National Maritime Museum Cornwall

🚢 Multi-award-winning museum
🌊 A place to enrich our understanding of the sea & Cornwall
💙 Locally loved and nationally valued
📍 Falmouth, Cornwall

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The sun-soaked memories submitted to our Surfing Memories exhibition are getting us through the colder winter days. Visit it in The Balcony Gallery next time you're here. 📷"A bit of hot-dogging" Newquay Fistral, 1966, Courtesy of John Matthews. #Surfing #SurfingMemories

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What makes a Museum visit a wonderful experience for you? 

Let us know in the comments👇 #Museum #MuseumVisitor #Cornwall

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📅A new year is a moment to reset, reflect or try something new. Whether your resolutions are about trying new things, being more eco-conscious or giving back to your community, we’ve got some ideas and inspiration to help you keep them...🔍https://t.co/mqXEmjzzty

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📅Opening on Friday 30 January: How Painting Changed My Life. A new exhibition by local artist Jane Southern exploring the positive role art can play in mental health recovery. 🖼️ https://t.co/Wy6nv8j55O #Art #MentalHealth #Falmouth #Cornwall

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🎫Students: £12 = 12 months of unlimited museum visits 🎓
Harbour-view café ☕️ | SURF! exhibition 🌊| Explore Falmouth's History 🔍 Your Student Annual Pass awaits. Valid student ID required. #StudentSavings #Cornwall #Students #Falmouth

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Surfing Memories is a community exhibition in our Balcony Gallery that celebrates the joy, adventure & nostalgia of surfing in Cornwall. 📷'A funny photo showing the generations of surfers'. July 2025. Polly Joke. Courtesy of Phil & Helen from Bolton, Lancashire. #SurfingMemories

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We're looking back on some of our favourite reviews from last year. 

Have you ever tried your hand at our interactive activities? They're KNOT to be missed...🪢

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🌅Our January Gift Shop Sale is the perfect chance to snap up some limited-edition surf style, shop online or in-store.

Make waves with bold graphics and coastal colours to brighten up these dark winter days🏄

➡️https://t.co/sgZCMk1ood

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We're open as normal today from 10am.⛵ The Waterside Cafe will be open to Museum visitors for hot drinks and harbour views from 10.30am. ☕ Please only travel if it is safe to do so, but we look forward to welcoming you inside if you do make the trip. #Falmouth #Cornwall

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📣UPDATE: Storm Warning & Early Closure Today - 8 January

Please be aware, due to an amber storm and weather warning in Cornwall the Museum will be closing early at 3.30pm today.

Stay safe out there ⛈️

#Storm #Cornwall #WeatherWarning

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📣Storm Warning & Early Closure Today - 8 January

Please be aware, due to an amber storm and weather warning in Cornwall the Museum will be closing early at 4pm today. 

Stay safe out there ⛈️

#Storm #Cornwall #WeatherWarning

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❄️ Come in from the cold and explore the Museum this January...
🎫Annual Passholders pay once and visit free for the rest of the year.
📅What's On:
https://t.co/snoUxe3Rsk
#Cornwall #WhatsOn #Falmouth

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Don’t forget that from 1st–31st January 2026 our members receive 50% off entry at @TheNMMC!

Find out more here https://t.co/ODRQkXYgd3

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📅On This Day, 7 January 1828, in freezing gale-force winds, the brig Larch was driven towards rocks near Falmouth harbour. Read the full story of this dramatic rescue and the remarkable man behind it in our Bartlett Blog: https://t.co/i4NIIe3AAq #OnThisDay #Shipwreck #Falmouth

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🚌Got that Back to School feeling? We've just launched our new School Travel Bursary Scheme! Thanks to funding we are now able to support some eligible schools with the cost of transport to visit National Maritime Museum Cornwall: https://t.co/alv2fjgmt2 #Cornwall #SchoolTrips

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Our Surfing Memories Exhibition is full of joy! It continues to grow as more memories, photos, films and objects are shared with us. You can share your surfing memories too! https://t.co/5SZsfVYYIw
📷Tam enjoying her polystyrene board, July 1988, Polly Joke. Courtesy of Tam Young

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Our crew will be working at height in the Boat Hall next week (Mon 5 Jan - Fri 9 Jan) to take down our Christmas lights. The Museum remains open as usual, but we'll be charting a slightly different course through the galleries. #Museum #Falmouth #Cornwall

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It's the last weekend to experience Resilience, an evocative, multi-media exhibition on the resilience of coastal communities in Cornwall. The exhibition ends on Sunday 4 January.🐟 Created in partnership with @kaleider and @UniofExeter 
➡️https://t.co/IYNHMTYLSY

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✨ There's still time to experience 'A Cornish Christmas' at National Maritime Museum Cornwall and we're open every day, 10am-5pm all through the holidays. Finish your Cornish Christmas with a splash of maritime magic! 🌊https://t.co/C4wB6cbcsb
#Cornwall #Falmouth #FamilyFun