Visit us and learn about ‘life inside’ one of the world’s most famous and notorious jails. Our museum attracts more than 35,000 visitors every year from all over the world. Some of the artefacts and documents on display will surprise you but will certainly enable you to form an opinion about prison life.

Prices and Opening Times for Dartmoor Prison Museum. View admission prices, opening times, and disabled access information. Visit us in Princetown, Devon. Dartmoor Prison Museum, UK.

Discover the history of Dartmoor Prison including the construction, information about first prisoners, and conscientious objectors during World War One. Dartmoor Prison Museum, UK.

Location of Dartmoor Prison Museum. View opening times. Visit us in Princetown, Dartmoor, Devon, UK.

Visit us and learn about ‘life inside’ one of the world’s most famous and notorious jails. Our museum attracts more than 35,000 visitors every year from all over the world. Some of the artefacts and documents on display will surprise you but will certainly enable you to form an opinion about prison life.

Dartmoor Prison Museum, HMP Dartmoor, Princetown, Devon, PL20 6RR TEL: 01822 322130

At the rear of the prison are two identical cemeteries, one dedicated to the French and one to the American prisoners of war who died at Dartmoor. The registers reveal that 1217 French and 271 American prisoners died whilst at Dartmoor.

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Dartmoor – the first racially segregated prison in American history. Dartmoor was home to some 7500 American prisoners of war between 1813 and 1815. Of these around 1000 were men of colour, Native Americans, African Americans and Africans.

• On 17th May 1809 the Agent for Dartmoor, Captain Isaac Cotgrave was told to expect the first batch of 2500 French prisoners from Plymouth. • It was originally intended to ferry them to Lopwell Quay and then march them to Princetown.