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Museums
and Art Galleries In Cornwall
If
you like museums, then there are many to choose from. The Royal
Cornwall Museum located near Truro is Cornwall’s oldest and most
prestigious museum, famed for its internationally important
displays including a wealth of minerals, an unwrapped mummy,
Cornwall culture and a collection of Newlyn School paintings in
the Fine and Decorative Arts gallery. The museum presents an
exciting range of changing exhibitions throughout the year
together with an extensive educational programme for all the
family.
With
such an important maritime history, it is not surprise that
Cornwall has some excellent Maritime museums, including
Charlestown Shipwreck and Heritage Centre, near St Austell which
has the largest private collection of Shipwreck and historical
artefacts on public display in Europe, or the National Maritime
Museum in Falmouth .
Cornwall
has played a major part in the development of tele-communications
and if you are interested in this subject, why not visit the Porthcurno
Telegraph Museum. In
1870 engineers began laying an undersea telegraph cable network
from Porthcurno's sandy beach which transformed the speed of
communication to the British Empire and beyond. By WWII, the
communications centre at Porthcurnohad become so important that it
was moved into a bomb proof, underground building.
There
are also many fine art galleries in Cornwall including the Tate
Gallery and many private and public art galleries
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