Museums and Galleries in Cornwall

• Lawrence House // Launceston

  

  Fine example of a Georgian town house. Owned by the National Trust, now used by Launceston Town Council as a museum and civic centre

• Bodmin Jail // Bodmin

  

  Bodmin Jail, which was built as the County Prison in 1778 and was notorious for its cramped conditions and public hangings, is now a fascinating museum

• Jamaica Inn // Launceston

  

  The coaching house immortalised by Daphne du Maurier in her novel of the same name, has stood on a high point Bodmin Moor for more than four centuries

• The Courtroom Experience // Bodmin

  

  A Victorian murder mystery set in the original county courtrooms of Bodmin's Shire Hall.

• Cornwall's Regimental Museum // Bodmin

  

  Regarded as amongst the finest military museums in the South West, Cornwall's Regimental Museum is located in the Keep, close to Bodmin town centre.

• Cornish Mines and Engines // Redruth

  

  Cornish Mines and Engines is an engine house and collection of beam engines and other industrial artefacts owned by the National Trust

• Charlestown Shipwreck Centre // St Austell

  

  There are more than a quarter of a million shipwrecks around the coasts of Britain and the Charlestown Shipwreck Centre illustrates a sample of these in photography and salvaged cargo

• National Maritime Museum // Falmouth

  

  The National Maritime Museum provides an interactive display of boats and their various functions in industry and recreation.

• Davidstow Airfield and Cornwall at War Museum // Camelford

  

  Located on the Second World War airfield on Davidstow Moor, the museum primarily covers the history of RAF Davidstow moor.

• Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden // St Ives

  

  The Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden features works in bronze, stone and wood in addition to paintings, drawings and other archive material

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