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This week we are congratulating our Young Curator Harvey on completing his work placement here at the Museum of Cornish Life. Our Museum Assistant Imogen chats to Harvey about what he has achieved. How did you get involved with the Museum of Cornish Life? “I came to the museum on an 8-week work placement from
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Year two of Citizen Curators is now beginning and we are looking for a team of volunteers (we have 5 places) to help us develop ideas and content for the museum. We are looking for volunteers who are keen to learn and want to add information to our collection documentation, displays and online. Details are
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The Museum of Cornish Life (South Kerrier Heritage Trust) is offering an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and dedicated team as a Customer Service Apprentice. The museum is a fun place to work where something different happens each day.Working with a small staff team (Director and Community Engagement Curator) and over 80 volunteers you
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Museum of Cornish Life: Assistant Museum Curator Summer Internship (6 weeks) We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and dedicated team as an Intern Assistant Museum Curator over the summer. Working with a small staff team (Director, Community Engagement Curator and Assistant Museum Curator) and over 80 volunteers you will get to
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Dates: 3rd May – 1st June 2019 ‘I was, I am, I will be’, a new mental health exhibition and series of workshops, talks and projects for adults, children and young people. Histories. Futures. Strength. Recovery. Click here for the ‘I was, I am, I will be’ Events Schedule and information on Mental Health Awareness Week
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We are very proud of our trainee curator Imogen Crarer who has successfully achieved her Gold Arts Award during her six-month internship here at the Museum of Cornish Life. It is a big achievement for her and it has been great to share the exhibitions and displays she has produced using our collection. Imogen says:
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Helston officially has “heroes” living amongst it and they’re championing the town’s heritage. The Helston Makes It! event, celebrating past and present trades in the area, won its organisers the Heritage Heroes award at the Cornish Museums Partnership’s annual ceremony. Taking place last September, it featured daily talks and workshops on various subjects, with 1,200
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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
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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