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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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Social History & Decorative Arts
Unused printed invitation to a ball to celebrate the opening of the Festival of Britain 1951, from his Worship the Mayor and the Mayoress: Alderman and Mrs Thurston T. Lane. Guests are asked to accompany them to the Ball, which will be held at St John's Hall, Penzance, on Friday 4th May 1951. Reception is 8.30pm to 9pm, with dancing 9pm to 2am with a licensed bar. Tickets are 1 to include buffet supper in Garden lounge.To the bottom left-hand corner 'Proceeds to British Empire Cancer Campaign'. To the bottom right-hand corner 'R.S.V.P by April 27th, to Mayoress, Mayor's Parlour. ' Black print on card, with two punch holes along the top edge. To the top of the document is the printed Borough of Penzance coat of arms in blue.
unused printed invitation to a ball to celebrate the opening of the Festival of Britain 1951, from his Worship the Mayor and the Mayoress: Alderman and Mrs Thurston T. Lane. Guests are asked to accompany them to the Ball, which will be held at St John's Hall, Penzance, on Friday 4th May 1951. Reception is 8.30pm to 9pm, with dancing 9pm to 2am with a licensed bar. Tickets are 1 to include buffet supper in Garden lounge.To the bottom left-hand corner 'Proceeds to British Empire Cancer Campaign'. To the bottom right-hand corner 'R.S.V.P by April 27th, to Mayoress, Mayor's Parlour. ' Black print on card, with two punch holes along the top edge. To the top of the document is the printed Borough of Penzance coat of arms in blue.
Two pieces of beams from the H.M.S. Association wrecked in the Isles of Scilly October 2nd 1707, carved to look like the bow and stern of a ship. The two pieces do not fit together to form one model.
two pieces of beams from the H.M.S. Association wrecked in the Isles of Scilly October 2nd 1707, carved to look like the bow and stern of a ship. The two pieces do not fit together to form one model.