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Latest news from The National Maritime Museum Cornwall

A photo of a selection of products from the shop, including a puzzle, a book and a game.

Christmas Gift Guide 2021

The countdown to Christmas has begun and our shop is brimming with lovely gifts for everyone. Pay us a visit and have Christmas all wrapped-up in no time.

Cases with different deep-sea specimens in them are lit up by neon pink, blue, purple and green-coloured tubes that have bubbles streaming in them.

Five Fearsome Monsters of the Deep

Below the glistening surface of the sea, lurking down at the extreme depths of the ocean are hair-raising, toe-curling, horror-making monsters. With deadly weapons and carnivorous appetites, the deep-seas can be a terrifying place.

Painting of the view across Falmouth Harbour over to Flushing.

For Those in Peril on the Sea

The Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck was the forerunner of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and William Broad of Falmouth was one of the earliest recipients of the Institution’s Gold Medal for a rescue at sea. This month’s Bartlett Blog explores the background to the heroic rescue, the rescuer, and the award from the Royal National Institution.

Slightly faded photo of three Falmouth tugs named 'St Mawes', 'St Agnes' and 'St Merryn' alongside a wharf at Falmouth Docks.

The Stribley Collection

The Stribley Collection of photographs is the result of Roy Stribley’s lifelong passion with keeping a photographic record of shipping in the River Fal. It consists of 32 albums of images of shipping in the River. Now in the care of the Museum, work began in October 2015 to digitize the Collection.

Painting of 'His Majesty’s Packet Walsingham' sailing into harbour.

The Cammillieri Packet Portraits

Over 20 years ago there was considerable excitement when the Museum received six Packet Ship portraits by the noted pierhead painter Nicholas Cammillieri (1773? – 1860). Since then we’ve undertaken considerable research into the paintings and the artist. In this latest blog from the Bartlett Library we unearth some of the findings.

Photo taken from behind of an audience listening to a lecture.

New Autumn Lecture Series

This autumn we’re welcoming three leading academics to our new Lectures Series, covering subjects as diverse as maps, tattoos and sea monsters.

External photo of the Museum, with Falmouth Docks and a partially-obscured cruise ship in the background.

What’s changing after 19th July

From Monday 19 July England will move to the final stage of easing lockdown restrictions. We wanted to let you know what this means for NMMC and the changes we’re making.

Black and white photo of the L'Egare and a boat carrying people who have come to have a look at it.

The Arrival of the Raft L’Egaré II

Sixty-five years ago this strange craft, L’Egaré II, arrived in Falmouth on 21 August 1956, having crossed the Atlantic from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Falmouth, Cornwall in 88 days, carrying three men and two kittens, who became the first men in history to achieve this feat of endurance.