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Barbara Hepworth Museum
St.Ives Museum
Camborne School of Mines Geological Museum & Gallery
Cornish Mines and Engines
Automobilia
The Old Mill, St Stephen, St Austell Tel: (01726) 823092
This excellent motor museum allows you to indulge in pure nostalgia with an exhibition of over 50 exciting vehicles covering the great years of motoring.
St Ives
Barnoon Hill, St.Ives Tel: (01736) 796226
Barbara Hepworth's stonecarving workshop has been left undisturbed since her death in 1975. Sculptures in wood, stone and bronze are on display.
Wheal Dream, St.Ives Tel: (01736) 796005
The sea is the main feature of this museum with items on display from lighthouses and exhibitions on fishing, shipwrecks and the lifeboat. Mining and Agriculture are also featured and there is a collection of wooden dolls made from broken oars.
Bodmin Town Museum
Mount Folly, Bodmin Tel: (01208) 74159
On the site of the old Franciscan friary, exhibits include the original Bodmin fire engine, the town stocks and weights and measures from the old corn market.
Bude & Stratton Museum
The Canal Wharf, Bude Tel: (01288) 353576
Displays include local shipwrecks, the lifeboat and lifesaving services, the local canal and railway.
Camborne Museum
Camborne Library, Trevenson Street, Camborne Tel: (01209) 713544
Richard Trevithick, the great Cornish engineer is featured here, and his statue adorns the outside of the building. There is an archaeological collection which includes Aztec and Egyptian pieces.
Redruth
Pool, Redruth Tel: (01209) 714866
An excellent display of rocks and minerals from all over the world, including Cornwall. There is also an art gallery showing work from many local artists.
Pool, Redruth Tel: (01209) 216657
Discover the secrets of Cornwall's dramatic landscape and visit two historic Cornish Beam Engines in their original engine houses.
Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre
Charlestown, Nr. St Austell Tel: (01726) 69897
The largest exhibition of shipwreck artefacts in the UK, complete with old underground tunnels where you can experience how the clay trucks were taken out to the ships in the harbour. There are also displays on diving, Cornish mining and the new Titanic exhibition.
Cornwall Maritime Museum
Bells Court, Market Street, Falmouth Tel: (01326) 319963
Displays focus on Cornwall's illustrious maritime history, with emphasis on shipbuilding and the Post Office Packet Ships. Models of ships, navigation instruments and maritime paintings are also on display.
Fowey Museum
Town Hall, Trafalgar Square, Fowey
Exhibits include medieval artefacts and models of sailing schooners and displays showing pictorial history of Fowey and it's port.
Helston Folk Museum
The Old Butter Market, Helston Tel: (01326) 564027
Displays focusing on local town life amd the Lizard peninsula. There is also a feature on 19th century Helston man Henry Trengrouse who invented the line-throwing device for rescuing sailors after their ships had run aground.
Jamaica Inn & Museums
Bolventor, Launceston Tel: (01566) 86250
Discover the life and works of Daphne du Maurier and enjoy the theatrical presentation of the Jamaica Inn story. You can also see unique memorabilia from the famous taxidermist Walter Potter in Mr. Potter's Museum of Curiosity.
Lanreath Folk & Farm Museum
Lanreath, Nr. Looe Tel: (01503) 220321
A traditional farm museum exhibiting farming equipment, mill machinery, tractors and a steam roller. There are craft demonstrations during the week.
Lostwithiel Museum
Fore Street, Lostwithiel Tel: (01208) 872513
The old town jail and corn exchange were once housed here, and the exhibition covers many aspects of this 18th and 19th century past.
Mevagissey Museum
East Quay, Mevagissey Tel: (01726) 843568
Exhibits cover many aspects of the fishing industry including pilchard presses for extracting fish oil. Cider making is featured with an authentic apple crusher and cider press.
North Cornwall Museum & Gallery
The Clease, Camelford Tel: (01840) 212954
Many displays focus on crafts such as the blacksmith, carpenter, saddler, tanner and cooper. also on display are farming tools, an original cider press and a reconstructed interior of a moorland cottage.
Padstow Museum
The Institute, Market Place, Padstow Tel: (01841) 532574
Displays cover the Padstow lifeboat, local shipwrecks, the coming of the railway and a local archaeology section. The musuem is also home to the famous blue 'Oss which is used during the 'Obby 'Oss festival on May 1st to celebrate the coming of summer.
Porthcurno Wartime Telegraph Museum
Porthcurno, Nr. Penzance Tel: (01209) 612142
Exhibits showing how we communicated with the world from Victorian times to the present day. Situated in the secret underground wartime centre above the cove at Porthcurno, therer are hands-on displays and guided tours.
Royal Cornwall Museum
River Street, Truro Tel: (01872) 272205
Here you can learn about the story of Cornwall and enjoy the impressive collection of paintings, porcelain and archaeological artifacts if national importance.There is a genuine Egyptian mummy and exhibits on mining seafaring and natural history.
St.Agnes Museum
Penwinnick Road, St.Agnes Tel: (01872) 552181
St Agnes was once a vibrant mining area and exhibits show local mining artefacts, minerals and a natural history section.
Trinity House National Lighthouse Centre
Wharf Road, Penzance Tel: (01736) 360077
Exhibiting the largest collection of lighthouse equipment in the world, here you will learn what it is like to live on and operate a working lighthouse. There is a replica room from a lighthouse complete with authentic curved furniture.