Discover how the Great Western Railway helped promote the Cornish Riviera.

Tim Bryan, former curator at STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon, tells the story of the development of the railways’ route to the Royal Duchy, its famous Cornish Riviera Express and how its imaginative and striking advertising and publicity helped develop Cornwall as a destination for thousands of holidaymakers every year.

Set lunch and lecture £14.50 (Members £12.50)

Please call 01326 214546 for bookings.

A multi-sensory session designed especially for under fives - different activities every month, including a creative activity, storytelling and a magical journey to discover treasure.

Booking essential on 01326 214532.

Accessibility

* All Areas Accessible to Disabled Visitors
* Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors
* Guide Dogs Permitted
* Parking Areas for Disabled Visitors
* Ramp/Level Access
* Toilets for Disabled Visitors

Catering

* On-Site café/restaurant

Establishment Features

* Conference facilities
* Toilets

Description

Autumn is the time for orchard fruit and root vegetables – the perfect ingredients for the wholesome and comforting dishes we know you’ll love. Enjoy the best seasonal produce and, when you book in advance, enjoy free entry to the Museum too.

Every Tuesday & Thursday in November, 11am-2pm

Main course and dessert £6.95.

FREE entry to the Museum when you book in advance on 01326 214554. Advanced booking essential.

Accessibility

* All Areas Accessible to Disabled Visitors
* Facilities for Hearing Impaired Visitors
* Guide Dogs Permitted

As the ultimate bastions of Europe’s Atlantic coastline, capes, headlands and isles enthral and inspire and a captivating new art exhibition at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall will explore lands’ ends across Europe.

A multi-sensory session designed especially for under fives - different activities every month, including a creative activity, storytelling and a magical journey to discover treasure.

Free with Museum entrance ticket. Booking essential on 01326 214532.

This captivating new exhibition celebrates the final days of the windjammers - commercial square-rigged sailing ships - and commemorates the 60th anniversary of their last voyage around Cape Horn.

In the early 20th century only a few trade routes remained viable for the world’s big sailing vessels. The grain trade from Australia to Europe was one and the voyages received much media coverage at the time. In Britain, people gambled on which ship would make the fastest trip of the year, coining the expression “Grain Races”.

t the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth.

The British Overseas Postal Services 1689-1850 - The Falmouth Packets. By John Beck, with Tony Pawlyn.

Book Launch, John Beck's well-researched book "A History of the Falmouth Post Office Packet Service" Published by the South West Maritime History Society.

Presentation of South West Maritime History Awards on the conclusion of our 25th Anniversary.

The building of the RRS Research

Cutty Sark, 140 years old this year, has outlived her original design life several times over. Originally a cargo ship, she has survived typhoons, mutiny and a major fire in 2007. Join Jessica Beverly, Curator from The Cutty Sark Trust, to learn about the many lives of Cutty Sark.

Lecture £7. With two-course buffet £16.

Please call 01326 214546 for bookings. Doors & bar open from 6pm.

Travel back in time to meet some ‘real’ Viking characters in the flesh. Dress up like a Viking, listen to Norse sagas of heroic explorers and terrible monsters, make your own Viking helmet, learn to write in runes and experience everything Viking with our free family activity weekend.

All activites FREE with your museum ticket. Adult supervision required.

Clive Benney, from St Agnes Museum, takes you from Trevaunance Cove to the St Agnes Beacon during the parish’s industrial hey day. This beautifully illustrated talk shows the vital link between the mining industry and the sea, the building of five harbours and four ships and the Museum’s search for the figurehead of the Lady Agnes.

Set lunch and lecture £12.50.

Please call 01326 214546 for bookings.
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