Museums in Cornwall

165 museums across Cornwall, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).

• Lizard Lighthouse Heritage Centre · museum · Cornwall · Must-see
• Isles of Scilly Museum · museum · Isles of Scilly · Must-see
• National Maritime Museum Cornwall · museum · Cornwall · Must-see
• Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden · museum · Cornwall · Must-see
• Porthcurno Telegraph Museum · museum · Cornwall · Must-see
• Valhalla Museum · museum · Isles of Scilly · Must-see
• Levant Mine and Beam Engine · museum · Cornwall
• Museum of Cornish Life · museum · Cornwall
• Falmouth Art Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Newlyn Orion Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• The Leach Pottery · museum · Cornwall
• Penlee House, Gallery & Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Tate St Ives · museum · Cornwall
• Royal Cornwall Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Museum of Witchcraft and Magic · museum · Cornwall
• King Arthur's Great Halls · museum · Cornwall
• East Pool Mine · museum · Cornwall
• Trinity House National Lighthouse Museum · museum · Cornwall
• New County Hall · museum · Cornwall
• Perranporth Museum · museum · Cornwall
• St Agnes Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Heritage Centre · museum · Cornwall
• Padstow Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Penryn Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Marconi Centre · museum · Cornwall
• Wheal Martyn Clay Works · museum · Cornwall
• Constantine Museum and Archive · museum · Cornwall
• King Edward Mine · museum · Cornwall
• Poldark Mine · museum · Cornwall
• Redruth Old Cornwall Society Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Blue Hills Tin Streams · museum · Cornwall
• Trenance Cottages Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Cornwall Geological Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre · museum · Cornwall
• Moseley Industrial Narrow Gauge Tramway And Toy Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Newquay Heritage Archive And Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Bodmin Jail · museum · Cornwall
• Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Old Guild Hall · museum · Cornwall
• Saint Ives Society of Artists · museum · Cornwall
• Saltash Heritage Museum · museum · Cornwall
• St Ives Museum · museum · Cornwall
• The Roundhouse and Capstan Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Bodmin Town Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Fowey Town Museum · museum · Cornwall
• H. Elliott · museum · Cornwall
• Lawrence House Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Liskeard and District Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Lostwithiel Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Mevagissey Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Pendennis Castle Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Polperro Heritage Museum of Smuggling & Fishing · museum · Cornwall
• Polperro Model Village & Land of Legend · museum · Cornwall
• The Castle Heritage Centre · museum · Cornwall
• Moseley Heritage Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Holman Mining Museum · museum · Cornwall
• West Cornwall Musical Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Age Of Steam · museum · Cornwall
• Barnes Museum of Cinematography · museum · Cornwall
• Longstone Heritage Centre · museum · Isles of Scilly
• Museum of Nautical Art · museum · Cornwall
• National Gypsy Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Reggie Morses Farm Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Shipwreck Museum · museum · Cornwall
• The Shipwreck Centre · museum · Cornwall
• Cornish Heritage Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Shire Horse Farm and Carriage Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Automobilia Motor Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Museum of Cornish Methodism · museum · Cornwall
• Tolgus Tin · museum · Cornwall
• Gallery Of Old Newquay · museum · Cornwall
• Gerrans Parish Heritage Centre · museum · Cornwall
• Hayle Heritage Centre · museum · Cornwall
• Harlyn Bay Museum Of Prehistoric Discoveries & Ancient Burial Ground · museum · Cornwall
• Old Kiln Museum · museum · Cornwall
• National Museum Of Gardening · museum · Cornwall
• Artist's Studios · museum · Cornwall
• Bodmin Keep · museum · Cornwall
• Carnsew Art Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Discovering42 · museum · Cornwall
• Fowey Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Jackson Foundation Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Kestle Barton · museum · Cornwall
• Michell's Engine House · museum · Cornwall
• Mid Cornwall Galleries · museum · Cornwall
• Minions Heritage Centre · museum · Cornwall
• Mt Edgcumbe Railway & Model Society · museum · Cornwall
• Rowena Cade Exhibition · museum · Cornwall
• The Core · museum · Cornwall
• The Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• The National Lobster Hatchery · museum · Cornwall
• Air Sea Rescue · museum · Cornwall
• Alexandra Dickens Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Art House Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Art Space Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Beside the Wave · museum · Cornwall
• Blue Harbour Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Callington Heritage Centre · museum · Cornwall
• Canal Barge Workshop · museum · Cornwall
• Coast The Exhibition · museum · Cornwall
• Cor Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Cornwall Art Galleries · museum · Cornwall
• Cornwall at War Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Cotehele Quay Discovery Centre · museum · Cornwall
• Davidstow Creamery Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Enys Gardens · museum · Cornwall
• Gallery 38 · museum · Cornwall
• Gina's Art Studio · museum · Cornwall
• Gwithti an Pyrsti A Cabinet of Folklore and Magic · museum · Cornwall
• Half Moon Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Hard Rock Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Heal. · museum · Cornwall
• Island Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Jamaica Inn's Daphne du Maurier & Smuggling Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Jubilee Wharf Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Kelp Studio · museum · Cornwall
• Lemon Street Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Lizard Wireless Station · museum · Cornwall
• Looe Harbour Heritage Centre · museum · Cornwall
• Marizion Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Mirva Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Morgans · museum · Cornwall
• Museum of Cycling · museum · Cornwall
• New Craftsman Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• North Shore Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Ocean Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Otte · museum · Cornwall
• Outer Space Studio · museum · Cornwall
• Penwith Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Predannick Anti-Aircraft Battery · museum · Cornwall
• RAF Davidstow Moor Memorial Museum · museum · Cornwall
• Redwing Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Sloop Studio · museum · Cornwall
• St Columb Major Smallseum · museum · Cornwall
• St Ives Archive · museum · Cornwall
• St. Ives Framing & Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Steward's House · museum · Cornwall
• Studio 19 · museum · Cornwall
• Studio Astray · museum · Cornwall
• The Barge House · museum · Cornwall
• The Crypt Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• The End to End Story · museum · Cornwall
• The Exchange · museum · Cornwall
• The Oyster Catcher · museum · Cornwall
• The Picture Parlour · museum · Cornwall
• The Whistlefish Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Thomas Henry Gallery · museum · Cornwall
• Whitewater Contemporary · museum · Cornwall
• Bryhers Pop-up Museum · museum · Isles of Scilly
• Portcurno, Cornwall · museum · Cornwall

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