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Getting here National Maritime Museum Cornwall Trust Discovery Quay Falmouth Cornwall TR11 3QY
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Contact Tel: +44(0)1326 313388 Email: enquiries@nmmc.co.uk
The countdown to Christmas has begun and our Gift Shop is packed with lovely presents for everyone. Pay us a visit and have Christmas wrapped-up in no time.
Across this Autumn we’re welcoming three new speakers to our Lectures Series for 2022, covering subjects as diverse as Cornish maps, D-Day and deep-sea discoveries.
In Cornwall, a county with close maritime connections, there had always been an interest in aspects of weather, the collection of weather information and the subsequent burgeoning of meteorological science. Here we take a look at how Falmouth was at the forefront of developments, building two observatories during the nineteenth century and doing much to encourage the science and services of meteorology.
It’s 9.57am on the 15 June 1972 and the Robertson family’s yacht has just been hit by three male killer whales and is sinking fast. They’re in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with just a handful of rations, a life raft and their dinghy Ednamair. Their fight for survival has begun.
Summer holidays.
What was that, what did you say … you saw a monster? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Join is this summer for I Saw A Monster.
Thursday 29 September, 7.30pm.
Join archivist David Thomas for this illustrated talk featuring beautiful treasures from the Kresen Kernow archives, including the Elerky estate atlas, which is currently on display in the Museum’s Monsters of the Deep exhibition.
Contained within 25 heavy leather-bound volumes are the records of the Falmouth Harbour Committee’s weekly meetings. Much of what they reveal is everyday stuff – port arrivals, problems with the steamer and reports of stolen goods but occasionally some exceptional event will stand out. In this Bartlett Blog we highlight one such sad tale.
Friday 30 September, 7pm.
Performances by Seth Lakeman, Benji Kirkpatrick, Ben Nicholls & Geoff Lakeman
In 1799 Bernardo Riquelme, a young man in his early twenties, born in Chile and educated in England since 1794, was in Falmouth awaiting a voyage to Lisbon. The voyage to Lisbon was the first step in his ultimate return to Chile but with little money and uncertainty what became of him?
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