Opening hours

Mon - Sat: 10am - 4:45pm
Closed: Sundays and Bank Holidays

Free Entry

There may be a charge for special exhibitions. Please call to confirm.

Early closing

Please note that the museum will be closing early on the following days:

Wednesday 8 September closing at 3pm.
Thursday 16 September closing at 4pm.

We appologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.

Our original files date from 1801 to the 1970s although earlier issues of non-Cornish titles from 1746 are also available on microfilm. Newspapers contain a wealth of information ranging from the proceedings of certain court cases to ship arrivals and departures; the sales of buildings, lands and goods; notices of bankruptcies and smuggling activities; political news, and often fascinating accounts about the drunk, disorderly and runaway apprentice.