Latest news from The National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Standard diving dress is a type of diving suit that was formerly used for all underwater work, now largely superseded by lighter and more comfortable equipment.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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“Pilchards! Whose bodies yield the fragrant oil and make the London lamps at midnight smile!” Peter Pindar 1783. Cornwall once relied upon the sea for nearly everything: food, transport, trade,…

2018 sees 15 Years of The National Maritime Museum Cornwall Beginnings The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is a fully independent museum, the result of collaboration between the National Maritime Museum,…

A historical ‘Bligh Boat Race’ took place during the Tilley Endurables Falmouth Classics this June… This June 2018 the 31st Tilley Endurables Falmouth Classics event, held an utterly unique ‘Bligh…

Where we introduce you to some of the stories behind objects in the Museum… This model is a scale replica of Slippen, a Cornish pilot gig built in 1830. Gigs were…