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Archives[edit | edit source]
Kresen Kernow (‘Cornwall Centre’)
Little Vauxhall
Redruth TR15 1AS UK
E-mail: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk
Telephone number: 01209 614430
Cornish Archives Network (CAN)
E-mail: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk
Website
CAN Members Map (Clickable for contact information.)
- CAN is a free thriving network of over 80 archive and heritage organizations across Cornwall. The group includes everyone from well-established community and professional archives to new small digital archives, archives within other institutions and local heritage and history groups.
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Cornish Studies Library
Alma Place
Redruth, Cornwall TR15 2AT UK
Telephone: 01209 216 760
Email: cornishstudieslibrary@cornwall.gov.uk
Website: Cornish Studies Library
Catalogue: Online catalogues
- The Cornish Studies Library (CSL) specialises in helping those who are researching Cornwall or Cornish people. The wide ranging collections cover all subjects, from mining to modern art, from poetry to prehistory, and family history to farming. No membership is required and our service is free.
Cornwall Library Service[edit | edit source]
Cornwall Library Service
Telephone: 0300 1234 111
Email: libraries@cornwall.gov.uk
Website: Libraries
British Library[edit | edit source]
British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB UK
Telephone: 0843 208 1144
Email: customer-services@bl.uk
Website: British Library
Catalogue: Online catalogue
- The British Library has a range of resources relating to Cornwall with particular strengths in printed books, periodicals, newspapers, and maps (and the photographs and other visual images contained within them). Manuscripts, sound and archived websites of Cornish interest are also held and Cornish themes can also be researched using our extensive Electronic Resources.
Museums[edit | edit source]
Royal Cornwall Museum[edit | edit source]
Royal Cornwall Museum
River Street
Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ UK
Telephone: 01872 272 205
Email: enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
Website: Royal Cornwall Museum
- Our extensive collections range from Stone Age Cornwall to Contemporary Art, telling stories across cultures and also across the last ten thousand years.
For a long list of Cornwall museums, go to List of museums in Cornwall in Wikipedia.
Collections[edit | edit source]
University of Leicester[edit | edit source]
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 7RH UK
Telephone: 0116 252 2522
Website: University of Leicester Special Collections Online - Cornwall
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