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Isabel Stevens is a writer, editor and curator based in London, and is the production editor for Sight and Sound, a monthly international film magazine published by the BFI.

Dr Darren Naish is a zoologist and author, best known for his work on dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles as well as for his writings on sea monsters and other mystery beasts.

Leave Monsters of the Deep behind and venture into Viktor Wynd’s UnNatural History Museum.

Take a look at the exciting things to do at National Maritime Museum Cornwall this spring and summer.

The World of Whales has now finished. Thank you to all those who joined us.

Discover the wonderful World of Whales as illustrator Becky Thorn joins us at the Museum on Sunday 16 February  to celebrate the launch of her new book and World Whale Day.

Hundreds of sea creature specimens from the National Oceanography Collection arrived at the Museum recently. Find out more about their role in Monsters of the Deep.

Preparations for Monsters of the Deep are in full swing and strange and bewildering deliveries are arriving daily to the Museum – see what arrived this week!

Wow, what a year 2019 was! We’ve had another cracking year at National Maritime Museum Cornwall. As we look ahead to 2020 now is the perfect time to reflect on the year that’s been.

Running until mid-March

On Monday 22 November 1869, 150 years ago, the Cutty Sark, one of the world’s most famous historic ships, was launched in Scotland. Our new exhibition celebrates the Cutty Sark’s time moored in the town.