Opening TimesOpen Daily 10am - 5pm
Ticket PricesPay once, get in all year Adults £18.00 Children (Under 18s) £9.00 Children (Under 5s) Free
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
On Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December National Maritime Museum Cornwall is FREE to Cornish residents. Add it to your diary! Here’s why you should join us over the Falmouth Festive FREE weekend.
Easter Holidays.
Meet Detritus of the Deep and the Washed-up Mermaid, create recycled masks in Make & Take and follow the Museum Trail.
Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 October, 10am – 4pm.
Join boatbuilder Gail McGarva for a two day workshop that brings to life the craft of traditional wooden boat building and the stories of endangered boats.
Each year the Museum is offered many small boats for its collection. The majority of candidates tend to be traditional wooden craft, under 30ft (9.144m) long, propelled by oar, sail or motor. Recently however, we were offered, and accepted into the collection the prototype of a hi-tech, wave powered vessel, the AutoNaut.
This month sees the opening of the Coastguard 200 exhibition at National Maritime Museum Cornwall and this blog is dedicated to the rescue work of HM Coastguard on their 200th anniversary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of John Vernon Bartlett. Here we describe John’s invaluable contribution to the Museum and in particular the Bartlett Library.
The countdown to Christmas has begun and our shop is brimming with lovely gifts for everyone. Pay us a visit and have Christmas all wrapped-up in no time.
The Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck was the forerunner of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and William Broad of Falmouth was one of the earliest recipients of the Institution’s Gold Medal for a rescue at sea. This month’s Bartlett Blog explores the background to the heroic rescue, the rescuer, and the award from the Royal National Institution.
This autumn we’re welcoming three leading academics to our new Lectures Series, covering subjects as diverse as maps, tattoos and sea monsters.
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Email: enquiries@nmmc.co.uk