Latest news from The National Maritime Museum Cornwall

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is displaying a powerful exhibit to support the Wreck Free Fal and Helford initiative.

This Bartlett blog post explores the story the de Gaulle family’s escape from France in the summer of 1940, finding refuge across the Channel.

This Bartlett blog offers fascinating insights into pilot boats and maritime pilotage, pilots are a vital safety service in Falmouth and beyond.

This Bartlett blog provides background information to the historical maritime journal kept by Captain Edward Lawrance of the Packet Ship Anna Teresa.

Find out how we’ve been finding innovative ways to reuse and repurpose materials from our exhibitions and construction projects.

A remarkable piece of local maritime history is coming to life in our Museum boatbuilding workshop as we carefully craft a replica of a World War II boat with an extraordinary secret mission.

Six Cornish museums, including National Maritime Museum Cornwall, have nominated objects to be Object of the Year 2025 in the Cornwall Heritage Awards.

See what’s been happening at the Museum while we were temporarily closed to undertake essential repairs and maintenance.

From Monday 6 January 2025, reopening Saturday 15 February 2025, National Maritime Museum Cornwall will temporarily close to undertake some essential repairs to the building’s roof.