The shop sells a variety of goods ranging from postcards to unique gifts, books to stylish greetings cards, prints to ceramics. The books range from publications on local histories, works by Dylan Thomas,archaeology/geology, local walks and art and includes works by well known local writers such as Professor Tony Curtis.
There is also a large selection of greetings cards including several new lines featuring images of photographs, postcards and posters in the museum’s archive collection.
There is also a large selection of gifts for the children including items on piracy and natural sciences (stones, fossils etc) as well as a Lucky Dip.
The museum shop features ceramic works by local artist Paul Roche.
The shop also has a second hand book section – feel free to come in and browse. No admission charge is made for looking around the shop.
There is also a small cafeteria where you can relax and enjoy the stunning views over to Caldey and into Carmarthen Bay.
Museum Publications
- Beatrix Potter Letters
– copy of the four letters the author of Peter rabbit during her stay in Tenby; 16pp; illustrated; £1.50 - Brief History of Tenby Harbour
– Arthur Stubbs – a walkway round the ancient harbour area of Tenby; 4pp; £1.00 - Caldey: A Monastic Isand
– John Beynon; the history of the island of Caldey; 23pp; ISBN: 0 904696 36 7 £2.00 - Charles Norris;
John Tipton; a history of the life of artist Charles Norris; illustrated; ISBN: 0 9530854 0 6; £2.00 - Edward J Head;
author; a biography of the artist E J Head, who taught a young Augustus John ISBN: 0 904696 08 1; £1.00 - Fair & Fashionable Tenby;
John Tipton; the rise of Tenby as a fashionable resort; illustrated; 69pp ISBN: 901906 27 1; £7.50 - In Praise of Tenby;
Brian Price (trans); translation of the 9th century poem Etmic Dinbych; 4pp; £1.00 - Nina Hamnett;
Brian Price; a biography of the Bohemian Tenby born artist; 4pp; ISBN: 0 904696 21 9; £1.00 - Pre-history of Caldey Island;
Deborah Wildgust; the early archaeology of Caldey Island; illustrated; 4pp; ISBN: 0 904696 31 6; £1.00 - Robert Recorde;
Sue Baldwin; the life and works of the Tenby born mathematician, inventor of the equals sign; 14pp; illustrated; ISBN: 0 904696 32 4; £3.00 - Shell Collection of Arthur Godwin Stubbs;
Mark Lewis; the life and work of local conchologist; 6pp; ISBN: 0 904696 10 3; £2.50 - South Western Approaches;
John Tipton; air operations from Pembrokeshire in the world wars; 42pp; illustrated; £2.50 - St Catherine’s Island;
Mark Lewis; history of the island and fort; illustrated; 7pp; ISBN: 0 904696 22 7; £2.50 - The Story of Tenby;
Dr Margaret Davies; the history of Tenby; illustrated; 26pp; ISBN: 0 850886 71 6; £2.50 - Tenby During World War II,
John Tipton; Tenby during the second world war; illustrated; 20pp; ISBN: 0 904696 03 0; £1.50 - Tenby In Camera;
Mark Lewis; the history of photography and Tenby photographers; ISBN: 0 904696 09 X; £2.50 - Tenby Local Museum;
John Beynon; the story of the development of the museum £1.00 - The Ridsdale Geology Collection;
Mark Lewis; the man who collected the specimens; 4pp ISBN: 0 904696 14 6; £2.50 - The World of Words; Mark Lewis; the famous authors who have visited and written about Tenby £2.50
- Victorian Naturalists in Tenby;
Dr Margaret Davies; 12pp; ISBN: 0 904696 12 X; £1.00 - Tasteful Tenby;
Recipes served with bygone times; illustrated; ISBN: 0 904696 27 8; £5.99 - A Legacy of Opium;
Douglas Fraser; illustrated; no of pages 80 ISBN: 978 0 9565396 0 1; £9.00 - Robert Recorde 1510 –2010
(exhibition catalogue; fifty artists celebrate the life and work of Robert Recorde); illustrated; 19pp; £3.99

