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Hevva! Hevva! This horn looks quite ordinary, but it played an incredibly special role in Cornish history. It belongs to a period where the pilchard industry was one of the…

Curator’s Choice – Pilchard Oil Lamp

“Pilchards! Whose bodies yield the fragrant oil and make the London lamps at midnight smile!” Peter Pindar 1783. Cornwall once relied upon the sea for nearly everything: food, transport, trade,…

Close-up photo of a model of Cornish Pilot Gig Slippen.

Curator’s Choice: a scale replica of Slippen, a Cornish pilot gig

Where we introduce you to some of the stories behind objects in the Museum… This model is a scale replica of Slippen, a Cornish pilot gig built in 1830. Gigs were…

Two students examine a pair of tattooed silicone hands on display at the Museum as part of the 'Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed' exhibition.

Case study: Bronze Arts Award

On Friday 14th July 2017, 110 young people taking part in a week-long National Citizens Service residential with Young People Cornwall came to the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, in Falmouth,…

A black and white photo of a young boy dressed as Captain Bligh standing next to a large film camera.

Video: Captain Bligh – hero or villain?

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…