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Under the Eaves: What we can learn from Evaristo’s…

  • 12th April 2021
  • by Museum of Cornish Life

In my last blog for the museum, I wrote about the play that museum supporter Patrick Carroll wrote. His play was inspired by the grave of Evaristo Muchovela in Wendron. As I listened to the play and wrote the blog, several questions were circling in my mind. Why did Thomas Johns have a slave when

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WW2 – A Cornish Story: The Admiral’s daughter

  • 2nd April 2021
  • by Museum of Cornish Life

Since I began my role as part of the Imperial War Museum (IWM)-backed Second World War partnership programme at the Museum of Cornish Life almost three months ago, I have enjoyed the unique privilege of receiving many family stories which have been generously shared by friends of the museum and members of the public. As

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Under the Eaves: Evaristo’s Epitaph

  • 9th March 202112th April 2021
  • by Museum of Cornish Life

This ‘under the eaves’ feature follows a different route to a curious story about a master, Thomas Johns and his former slave, a black man, Evaristo Muchovela, who came to live in Cornwall in the 1860s. He died in 1868 and his grave is in Wendron churchyard. One of the objects in the museum is

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© IWM HU91777 -Terence, son of Francis and Alice Matthews, as a child during the Second World War. Terence was evacuated to Cornwall during 1940 - 1944. Museum News

WW2 – A Cornish Story: Evacuees

  • 5th March 202111th March 2021
  • by Museum of Cornish Life

What was everyday life like in Cornwall during the Second World War? What kind of sights, sounds and smells would have greeted the many visitors and newcomers who found themselves in the county as a consequence of this momentous conflict? At the Museum of Cornish Life, in collaboration with Bodmin Keep, we have recently embarked

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“Can you spot me?”

  • 4th March 20214th March 2021
  • by Museum of Cornish Life

“Can you spot me?”, isn’t that just what we say when we look at old school photos?  So many visitors at the Museum do this when they reach the school photos in the link corridor between the Meat Market and Drill Hall.  We look for ourselves or a relative, peering at the tiny faces all

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The Egyptian Collection, Part 2

  • 23rd February 20212nd March 2021
  • by Museum of Cornish Life

Fascinated by ancient Egypt since I was a child, the opportunity to research a previously unknown case of Egyptian artefacts in the museum was one I could not pass by. Although I am by no means an Egyptologist, I want to share with you some insights into a few of the artefacts that have been

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Animate Helston – 2021 Programme

  • 12th February 20212nd March 2021
  • by Museum of Cornish Life

Join us online for our annual animation take-over, developed in partnership with Cornwall Film Festival and Falmouth University. To Watch: We are sharing with you a range of films selected by the museum and our partners. The animations explore all aspects of life and its challenges. Please be aware some young children or adults may

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My first month as Finds Liaison Officer for Cornwall

  • 11th February 202111th February 2021
  • by Museum of Cornish Life

It is coming up to a month now since I started as the new Finds Liaison Officer for Cornwall and I just want to take a moment to reflect on what I’ve learnt since my position began. Starting a new job in lockdown was never going to be easy. Admittedly, there is a LOT to

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Under The Eaves: The Egyptian Collection

  • 8th February 20212nd March 2021
  • by Museum of Cornish Life

Tucked at the back of the Victorian classroom is a cabinet with a small collection of Egyptian artefacts. In my time circumnavigating the museum looking for objects and peering into corners, I confess that I have never noticed it. My route to it came from trying to work out what had been folded into the

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Under the Eaves: Sugar nips

  • 26th January 202126th January 2021
  • by Museum of Cornish Life

Mintz has provided estimates of sugar consumption at the turn of the last few centuries. He estimates that Britain’s per capita consumption of sugar was as follows: To keep these figures in context, today, the consumption is around 106lbs per person – or 22 teaspoons of sugar per week. It is no wonder that sugar

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