mc7 is a consortium of museums made up of Bodmin Keep, Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, Falmouth Art Gallery, Museum of Cornish Life, Penlee House, PK Porthcurno, and Wheal Martyn.
Funded by Arts Council England, mc7 is an innovative three-year project to develop a dynamic model of collective working and programming. The project enables £1.86 million of funding, over three years, to reach the museums and their users directly.
The museums represent different aspects of Cornwall’s rich history and provide ways to discover and understand the distinctive story of Cornish identity. Each museum is at the heart of its community and understands the unique priorities and challenges that they face. Through the programme the investment is designed to help deliver the Let’s Create strategy and respond to the Creative Case for Diversity.
At the Museum of Cornish Life the funding supports our Community Engagement Curator, Engagement Museum Assistant (with a Marketing Apprentice from Truro College) and a Collections Museum Assistant (undertaking a work placement year from the University of Exeter). It supports our temporary exhibitions and our community engagement programmes.