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Recylemation For Our Nation

A short stop animation film made by year 5 Nansloe Academy Students with about the effects of plastic pollution on the planet. Made as part of Helston makes it Festival, facilitated by artist/film maker Amanda Lorens. We will be showcasing this film during our Animate Helston animation festival which is running in the museum 16th-23rd

Vote Now for Cornish Object of the Year!

What links the Cornish pasty, the birth place of Jesus and a Helston butcher? As Cornish butcher William Jewell sat in the desert during the midst of the Second World War, he thought back fondly to his homeland and all that he missed – not least a good old pasty to fill his stomach. The

First as Museum takes part in Christmas lantern parade

This year is the first year that The Museum of Cornish Life has taken place in the Helston Christmas lights lantern parade! The project was made possible and made in Partnership with City of Lights. He will be going on display in the museum and the joining the parade again next year!

Appointment of new Trustees

This Cornish history museum has been serving the town of Helston and the larger surrounding area since 1949 and is managed by South Kerrier Heritage Trust, (Charity Number 1151834). Our Trustees have important responsibilities and we are looking for new trustees with the vision to help us realise our future development plans. They must be

You can help us win bags of help at…

We have been chosen by Tesco’s to be part of the current bags of help at Tesco’s in Helston and both branches in Falmouth too. You can use your tokens earned whilst shopping in store to vote for us to win funding to do up our children’s play area inside the museum, much loved but

New project receives funding!

The museum has been awarded funding for fantastic new project called “Making the Invisible Visible” from Big Lottery Fund, this will lead on from the project “Cooking with Gas” which took place in early 2018 which was funded by Bright Sparks through FEAST and Cornwall Museums Partnership, supported by Arts Council England. We will be

The Museum of Cornish Life, Helston.

We have some exciting news to share with everyone, we the museum formerly known as “Helston Museum” are jumping into a new era with a new name more suited to us and what we do best. We would like to welcome you to the new “Museum of Cornish Life, Helston” we needed to change our

Assistant Museum Curator Internship at Helston Museum

South Kerrier Heritage Trust Job Description and Person Specification Assistant Museum Curator Internship at Helston Museum Salary: £7.83 per hour Hours: 5 days per week (37.5hours) – flexible working but will include some evenings and Saturdays Contract: 6 Months (1 October 2018 – 31 March 2019) Place of work:

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In Search of Stall Holders!

This year we will be hosting a Christmas Market in the museum and we are looking for stall holders to fill it!

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