Latest news from The National Maritime Museum Cornwall

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall will have a Mobiloo on site from 10am until 5pm on the 28th December 2018. Mobiloo has: an electric hoist; adult-sized changing bench; toilet; wash basin and a smiling, welcoming attendant!

Cornwall Contemporary Poetry Festival: Friday November 23rd, 7pm – 10pm A celebration of contemporary poetry at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall The third Cornwall Contemporary Poetry Festival will be held in multiple venues across Falmouth, from Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25 November 2018.  The theme for this year’s festival is ‘Shorelines’. As part of the festival, the Maritime Museum…

24th November 2018: Celebrating 50 years since the original Golden Globe Race, this is a production inspired by three legendary participants.  BUY TICKETS HERE.  Conveyed through a combination of song, narrative and imagery, Great Circle has been  created around the deep emotional turmoil and challenge of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Donald Crowhurst and Bernard Moitessier.  A choral representation…

Weekly storytelling and sing-a-long Every Monday during term time at 11 o’clock! Drop in for a lively half hour of stories, songs and rhymes. Minnows Tales is free with your museum entry ticket. Term time only.

Standard diving dress is a type of diving suit that was formerly used for all underwater work, now largely superseded by lighter and more comfortable equipment. The diving suit on display at the museum was made by Siebe Gorman. It is made from heavy canvas, lead soled shoes (14lbs) a copper helmet, and a lead…

At first glance a coracle seems a rather unlikely water craft, with no discernible bow or stern, and a strangely shaped paddle for propulsion. But they have stood the test of time as working boats: made from locally sourced materials, cheap to build, light-weight for ease of carrying, and a draft of only a few…

A special thank you! It was celebration time at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth recently when a number of volunteers marked over five, ten or fifteen years of voluntary service. At a special lunch to mark the occasion, volunteers were awarded certificates and commemorative pins by the museum director Richard Doughty. The volunteers…

Torre Abbey 3 March – 3 June 2018 In another exciting first for the Museum, the groundbreaking and award winning exhibition Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed began a three year tour of museums and galleries in the UK opening at Torre Abbey in March 2018, where it was on show for three months before moving…

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 keystones of the Cornish economy. The seasonal pilchard fishery supported communities across the county and provided a key export of fish to Mediterranean countries, as…