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In this photo essay Sue Roberts curates historic photographs from the Museum’s collection to explore wagons, carts and other horse-drawn … Continue reading Wagons and horse-drawn transport
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Margaret Ray, collections volunteer, takes us on a quick journey through our historic hand tools collection, many of which came … Continue reading Hand tools in the museum’s collection
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Thanksgiving, especially for food from land and sea in Cornwall, traditionally takes the form of tea treats. In this article … Continue reading Tea treats and St Peterstide
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As part of our Farmers Will Like It project on Cornish farming heritage research volunteer Andy Blackwell takes a deep … Continue reading Rediscovering the Standard Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture
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Before the museum opened here in 1949, the original part of this building held the district’s ancient weekly Butter and … Continue reading The blind egg merchant of Leedstown
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Billy Warren, Research Volunteer at the Museum, delves into the history of man traps and their use by Cornish farmers … Continue reading Violence in the system: Man traps, landowners, commoners, food and farming
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As part of our Farmers Will Like It project to conserve and research some of our oldest collections relating to … Continue reading Making of the new wassail bowl for Cornwall
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Collections research volunteer Andy Blackwell returns with new research on the history of Cornish butter making, dairy objects, butter markets, and … Continue reading Cornish butter for one and all
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As part of our Farmers will like it project to review, research, conserve and explore Cornish farming heritage we have … Continue reading Ammeth: A summer of farming art and heritage
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In this article Andy Blackwell, collections research volunteer, takes a closer look at the museum’s giant cradle scythe displayed in … Continue reading From cradle to the grave: Cornish scything