List of museums in Cornwall

This list of museums in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e. virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary Antony House Antony Cornwall Historic house Operated by the National Trust, early 18th century estate with gardens, features fine collections of paintings, furniture and textiles Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives Cornwall Art Studio and works by 20th-century sculptor Barbara Hepworth Bodmin Jail Bodmin Cornwall Prison Former jail and exhibits of local criminals Bodmin Town Museum Bodmin Cornwall Local history, culture, industry, natural history, transport Callington Heritage Centre Callington Cornwall Local history, culture, mining, agriculture Camborne School of Mines Museum Tremough Cornwall Mining Mining and geology The Castle, Bude Bude Cornwall Multiple history, culture, Bude Canal, maritime, railway, art exhibits; formerly the home of Victorian inventor Sir Goldsworthy Gurney. The Castle is . Free entry. Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre Charlestown Cornwall Maritime history of diving, salvage and shipwrecks, also mining and minerals Constantine Museum Constantine Cornwall Local history, culture, mining, agriculture Cornish Mines and Engines Pool Cornwall Mining Collection of engine houses, beam engines and an industrial heritage discovery centre Cornwall's Regimental Museum Bodmin Cornwall Military Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry regimental artifacts and history Cotehele Calstock Cornwall Historic house Operated by the National Trust, Tudor house featuring tapestries, textiles, arms and armour, pewter, brass and old oak furniture, gardens Davidstow Airfield Cornwall at War Museum Davidstow Cornwall Military History of former WW II airfield, military life in region Davidstow Moor RAF Memorial War Museum Davidstow Cornwall Military Housed in the former sergeants' shower block, pictorial history of the airfield's wartime years with local memorabilia Elliott's Shop Saltash Cornwall History historic grocery store, operated by the Tamar Protection Society The Exchange Penzance Cornwall Art Satellite location of Newlyn Art Gallery, contemporary art Falmouth Art Gallery Falmouth Cornwall Art Features work by Old Masters, major Victorian artists, British Impressionists, maritime artists, children's book illustrators, automata, contemporary painters and printmakers Fowey Museum Fowey Cornwall Local information, history, culture, shipping Geevor Tin Mine Pendeen Cornwall Mining Former tin mine Gerrans Parish Heritage Centre Gerrans Cornwall Local history, culture Godolphin Estate Godolphin Cross Cornwall Historic house Operated by the National Trust, Tudor/Stuart mansion, complete with early formal gardens Gwithi An Pystri - A Cabinet of Folklore and Magic Falmouth Cornwall Local Folklore and magic Grampound with Creed Heritage Centre Grampound Cornwall Local history Hayle Heritage Centre Hayle Cornwall Local operated by the Harvey’s Foundry Trust Museum of Cornish Life Helston Cornwall Local History, culture, art, archaeology, mining, fishing, farming, costumes Isles of Scilly Museum Hugh Town, St Mary's Cornwall Local "Museum on the Move" as former building has been condemned; new Cultural Centre and Museum under development Jamaica Inn Bolventor Cornwall Multiple Features a museum with exhibits on smuggling in the area and the inn's role, and author Daphne du Maurier John Betjeman Centre Wadebridge Cornwall Biographical works and memorabilia of poet and author John Betjeman, located in the Wadebridge railway station King Edward Mine Museum Camborne Cornwall Mining Former tin mine Lanhydrock Helston Cornwall Historic house Operated by the National Trust, high Victorian style country estate with gardens Launceston Steam Railway Launceston Cornwall Railway Heritage railway with museum of vintage transport and machinery in station Lawrence House Museum Launceston Cornwall Local 1753 Georgian house with displays about local history Leach Pottery St Ives Cornwall Art 20th century studio art pottery Levant Mine and Beam Engine Trewellard Cornwall Mining Visitor center for former copper and tin mine, working steam-powered beam engine Liskeard and District Museum Liskeard Cornwall Local local history, mining interpretation, tin toys, plastics and the environment Lizard Lighthouse Heritage Centre Lizard Point Cornwall Maritime History and role of the lighthouse Looe Museum Looe Cornwall Local information, 15th-century guildhall and prison, exhibits on history, culture, fishing, mining Lostwithiel Museum Lostwithiel Cornwall Local information, history, culture, mining Luxulyan Museum and Heritage Centre Luxulyan Cornwall Local information, history, culture Marazion Museum Marazion Cornwall Local history, culture, mining, agriculture Mary Newman's Cottage Saltash Cornwall Historic house 17th century period Elizabethan cottage, reputedly the home of explorer Sir Francis Drake's first wife, operated by the Tamar Protection Society Mevagissey Museum Mevagissey Cornwall Local history, culture, fishing, shipping, smuggling Moseley Industrial Narrow Gauge Tramway and Toy Museum Tolgus Mount Cornwall Toy, Railroad open by appointment, vintage toys, model trail layouts, railroad memorabilia, narrow gauge train rides Mount Edgcumbe House Cremyll Cornwall Historic house 16th century great house restored to 18th century period, with art, tapestries, porcelain, gardens, Museum of Witchcraft Boscastle Cornwall History Witchcraft and Wiccan artifacts National Maritime Museum Cornwall Falmouth Cornwall Maritime Home of the National Small Boat Collection, exhibitions on Cornwall's maritime history, boat conservation and experimental boat building. Also houses the Bartlett Library of books and archives, particularly relating to Falmouth's maritime history. Newlyn Art Gallery Newlyn Cornwall Art Contemporary art Newquay Heritage Archive & Museum Newquay Cornwall Local operated by the Newquay Old Cornwall Society North Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery (closed) Camelford Cornwall Multiple Local history, art, agriculture and household items, Cornish and Devonshire pottery, industrial and tradesmen's tools Padstow Museum Padstow Cornwall Local history, culture, maritime Pencarrow Bodmin Cornwall Historic house 18th-century mansion and gardens Pendennis Castle Falmouth Cornwall Military Fortress built by Henry VIII, displays through WW II Penlee House Penzance Cornwall Art Paintings by members of the Newlyn School Penryn Museum Penryn Cornwall Local information, history, culture Perranzabuloe Museum Perranporth Cornwall Local history, culture, mining, fishing, farming PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications Porthcurno Cornwall Technology History, technology, WW II Poldark Mine Wendron Cornwall Mining Former tin mine Polperro Heritage Museum of Smuggling and Fishing Polperro Cornwall Maritime Port Eliot St Germans Cornwall Historic house Country mansion estate, gardens, museum of folklore Porthcurno Telegraph Museum Porthcurno Cornwall Technology History of telegraph cables Prideaux Place Padstow Cornwall Historic house Country mansion with royal and family portraits, fine furniture, the Prideaux Porcelain Collection, gardens Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum Redruth Cornwall Local information, history, culture, mining, household items Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery Truro Cornwall Multiple Art, archaeology, local history, natural history, geology, decorative arts, coins, Egyptian and world culture artifacts Saltash Museum Saltash Cornwall Local operated by Saltash Heritage, local history, culture, records, photographic and document archive, archeology unit Shire Horse Farm and Carriage Museum Redruth Cornwall Transportation working horse farm and collection of horse-drawn carriages Sir Richard Francis Burton Museum St Ives Cornwall Local Life story of Sir Richard Francis Burton St Agnes Museum St Agnes Cornwall Local history, culture, mining, minerals, maritime St Hilary Heritage Centre St Hilary Cornwall Local Located in the parish church, St Ives Museum St Ives Cornwall Local information, history, culture, mining, fishing, agriculture St Michael's Mount St Michael's Mount Cornwall Historic house Operated by the National Trust, tours of the island castle Stuart House Liskeard Cornwall Local late medieval town house, exhibits about the English Civil War Tate St Ives St Ives Cornwall Art Work by modern British artists, including work of the St Ives School Tintagel Old Post Office Tintagel Cornwall Philatelic Operated by the National Trust, 19th century period post office in a 14th-century yeoman's farmhouse Tolgus Tin Mill Tolgus Mount Cornwall Mining working tin mill, also hosts the Redruth Old Cornwall Society Town Museum Trerice Newquay Cornwall Historic house Operated by the National Trust, Elizabethan manor house, orchard, lawn mower collection Valhalla Museum Tresco Cornwall Maritime Outdoor exhibits including figureheads, name-boards and other decorative carvings from the days of sailTaylor, James The Maritime Trust silver jubilee, 1969-1994. Maritime Trust Wheal Martyn China Clay Country Park Treverbyn Cornwall Industry china clay mining industry, local clay communities and the modern china clay industry

Defunct museums

Barnes Museum of Cinematography, St IvesBarnes, John Barnes Museum of Cinematography: catalogue of the collection. Saint Ives: Barnes Museum of Cinematography, 1967- (planned in 6 parts but only two published; John Barnes, b. 1920, was the author of many works on cinematography)Barnes, John The Barnes Collection: archives of the Barnes Museum of Cinematography. (printed for private circulation) British Cycling Museum, Camelford Station, CamelfordClosed until further notice (05 Jan 2010) Cornwall Geological Museum, Penzance Flambards Experience, Helston, Cornwall Heartlands, Pool, Cornwall. Regeneration of former mining land Trevarno. Closed in 2012. Included National Museum of Gardening, gardens, woodland walks, a sub-tropical conservatory Trinity House National Lighthouse Museum, Penzance Wayside Folk Museum, Zennor, Cornwall

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