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Stories that are moving, funny and truly surprising Watch the real life stories behind Falmouth and Cornwall residents tattoos, featuring students from Falmouth university, Falmouth town residents, members of the…

Challenging ideas about how far back tattooing goes in our culture Co-curator and Head of Public Programming at The National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Stuart Slade, chooses one of his favourite…

Collaborations and contributors In this short video Derryth Ridge, Co-Curator, speaks about the collaborations and contributors which make Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed such a unique exhibition. A genuinely ground-breaking…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…