Harvey our Young Curator mounting the historic photographs from our collection.

Young People & Placements

We support young people on a range of placements and award schemes including Arts Award, Duke of Edinburgh and Work Experience.

Please note: Our Year 10 Work Experience placements for 2025 are full.

Schools and Group leaders – contact us to see how we can work together to enable your students to gain their experience.

Individuals – If you your school or group are not offering Arts Award or work placements but you would like to gain experience contact us. Our staff are trained to deliver Arts Award at all levels and Museum of Cornish Life is an Arts Award Centre.

For information about Arts Award at Museum of Cornish Life please contact Isobel King on 01326 564 027 to email communities@museumofcornishlife.co.uk

Awards Supported:
Arts Award:

As an Arts Award Supporter we can help you gain your Arts Award at all levels from Discover and Explore, through to Bronze, Silver and Gold. Read about our interns experience of gaining a Gold Arts Award.