Opening hours

Tue - Sat: 10am - 4:45pm
Closed: Sundays, Mondays and Bank Holidays

Free Entry

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

Extraordinary closures

Please note that the museum will be closed as detailed below:

Mummy on the move!
The Egyptian gallery will be closed from the 28 April. The Mummy will reappear when the new Ancient Civilisations gallery opens on the 8 June

Saturday 24 November
The Museum and Library will be closed for the RIC Members Only day.

We apologize 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.