Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, (Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro), Cornwall

Details

Accessibility

Disability Toilet

Disabled Access

Entry for Carers is free. To see the full list of visitors eligible for free admission, and conditions, click here.""

Please contact the location or activity for full accessibility information

https://www.visittruro.org.uk/things-to-do/cornwall-museum-and-art-gallery 

"The museum is very child-friendly, with a Sensory Trail, lots of hands-on activities, baby changing facilities and a lift for buggies. Sensory maps, bags and ear defenders are always available to borrow for free from the reception area. A ramp and a lift provide wheelchair access to all areas of the museum, and accessible toilets are available."

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2025: "We are committed to being a museum for everyone. The museum is fully wheelchair accessible, with unisex accessible toilets, ramp and lift, baby changing facilities, shop and café. Sensory maps are available from the reception area. Entry for carers is free of charge.

For more information and guides around accessibility are available at the museum. The guide is intended to give you a pre-visit overview of the facilities we provide. Please contact us if you need further advice, information or have specific requirements ahead of your visit.

Quieter hours: If you are planning a visit and would prefer a more relaxed experience, our quieter hours tend to be between 2 – 4pm during school term times. Sunny days are usually quiet and rainy days are usually busier.

If you fancy some refreshments during your visit, the Arts Cafe is connected to the Museum. Please note that this is an independently run businesses and so opening times may differ. Please see their website for more. "
  

Brief description

"Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery is Cornwall’s largest museum of cultural history and stories about the life and people of Cornwall. It is home to over one million objects.

This landmark building in the centre of Truro is home to more than a million objects. The collections of treasures, artefacts, art and photography help to explain Cornwall, its language, Cornish identity and life in our region. Through these objects we can look at the lives of the people of Cornwall through time, the things they have kept, collected or found.

We can see how Cornwall’s unique geology shaped the livelihoods, culture and identity of the people living here, from the Bronze Age to the current day. We can explore Cornwall’s wildlife and the impact of human actions. 

Through the permanent collections, displayed in the Heart of Cornwall Gallery, Mineral Gallery, Nature Gallery, the Art Gallery on the upper balconies and the Ancient Civilisations Gallery, you can uncover how the Cornwall we know today came to be.  

The newly named Cornwall Museum boasts a spectacular new art gallery showcasing a nationally significant art collection.

Alongside the large number of works from the permanent collection going on display in March, there will be a busy programme of art exhibitions, beginning with Kurt Jackson’s Biodiversity and continuing with Exploring Time: A Painter’s Perspective by artist and environmentalist, Tony Foster.

The towering walls of the second-floor balcony, which overlook the central gallery, will be put to maximum use with a ‘salon hang’, meaning paintings will be displayed virtually from floor to ceiling, while cases will display sculptures and fragile works on paper."

https://www.visittruro.org.uk/things-to-do/cornwall-museum-and-art-gallery 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall_Museum_and_Art_Gallery

"The Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, formerly known as the Royal Cornwall Museum,[1] is a museum in Truro, England, which holds an extensive mineral collection rooted in Cornwall's mining and engineering heritage (including much of the mineral collection of Philip Rashleigh). The county's artistic heritage is reflected in the museum's art collection.[2] Through the Courtney Library the museum also provides a collection of rare books and manuscripts to help with education, research and the discovery of Cornish life and culture.

The museum also highlights Cornwall's relationship with the wider world through one of the most significant British emigrations of the 19th century. The museum hosts a permanent exhibition of ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman objects, supported by the British Museum.

The museum is part of the Royal Institution of Cornwall (RIC), a learned society and registered charity.[3] 

The museum is home to the Trewinnard Coach which dates to around 1700.[8] The Artognou stone found at Tintagel Castle is also at the museum.[9]

Since 2011, the Museum has also housed and managed Cornwall Council's Schools Art Collection.[10][11] The collection includes work by Barbara Hepworth, Terry Frost, Patrick Heron, Bernard Leach, Ben Nicholson, Denis Mitchell and Dod Procter.[10]"

Address

Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, TR1 2SJ

Email

enquiries@cornwallmuseum.org

Phone

01872 272205

Website

https://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/

https://www.visittruro.org.uk/things-to-do/cornwall-museum-and-art-gallery 

Directions

"Situated in the city centre, just off the main high street, Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery is easy to reach. Being located in the city centre, the museum does not have any customer parking. We recommend using the Truro Park & Ride, or parking in a local car park."

Opening Times

2025: Monday – Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

Early Closing Christmas Eve & New Years Eve

Closed Christmas Day & New Years Day

Tickets can be used to access the permanent collections and exhibitions.

Entry for Carers is free. To see the full list of visitors eligible for free admission, and conditions, click here.

see https://cornwallmuseum.org/visit/

https://www.visittruro.org.uk/things-to-do/cornwall-museum-and-art-gallery 

Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change

Transport

2025: see https://cornwallmuseum.org/visit/

"Bus: The Truro Park & Ride stops directly outside the Museum. For more information on public transport to the Museum: www.traveline.info 

Train: Get off at Truro Train Station, outside the station turn left and head down the hill towards the high street, River Street is a ten minute walk away."

Amenities

Baby Changing Facilities

Cafe 

Shop