News: Exhibitions

Two of our recent major exhibitions have taken on a life of their own and are now delighting visitors at major museums across the UK.

Running until Sunday 5 January 2025.

Dashing, daring and adventurous or bloodthirsty, immoral and greedy – were pirates of the 18th century heroes of the age or no more than callous cutthroats?

Saturday 23 November 2024 – Sunday 4 January 2026.

An evocative, multi-media exhibition on the resilience of Cornwall’s coastal communities past, present and future.

2023 is a big year for National Maritime Museum Cornwall. It’s our 20th birthday and so we’re creating a brand new exhibition that takes a look at the highs and lows of our 20 year history.

Friday 28 June 2024 – Sunday 8 June 2025.

An intimate exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Sunbeam one-design keelboat boat racing in Falmouth.

Friday 28 March 2025 – January 2027.

SURF! is the next major exhibition from National Maritime Museum Cornwall, celebrating a century of surfing in Cornwall.

Our new presentation of the Boat Hall highlights the role that small boats play in shaping the world we live in.

This festive postcard is part of the Museum’s archive collection and was sent across the sea from the Isles of Scilly in 1908.

In 1994, Cornish diver Colin Martin found the Hanover wreck after seven years of searching. Learn more about the tragedy and what objects were recovered.