2018 sees 15 Years of The National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Beginnings
The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is a fully independent museum, the result of collaboration between the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and the former Cornwall Maritime Museum in Falmouth. The Cornwall Maritime Museum evolved from a collection reflecting Cornwall’s rich maritime history gathered over 150 years by the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society.
Highlights
- 2003 – HRH the Duke of York officially opens the museum
- 2004 – Will to Win Olympic exhibition
- 2005 – Team Phillips, Ellen MacArthur, + Virgin welcomes Ollie Hicks
- 2006 – Endurance and Survival exhibition
- 2007 – Your Falmouth and Survival Zone opens
- 2008 – Under the Sea exhibition
- 2011 – On Thin Ice exhibition
- 2012 – Search and Rescue exhibition
- 2013 – 10th birthday
- 2015 – Viking Voyagers exhibition
- 2016 – The Great Big Cornish Gig project
- 2017 – Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed and Captain Bligh: Myth, Man and Mutiny exhibitions
- 2018 – Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed begins a three year tour of the UK
- 2018 – Titanic Stories exhibition opens
Award winning
The quality and creativity of our learning programme and visitor experience has been recognised in a number of prestigious awards. Here are just some of them…
- 2017 – Best Gallery – What’s on Cornwall Awards – voted by the public
- 2015 – The Sandford Award – for the outstanding quality of our education work
- 2014 – Winner The Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award
- 2014 – Learning outside the classroom quality badge
The future
We are committed to;
- Curating ambitious and unexpected exhibitions which bring ancient artefacts from national and international collections to Cornwall, and bring new and diverse perspectives to maritime issues, giving them contemporary relevance;
- Being a vital centre of family learning and award winning education programming;
- Preserving and promoting Cornwall Maritime Heritage;
- Our programme of boat building and conservation
