Collections
Re-hanging in progress
Limited access
6 - 10 September
Next exhibition opens Saturday 11 September
Opening times
Monday to Saturday (closed Sundays)
CURRENT HOURS
10.00am - 5.00pm (last admission 4.30pm)
Admission £3.00 adults,
£2.00 concessions,
under 18s FREE
ADMISSION FREE ON SATURDAYS
WINTER HOURS
From 1 October to
Good Friday:
10.30am - 4.30pm
(last admission 4.00pm)
Social History & Decorative Arts
Ebonised wood with "WIV Madron Parish"
Truncheon from Madron Parish dating from 1830s
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Inscribed "This shot was found in the wreck of an antient[sic] vessel". (late Victorian script)
Inscribed "This shot was found in the wreck of an antient[sic] vessel". (late Victorian script)
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White bust on blue ground letters NELSON white on blue. Oval black edged frame.
white bust on blue ground letters NELSON white on blue. Oval black edged frame.
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Basket worn on back used for carrying fish for selling by women, as per Breadwinners by Walter Langley
basket worn on back used for carrying fish for selling by women, as per Breadwinners by Walter Langley
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Salt glazed, stoneware brandy jar with handle.
Brandy jar used by smugglers at Mullion during the 18th Century.
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Unglazed earthenware, Spanish in origin; used for storage of oil or wine. Trawled up from the sea-bed seven miles south-west of Wolf Rock lighthouse. Encrusted with molluscs
Unglazed earthenware, Spanish in origin; used for storage of oil or wine. Trawled up from the sea-bed seven miles south-west of Wolf Rock lighthouse. Encrusted with molluscs
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Metal lunch box containing a spoon (not original?), two tin cups, two rectangular saucers, one tin bowl with lid, tea and sugar canister, cream canister and spirits canister. Lid has the name 'St. Just' written on it in white paint.
metal lunch box containing a spoon (not original?), two tin cups, two rectangular saucers, one tin bowl with lid, tea and sugar canister, cream canister and spirits canister. Lid has the name 'St. Just' written on it in white paint.
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