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.
Support us
“The Royal Cornwall Museum has a superb collection and can be described as the guardian of Cornwall’s cultural heritage. …It can rightly call itself a centre of excellence in museum/heritage learning”. Robin Clutterbuck Sandford Award Judge 2008.
The Royal Institution of Cornwall is the charity which owns and manages the Royal Cornwall Museum and Courtney Library. As a charity the RIC relies on the generosity of members, donors and volunteers to govern, support and assist it with maintaining and improving one of the country’s oldest and finest museum and archive collections.
There are a number of ways in which you can support the RIC, from hands-on volunteering to annual membership; from one–off donations to remembering the RIC in your will or using our elegant spaces for corporate hire.
Please use the navigation bar on the left or click on the links below to find out more about:
- Membership
- Volunteering
- Gifts (donations and wills)
- Sponsorship (exhibition sponsorship and corporate hire)
