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Friday 3 November, 7.30pm

Folk group The Salts begin their national tour in Falmouth, following The Trafalgar Way.

Thursday 29 September, 7.30pm.

Join archivist David Thomas for this illustrated talk featuring beautiful treasures from the Kresen Kernow archives, including the Elerky estate atlas, which is currently on display in the Museum’s Monsters of the Deep exhibition.

Contained within 25 heavy leather-bound volumes are the records of the Falmouth Harbour Committee’s weekly meetings. Much of what they reveal is everyday stuff – port arrivals, problems with the steamer and reports of stolen goods but occasionally some exceptional event will stand out. In this Bartlett Blog we highlight one such sad tale.

Friday 30 September, 7pm.

Performances by Seth Lakeman, Benji Kirkpatrick, Ben Nicholls & Geoff Lakeman

In December 2020 HMS Tamar was commissioned as a new patrol vessel for the Royal Navy. In April 2021 the ship came to Falmouth for maintenance and whilst here became the first ship the Royal Navy had painted in ‘dazzle’ livery since 1945.

In 1799 Bernardo Riquelme, a young man in his early twenties, born in Chile and educated in England since 1794, was in Falmouth awaiting a voyage to Lisbon. The voyage to Lisbon was the first step in his ultimate return to Chile but with little money and uncertainty what became of him?

Thursday 9 November, 7.30pm.

With Dr Richard Blakemore.

Myths and reality in the history of piracy.

Sunday 27 March

A special Mother’s Day Make and Take. Say thank you for being mum by decorating a canvas tote bag with designs from the deep sea.

Wednesday 15 June, 7.30pm.

In his own words, Douglas Robertson presents a personal recount of one family’s incredible story of survival at sea.