Easter Holidays

A bearded man with a smiling open mount is wearing green overalls and holding a lantern and a mug, standing next to an open treasure chest, promoting Easter holiday activities.

Saturday 5 April – Monday 21 April 2025

This Easter holidays, join the Cornish Caretakers as they bring Cornish history to life in an informative and hilarious show ‘The Cornish Caretakers and the Treasures of Cornishness’ at National Maritime Museum Cornwall. There will be Make & Take workshops and a Museum trail for families to join in with too.

The Cornish Caretakers and the Treasures of Cornishness

The Easter show at National Maritime Museum Cornwall.

Shows every day at 11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm.

Performances run for around 25 minutes.

The Cornish Caretakers are the spikey Mrs Trevaskis Trelawney Tremayne and the hapless (but passionate about Cornish history) Mr Rodda Rowe Rescorla. Together, in their own unique way, it’s their job to look after and promote the history of Cornwall to children and their families from all over the world.

The Cornish Caretakers return to the Museum in 2025 for the SURF! exhibition, with another chest of Cornish magic brought up from the depths of the archives.

The popular duo will uncover all kinds of Cornish treasures including a very special Cornish animal, Cornwall’s largest natural habitat (you’ll never guess what it is!) and inspiring men and women like Michael Joseph An Gof, Mary Kelynack and more.

There are lots of questions to be answered in the show-

Will you find it funny? YES.

Will you find it educational? YES!

Will Mr Rodda Rowe Rescorla irritate Mrs Trevaskis Trelwaney Tremayne? ABSOLUTELY! Can you join in? YES!

And there is of course the BIG question….

Will one of the Caretakers surf an enormous wave on Newquay’s Cribbar Reef in the show? Come along and find out!

The Cornish Caretakers and the Treasures of Cornishness stars Edward Rowe (Cornwall’s Kernow King!), Mimi Attenburrow and Gareth Cooper.

A girl lifts her arm out holding a crayon, there are pots of coloured pencils and pens in front of her and a woman using scissors to cut paper.

Make & Take

Every day, 12.30pm to 3.30pm (last entry 3.15pm).

Get creative in crafting sessions inspired by our new blockbuster exhibition SURF! Make your own moving surfing character and choose an inspirational quote to add to your design, that will motivate you to take on a challenge!

A young boy points to a model ship in a glass cabinet while a lady standing behind him also looks at the ship.

Museum Trail

Every day, 10am – 5pm.

Hunt around the museum for some famous treasures of Cornishness! Collect stamps as you go to claim your reward.

Mimi Attenburrow

Mimi has a BA in Acting from the Arts University Bournemouth and in 2021 graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Exeter.

Mimi also dabbles in stand-up which started (much to her surprise) in winning Cornwall Comedian of the Year 2022 on her third ever gig.

Edward Rowe

Edward is a writer, actor and comedian from Cornwall. He is a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedh and his Bardic name is Mab Tregarrek – Son of Roche.

Edward has written, produced and appeared in: Trevithick!, Hireth, The Coliseum and four children’s shows, The Cornish Caretakers.

Gareth Cooper

Gareth is a Cornish actor & voice-over artist who has spent the last twenty years performing in theatre, film, TV, radio, commercials, animations, sketches and web-series.

When not pretending to be other people, Gareth works as a writer, comedian, composer and musician. He’s written and performed award-winning comedy (with sketch group, Delete the Banjax), played the drums in rock and punk bands (Last Picture Show and The Dash), written the music and lyrics for a West End musical (The Hunting of the Snark), adapted various children’s books for theatre, and composed songs based on UK folklore (with a special emphasis on Cornwall).

What else is at National Maritime Museum Cornwall?

Explore 15 galleries over five floors, jump aboard boats, climb the 100-foot Lookout Tower, go underwater in the Tidal Zone, uncover ocean adventures and survival stories and sail miniature boats on the Boat Pool. Plus, have fun in Skull Island Play Zone and learn about Cornish maritime history in our Cornwall galleries.