Museum News
Volunteers’ Week is back Mon 2 June – Sun 8 June. It’s time to celebrate all thingsvolunteering! Our seventy volunteers … Continue reading Volunteers’ Week (2-8 June)
Museum Research
Before the museum opened here in 1949, the original part of this building held the district’s ancient weekly Butter and … Continue reading The blind egg merchant of Leedstown
Museum Research
Billy Warren, Research Volunteer at the Museum, delves into the history of man traps and their use by Cornish farmers … Continue reading Violence in the system: Man traps, landowners, commoners, food and farming
Museum Research
Research volunteer, Frank Johnson, has been investigating the story behind the Titanic Memorial window from our collection. Read on to … Continue reading Remembering William Gilbert, miner and inventor who died on the Titanic
Museum News
Izzie’s Flora Day by Jude Carroll and Lone Warberg (illustration)£5 from the Museum of Cornish Life Shop. Izzie’s Flora Day … Continue reading Book Review: Izzie’s Flora Day
Museum News
We are thrilled to announce we won the public vote for ‘Object of the Year’ at the Cornwall Heritage Awards … Continue reading Celebrating winning ‘Object of the Year’
Museum News
The Bras and the Bees: The Extraordinary Life of BJ SherriffFA Notley £12 from the Museum of Cornish Life Shop. … Continue reading Book Review: The Bras and the Bees
Museum News
As part of our Farmers Will Like It project to conserve and research some of our oldest collections relating to … Continue reading Making of the new wassail bowl for Cornwall
Museum News
2024 has been a bumper year for the Museum of Cornish Life. Here’s a round-up of some 2024 highlights in … Continue reading Looking back: 2024 at the Museum of Cornish Life
Museum Research
Collections research volunteer Sue Roberts explores the prominent roles of women in Cornish farming and how they are evidenced in … Continue reading Where are the women in Cornish farming?