This list of museums in Cornwall, 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.
The Royal Cornwall Museum
Museums[]
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| Name | Image | Town/City | Region | Type | Summary |
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| Bodmin Town Museum | 
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Bodmin | Cornwall | Local | information, history, culture, industry, natural history, transport |
| Bude-Stratton Museum |
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Bude | Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, Bude Canal, maritime, railway |
| Callington Heritage Centre |
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Callington | Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, mining, agriculture |
| Camborne School of Mines Museum |
|
Tremough | Cornwall | Mining | Mining and geology |
| Charlestown Shipwreck & Heritage Centre |  |
Charlestown | Cornwall | Maritime | website, history of diving, salvage and shipwrecks, also mining and minerals |
| Constantine Heritage Centre |
|
Constantine | Cornwall | Local | information, information, history, culture, mining, agriculture |
| Cornish Mines and Engines |
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Pool | Cornwall | Mining | Collection of engine houses, beam engines and an industrial heritage discovery centre |
| Davidstow Airfield Cornwall at War Museum |
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Davidstow | Cornwall | Military | History of former WW II airfield, military life in region |
| Flambards Experience |  |
Helston | Cornwall | Multiple | Amusement park with museum exhibits of Victorian shops and homes, life in Britain during The Blitz, aviation and science |
| Geevor Tin Mine |  |
Pendeen | Cornwall | Mining | Former tin mine |
| Helston Folk Museum |
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Helston | Cornwall | Local | History, culture, art, archaeology, mining, fishing, farming, costumes |
| King Edward Mining Museum |  |
Camborne | Cornwall | Mining | Former tin mine |
| Launceston Steam Railway |  |
Launceston | Cornwall | Railway | Heritage railway with museum of vintage transport and machinery in station |
| Levant Mine and Beam Engine |  |
Trewellard | Cornwall | Mining | Visitor center for former copper and tin mine, working steam-powered beam engine |
| Lizard Lighthouse Heritage Centre |  |
Lizard Point | Cornwall | Maritime | History and role of the lighthouse |
| Lostwithiel Museum |
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Lostwithiel | Cornwall | Local | information, history, culture, mining |
| Marazion Museum |
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Marazion | Cornwall | Local | information, history, culture, mining, agriculture |
| National Maritime Museum Cornwall |  |
Falmouth | Cornwall | Maritime | Small boats, region's maritime history |
| Perranzabuloe Museum |
|
Perranporth | Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, mining, fishing, farming heritage |
| Poldark Mine |  |
Wendron | Cornwall | Mining | Former tin mine |
| Porthcurno Telegraph Museum | to add | Porthcurno | Cornwall | Technology | History of telegraph cables |
| Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum |
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Redruth | Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, mining, household items |
| Royal Cornwall Museum | |
Truro | Cornwall | Multiple | Art, archaeology, local history, natural history, geology, decorative arts, coins, Egyptian and world culture artifacts |
| Saltash Museum and Local History Centre |
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Saltash | Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture |
| Shire Horse Farm Horse and Carriage Museum |
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Redruth | Cornwall | Transportation | website, working horse farm and collection of horse-drawn carriages |
| St Ives Museum |
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St Ives | Cornwall | Local | information, history, culture, mining, fishing, agriculture |
| Trerice |  |
Newquay | Cornwall | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Elizabethan manor house, orchard, lawn mower collection |
| Trevarno |
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Helston | Cornwall | Includes National Museum of Gardening, gardens, woodland walks, a sub-tropical conservatory | |
| Wheal Martyn China Clay Country Park |  |
Treverbyn | Cornwall | Industry | website, china clay mining industry, local clay communities and the modern china clay industry |
Defunct museums[]
The former British Cycling Museum at Camelford Station
- Barnes Museum of Cinematography, St Ives[1][2]
- British Cycling Museum, Camelford Station, Camelford[3]
- Cornwall Geological Museum, Penzance
- Trinity House National Lighthouse Museum, Penzance
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Barnes, 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)
- ↑ Closed until further notice (05 Jan 2010)
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