Latest news from The National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Saturday 31 October, 6pm – 8pm

Dress as ghosts and ghouls and join us this Halloween for tricks and treats in the Museum.

Mobiloo is a mobile accessible toilet with adult-sized changing bench, hoist and a friendly attendant. Mobiloo has: an electric hoist adult-sized changing bench toilet wash basin a smiling, welcoming attendant!…

Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 November

After the huge success of the last model weekend in 2018 we are delighted to host the next Model Boat Weekend!

Arrr me hearties, welcome to Treasure Island! If ye be brave enough, follow the map… through the smugglers cave… along the island beach… to Treasure Island fort. Watch out for…

Standard diving dress is a type of diving suit that was formerly used for all underwater work, now largely superseded by lighter and more comfortable equipment.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