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Museums in Cornwall


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Porthcurno Telegraph Museum
An underground museum telling the story of the first international cable communications.
www.porthcurno.org.uk
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50.046
-5.657
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Helston Folk Museum
The artefacts here sprawl across two floors and five halls. Well laid out, the museum charts the social history of the area with evocative exhibitions.
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50.100
-5.275
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Penlee House Gallery and Museum
The country’s best collection of works by the legendary ‘Newlyn School’.
www.penleehouse.org.uk
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50.117
-5.542
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Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden
The garden and museum preserve the work of one of St Ives' most revered 20th century artists. Sculptor Barbara Hepworth's studio and workshop are kept much as they were when she lived and worked there. Sculptures in bronze, stone and wood are on display, along with paintings, drawings and archive material.
www.tate.org.uk/stives/hepworth
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50.212
-5.481
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Bodmin Jail
Gruesome entertainment in a spookily atmospheric place. See the gallows, or dare to take the ghost walk and spend the night in the jail - not for the faint hearted! As featured on ITV's 'Most Haunted'.
www.bodminjail.org
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50.473
-4.727
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King Edward Mine Museum
The oldest complete mine site left in Cornwall.
www.kingedwardmine.co.uk
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50.202
-5.268
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St Agnes Museum
Lots of curiosities, an excellent mineral collection, and plenty of artefacts from St Agnes’ long maritime and mining history.
www.stagnesmuseum.org.uk
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50.303
-5.203
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Bodmin Town Museum
Local history, including a Victorian Cornish kitchen and a 1770 fire engine.
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50.470
-4.719
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British Cycling Museum
All kinds of cycling memorabilia, including 400 bicycles from across the ages.
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50.639
-4.689
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Bude-Stratton Museum
The story of Bude from the English Civil War up until modern times.
www.bude-stratton.gov.uk/site/1/Museum.html
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50.827
-4.548
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China Clay Country Park Mining and Heritage Museum
The south coast’s landscape owes a great deal to the china clay mines; this museum gives you a fascinating insight.
www.wheal-martyn.com
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50.368
-4.806
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Constantine Heritage Collection
All aspects of Constantine’s history are laid bare here.
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50.117
-5.174
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Elliotts Grocery Store
A perfectly preserved old-fashioned grocery store, with some features dating back to the 1890s.
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50.408
-4.210
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Magnificent Music Machines
Step back in time, with nostalgic sounds from the first half of the twentieth century. Entertainment for all the family, from a more relaxed era of Steam Trains, Austin Seven Cars and the Picture-Palace with it’s Mighty WurliTzer Organ.
www.paulcorinmusic.co.uk
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50.422
-4.465
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National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Amazing for seadogs and landlubbers alike. Named South West Visitor Attraction of the Year 2008-2009.
www.nmmc.co.uk
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50.151
-5.062
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Padstow Museum
All about the changing fortunes of Padstow and its inhabitants over the last two centuries.
www.padstowmuseum.co.uk
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50.541
-4.939
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Perranzabuloe Museum
Exhibitions exploring the rich mining, farming and fishing history of the north coast.
www.perranzabuloemuseum.co.uk
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50.346
-5.154
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Royal Cornwall Museum
Archeology from Cornwall and around the world, plus fine art and social history.
www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
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50.263
-5.054
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Tavistock Museum
Local artefacts housed in a unique building, the gatehouse of an ancient monastery.
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50.550
-4.145
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The Museum of Witchcraft
The largest collection of witchcraft artefacts in the world.
www.museumofwitchcraft.com
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50.690
-4.695
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The Regimental Museum
History for the bloodthirsty.
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50.465
-4.715
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Wayside Folk Museum
The history of the area all the way back to 3,000BC.
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50.189
-5.569
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