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+44 (0)1736 363625
Opening times
Monday to Saturday (closed Sundays)
CURRENT HOURS
10.30 am - 4.30 pm
(last admission 4.00pm)
Admission £4.50 adults,
£3.00 concessions,
under 18s FREE
ADMISSION FREE ON SATURDAYS
SUMMER HOURS
From Easter Saturday
to 30 September:
10.00am - 5.00pm
(last admission 4.30pm)
WINNER Cornwall Tourism Awards GOLD
South West Tourism Excellence Awards GOLD
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Natural History
Yellowhammers
a pair of yellowhammers with a nest containing five eggs (one of which has fallen out of the nest). Has a label on inside bottom left, which reads 'W.H. Rowe, naturalist, Heamoor, Penzance'.
Yellowhammer
were originally accessioned as 1975.3-7, as a group of five identical yellow breasted buntings (Emberiza aureola) (now 1991.1136.1-5).
Woodcock
was originally accessioned as 1975.154, part of a group of four birds,(now 1991.572.1-4).
Willow warbler
was originally accessioned as 1975.90, along with three other items (a bird and two shrews).
Whale bone
only in 1994 identified as a whale bone. See article by Nicholas Redman in Cornish Life 1994 (date unknown).
