha Christie's Poirot]] and BBC's Miss Marple. Suits worn by David Suchet and Joan Hickson are on display as well as the walking stick used by Suchet in the series. There are replicas of the Art Deco furniture used in the filming of Poirot's house in Whitehaven Mansions used in the filming.

The Torquay Museum is an essential stop for those wishing to complete the "Agatha Christie Mile". The plaque is to the left of the entrance between the windows just above a sign which says that the museum is open. In this view it is obscured by a tree.

A view of the Agatha Christie gallery. In the foreground is the sitting room set of Whitehaven Mansions used in Agatha Christie's Poirot.

The Agatha Christie Mile plaque on the wall of the museum.