Latest news from The National Maritime Museum Cornwall

For the final Make & Take at Home in the current series we are making Stick Puppets. Discover the other crafty projects to create some underwater friends and a stage for your puppet performers.

We are delighted to be able to reopen on Thursday 3 December.

Now that you have made Pirate and Octopus Finger Puppets you will need a stage for your star puppet performers.

Let’s make a finger puppet octopus and dive deep under the sea where the octopus lives and where adventures await.

Arrrrr me hearties! Hello all you land lubbers, let’s make a pirate finger puppet and take to the high seas.

From Thursday 5 November National Maritime Museum Cornwall will be temporarily closed and Monsters of the Deep will go back into hibernation. We will reopen as soon as we are able to.

Become a Member of National Maritime Museum Cornwall today and spend November and January exploring some of Cornwall’s best attractions for FREE!

At the entrance to Monsters of the Deep a huge eye keeps watch. It was designed and created by A-Side Studio and Engine House Animation Studio – find out more about the process.

This beautiful little chest, or Victorian writing slope, belonged to one of Falmouth’s ship and boat owners, Captain Albert Edward Benney.