THE challenging roads to peace since World War One is the fascinating subject of the main exhibition at Tavistock Museum when it re-opens this Saturday.

The exhibition arranged by Tavistock Peace Action Group traces the rise of the peace movement, whose prominent campaigners have included several local people.

The supporting exhibition is 'The Traders of Tavistock'. This exhibition, arranged by local shopping expert Linda Elliott, shows the changes to some of the best known shopping premises in the town by using 'now-and-then' photographs.

There is also some interesting shopping memorabilia on display, including a 1905 Grafton and Scott grocery book, listing the weekly shopping account for a prominent Tavistock family.

Since it was extended three years ago, more than 7,500 visitors visit the Tavistock Museum annually.

Besides being a town and community museum, it is in its own right an area centre for the Cornwall and West Devon Mining World Heritage Site.

The museum promotes the regional mining heritage by showing on its audio-visual system short films of all ten mining areas from the Tamar Valley to West Cornwall.

Roderick Martin, secretary to the Museum Trustees, said: 'Tavistock Museum at its Court Gate premises has now, after a decade of work by its volunteers and the financial support of its two principal funders, proved itself to be a sustainable asset to the town and local tourism.'

Rod said volunteers would still be very welcomed by the team to assist in a worthwhile range of museum activities which included stewarding, digitising photographs and researching local history.

The museum will be open from 11am to 3pm daily from March 28 to October 31.