Museum Research
In the dead of night in August 1976, a man crept around the back of the Camborne Free Library, smashed … Continue reading The curious theft of Camborne Museum’s snuff boxes
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One of the largest collections of costume at the Museum of Cornish Life is the De Bruyne Collection. Donated to … Continue reading Second World War and Post-War Fashion in the De Bruyne Collection
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This month we are taking a closer look at our shipwreck and lifesaving objects. Perhaps the most famous of the … Continue reading What happened to the SS Ocklinge?
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Dr. Tehmina Goskar, Art Fund Headley Fellow, talks about the importance of museum catalogues plus an interview with Matt Howell, … Continue reading How the museum got its brain: 20th-century collections cataloguing and documentation
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Dr. Tehmina Goskar, Headley Fellow, continues her series on the museum’s history. It all started in 2018. We were huddled … Continue reading Love them or hate them. Curating dolls in the museum’s collection
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Dr. Tehmina Goskar, Headley Fellow, continues her monthly series on the museum’s history. There are nearly always a few people, … Continue reading A spade, wheelbarrow and pillas traft: the museum’s first objects
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Any followers of our Under the Eaves project will know that in 2005, the Museum of Cornish Life inherited the … Continue reading The radical roots of Camborne’s libraries and museums
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We have been exploring the theme of Disrupted Lives as part of the Museum of Cornish Life’s work with the … Continue reading Clothing in WW2: CC41 and the Utility Clothing Scheme