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National Maritime Museum Cornwall Trust Discovery Quay Falmouth Cornwall TR11 3QY
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A man of many talents Museum volunteer, sculptor, boatbuilder and now our first artist in residence Rob Johnsey on the inspiration for his sculptures I’ve been a volunteer at the Museum for over 10 years There have been many brilliant moments. Sailing Aileen, a St Mawes One Design, as part of the Falmouth Classics, was very…
A new project for the boatbuilding team The museum boat building team are a respected centre for restoration, conservation and repair of historical vessels. Their latest project is the steam launch “Emma”. These pictures show the team moving her onto a trolley for ease of working on the hull. At the moment the team doesn’t…
A labour of love by our boat building team Captain Bligh: Myth, Man and Mutiny brings to life one of the greatest small boat survival stories in history featuring relics from the voyage and a specially built reproduction of the Bounty launch, giving a very real sense of the situation of the 18 men who…
Putting their skills to the test A pair of enthusiastic student boat builders put their skills to the test in helping to recreate the infamous Captain Bligh’s Bounty launch. The students from Falmouth Marine School, Drew Passmore, 17 from Penryn and Sebastian Strangreciak, 23 from Poland, asked the museum if they could do some voluntary…
Conrad chooses his highlights from our exhibition Conrad Humphreys is a competitive sailor, who’s sailed around the world three times in some of the sailing world’s most famous races. Conrad was the professional skipper onboard the ambitious recreation of Bligh’s legendary small boat journey for the Channel 4 programme ‘Mutiny.’ In this short video Conrad…
How exciting is this? As part of our ground-breaking new exhibition, ‘Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed’ we’ve joined forces with handmade British jewellery designers, Tatty Devine, to create a bespoke new collection of pieces inspired by the first celebrated female tattoo artist, Jessie Knight. Tatty Devine, renowned for their playful work with laser cut acrylic jewellery,…
“Tattooing is a magical, romantic, exciting and often-misunderstood art-form, and this exhibition aims to communicate some of that magic to visitors.” Dr Matt Lodder. Guest curator Dr Matt Lodder introduces the thinking behind Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed, the largest exhibition of its kind in the UK. Matt is currently Director of American Studies at the…
A brand new publishing initiative SPECIAL PRICE: £5 PLUS P + P – email enquires@nmmc.co.uk to buy a copy 2017 saw us launch the first issue of brand new publishing initiative, FATHOM, an annual journal of writing, art and photography. Inspired by and expanding on the museum’s permanent collections, temporary exhibitions and wider cultural connections,…
An exclusive video from our opening night 17 March 2017 saw the opening night and press preview of the highly anticipated 2017 exhibitions: Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed and Captain Bligh: Myth, Man and Mutiny at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth. Art Fund Director, Dr Stephen Deuchar, opened the exhibitions, guests were treated…
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