Kids + family

Live performance, storytelling + new activities every week… All activities are free with your museum ticket. For dates and times see below.

This summer we have live performance and storytelling from the much loved Rattlebox Theatre and Squashbox Theatre – two of Cornwall’s finest.

Join the crew of HMS Adventure Be inspired by heroic voyages of exploration like Captain Bligh’s HMS Bounty! Join the crew of HMS Adventure to explore the Pacific Islands in our brand-new Play Zone. It’s 1799, and the brave crew of HMS Adventure is charting the dangerous Pacific Ocean. The ship has just dropped anchor…

Join Seawolves our tame band of Vikings and discover what Viking combat was really like in these interactive sessions. Are you brave enough to take your place in the shield wall? Free with your museum ticket.

Cruel tyrant? Or maritime hero? Twelve young people from St Ives Secondary School have researched and produced this documentary film that challenges the popular perception of Captain William Bligh as one of history’s great villains – the cruel tyrant responsible for the infamous ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’. About the project The Captain Bligh Film Project…

A space portal in Falmouth? Our junior reporters tell us what they loved most about their visit to space in our planetarium… If you fancy getting up close to our planets, did you know there’s an actual space portal in Falmouth? Want to come? Well come along and join us this February half-term and voyage…

Find out about Solar Systems To help you plan for your February half term space mission, in this video our junior reporter Oliver broadcasts from the National Maritime Museum Cornwall Space Portal finding about about Solar Systems.  

This February half-term you can travel to space from Falmouth! To help you plan for your mission, in this video our junior reporters Charlotte and Freya broadcast live from the National Maritime Museum Cornwall Space Portal finding about about how the moon influences the tides.

This February half-term you can travel to space from Falmouth! In this video our junior reporter Georgia broadcasts from the National Maritime Museum Cornwall Space Portal about Tim Peake’s mission aboard the International Space Station.