This list of museums in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e. virtual museums) are not included.
| Name | Image | Town/City | Region | Type | Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, early 18th century estate with gardens, features fine collections of paintings, furniture and textiles | ||||
| Cornwall | Art | Studio and works by 20th-century sculptor Barbara Hepworth | ||||
| Cornwall | Prison | Former jail and exhibits of local criminals | ||||
| Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, industry, natural history, transport | ||||
| Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, mining, agriculture | ||||
| Cornwall | Mining | Mining and geology | ||||
| Cornwall | Multiple | Website, history, culture, Bude Canal, maritime, railway, art exhibits; formerly the home of Victorian inventor Sir Goldsworthy Gurney. The Castle is accredited by Arts Council England. Free entry. | ||||
| Cornwall | Maritime | website, history of diving, salvage and shipwrecks, also mining and minerals | ||||
| Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, mining, agriculture | ||||
| Cornwall | Mining | Collection of engine houses, beam engines and an industrial heritage discovery centre | ||||
| Bodmin | Cornwall | Military | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry regimental artifacts and history | |||
| Cornwall | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Tudor house featuring tapestries, textiles, arms and armour, pewter, brass and old oak furniture, gardens | ||||
| Cornwall | Military | History of former WW II airfield, military life in region | ||||
| Cornwall | Military | Housed in the former sergeants' shower block, pictorial history of the airfield's wartime years with local memorabilia | ||||
| Cornwall | History | website, historic grocery store, operated by the Tamar Protection Society | ||||
| Cornwall | Art | Satellite location of Newlyn Art Gallery, contemporary art | ||||
| Cornwall | Art | Features work by Old Masters, major Victorian artists, British Impressionists, maritime artists, children's book illustrators, automata, contemporary painters and printmakers | ||||
| Cornwall | Multiple | Amusement park with museum exhibits of Victorian shops and homes, life in Britain during The Blitz, aviation and science | ||||
| Fowey Museum | Cornwall | Local | information, history, culture, shipping | |||
| Cornwall | Mining | Former tin mine | ||||
| Gerrans Parish Heritage Centre | Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture | |||
| Cornwall | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Tudor/Stuart mansion, complete with early formal gardens | ||||
| Grampound with Creed Heritage Centre | Cornwall | Local | website, history | |||
| Hayle Heritage Centre | Cornwall | Local | website, operated by the Harvey’s Foundry Trust | |||
| Cornwall | Former Tin Mine, Local, Art | Regeneration of former mining land. Features an interactive exhibition about Cornish mining heritage, a restored beam engine house, botanical gardens, artist studios, adventure playground and the Red River Cafe. Free entry | ||||
| Cornwall | Local | History, culture, art, archaeology, mining, fishing, farming, costumes | ||||
| Cornwall | Local | website "Museum on the Move" as former building has been condemned; new Cultural Centre and Museum under development | ||||
| Cornwall | Multiple | Features a museum with exhibits on smuggling in the area and the inn's role, and author Daphne du Maurier[1] | ||||
| John Betjeman Centre | Cornwall | Biographical | website, works and memorabilia of poet and author John Betjeman, located in the Wadebridge railway station | |||
| Cornwall | Mining | Former tin mine | ||||
| Cornwall | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, high Victorian style country estate with gardens | ||||
| Cornwall | Railway | Heritage railway with museum of vintage transport and machinery in station | ||||
| Launceston | Cornwall | Local | 1753 Georgian house with displays about local history | |||
| Cornwall | Art | 20th century studio art pottery | ||||
| Cornwall | Mining | Visitor center for former copper and tin mine, working steam-powered beam engine | ||||
| Liskeard and District Museum | Cornwall | Local | website, local history, mining interpretation, tin toys, plastics and the environment | |||
| Cornwall | Maritime | History and role of the lighthouse | ||||
| Cornwall | Local | information, 15th-century guildhall and prison, exhibits on history, culture, fishing, mining | ||||
| Cornwall | Local | information, history, culture, mining | ||||
| Luxulyan Museum and Heritage Centre | Cornwall | Local | information, history, culture | |||
| Marazion Museum | Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, mining, agriculture | |||
| Cornwall | Historic house | website, 17th century period Elizabethan cottage, reputedly the home of explorer Sir Francis Drake's first wife, operated by the Tamar Protection Society | ||||
| Mevagissey Museum | Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, fishing, shipping, smuggling | |||
| Moseley Industrial Narorow Gauge Tramway and Toy Museum | Cornwall | Toy, Railroad | website, open by appointment, vintage toys, model trail layouts, railroad memorabilia, narrow gauge train rides | |||
| Cornwall | Historic house | 16th century great house restored to 18th century period, with art, tapestries, porcelain, gardens, | ||||
| Cornwall | History | Witchcraft and Wiccan artifacts | ||||
| Cornwall | Maritime | Home of the National Small Boat Collection, exhibitions on Cornwall's maritime history, boat conservation and experimental boat building. Also houses the Bartlett Library of books and archives, particularly relating to Falmouth's maritime history. | ||||
| Cornwall | Art | Contemporary art | ||||
| Newquay Heritage Archive & Museum | Cornwall | Local | website, operated by the Newquay Old Cornwall Society | |||
| Cornwall | Multiple | Local history, art, agriculture and household items, Cornish and Devonshire pottery, industrial and tradesmen's tools | ||||
| Padstow Museum | Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, maritime | |||
| Cornwall | Historic house | 18th-century mansion and gardens | ||||
| Cornwall | Military | Fortress built by Henry VIII, displays through WW II | ||||
| Cornwall | Art | Paintings by members of the Newlyn School | ||||
| Penryn Museum | Cornwall | Local | information, history, culture | |||
| Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, mining, fishing, farming | ||||
| Cornwall | Mining | Former tin mine | ||||
| Polperro Heritage Museum of Smuggling and Fishing | Cornwall | Maritime | website | |||
| Cornwall | Historic house | Country mansion estate, gardens, museum of folklore | ||||
| Cornwall | Technology | History of telegraph cables | ||||
| Cornwall | Historic house | Country mansion with royal and family portraits, fine furniture, the Prideaux Porcelain Collection, gardens | ||||
| Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum | Cornwall | Local | information, history, culture, mining, household items | |||
| Cornwall | Multiple | Art, archaeology, local history, natural history, geology, decorative arts, coins, Egyptian and world culture artifacts | ||||
| Cornwall | Local | website, operated by Saltash Heritage, local history, culture, records, photographic and document archive, archeology unit | ||||
| Shire Horse Farm and Carriage Museum | Cornwall | Transportation | website, working horse farm and collection of horse-drawn carriages | |||
| Cornwall | Local | website, history, culture, mining, minerals, maritime | ||||
| Cornwall | Local | Located in the parish church, | ||||
| St Ives Museum | Cornwall | Local | information, history, culture, mining, fishing, agriculture | |||
| Cornwall | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, tours of the island castle | ||||
| Stuart House | Cornwall | Local | website, late medieval town house, exhibits about the English Civil War | |||
| Cornwall | Art | Work by modern British artists, including work of the St Ives School | ||||
| Cornwall | Philatelic | Operated by the National Trust, 19th century period post office in a 14th-century yeoman's farmhouse | ||||
| Cornwall | Mining | website, working tin mill, also hosts the Redruth Old Cornwall Society Town Museum | ||||
| Cornwall | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Elizabethan manor house, orchard, lawn mower collection | ||||
| Cornwall | Maritime | Outdoor exhibits including figureheads, name-boards and other decorative carvings from the days of sail[2] | ||||
| Cornwall | Local | Local history and culture | ||||
| Cornwall | Industry | website, china clay mining industry, local clay communities and the modern china clay industry |