Museums

Royal Cornwall Museum - Cornwall's County Museum, located in Truro

National Maritime Museum, Falmouth - an award-winning visitor attraction

Isles of Scilly Museum - a fascinating collection covering Scilly's unique and amazing history

Geevor Tin Mine Heritage Centre, Pendeen - part of the World Heritage Site

Porthcurno Telegraph Museum - where instant international communication was born

The Wayside Folk Museum, Zennor - one of Cornwall's little gems

Arts Organisations

Dame Laura Knight - The Official Website - for information and images relating to Laura Knight

Frank Heath website - for information about the artist Frank Gascoigne Heath

Golowan Community Arts - Penzance's annual festival for the Feast of St John

West Cornwall Art Archive - a source of information founded on the archive of Newlyn Art Gallery

The Lamorna Society - dedicated to enjoying, promoting and cherishing the creative output of the Lamorna valley

Acorn Arts Centre - Penzance's arts centre, who also run the Open Air Theatre in Penlee Park

Harold Harvey Resource Website - Information about the Newlyn School artist Harold Harvey

St Ives Art Info - the website of Art Historian David Tovey, dedicated to art in west Cornwall pre-1950

Catherine Wallace - freelance art historian, author, lecturer and exhibition organiser based in Cornwall

Studio Pottery information

The Leach Pottery, St Ives - the pioneering pottery established in 1920 and now open to the public

The Digital Museum of Cornish Ceramics - with information about most potteries and marks

Ceramike - Studio Pottery Archive - worldwide studio pottery information and forum

Our funders

Penzance Town Council - who own and operate Penlee House

Cornwall County Council - who now own the historic collections of Penwith District Council, housed at Penlee House

Heritage Lottery Fund - funders of the creation of this website and of several major projects and acquisitions

The Art Fund - one of our major funders for the purchase of works of art

The V&A/MLA Purchase Grant Fund - another source of vital funding for adding to our collections

Historical organisations 

Federation of Old Cornwall Societies - 'the organisation for those who love Cornwall'

Explore Cornwall's Past - part of England's Past for Everyone

Victoria County History - a nation-wide History project founded by Queen Victoria

Publishers

Truran Books - based in Cornwall and specialising in Cornish history and art, including 'Under the Open Sky', featuring Penlee House's collections.

Sansom & Co - publishers of many Newlyn School monographs and the Dictionary of Art in West Cornwall.

Accommodation providers

Visit West Cornwall - holiday information for Penzance, St Ives and the Land's End peninsula

Visit Cornwall - the Cornish Tourist Board's official website

The Cornwall Guide - holiday accommodation and information about Cornwall

Cornish Retreats - self-catering accommodation

I Know Cornwall - including all kinds of holiday accommodation

Pendra Loweth Cottages - secluded cottages near Falmouth 

Bosuns - quality seaview holiday accommodation in Penzance

Beachside Holiday Park - a family holiday park in Hayle

Things to do 

Things To Do on a Rainy Day in Cornwall

Designers

Creative Edge - designers of this website

Dave Mynne - designer of Penlee House's brochure

Photography

Steve Tanner - responsible for all the website photography

Vince Bevan - photographs of Cornish archaeological sites

Gibsons of Scilly - photographs of West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from the 1860s