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== Museums ==
== Museums ==
 
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=== Royal Cornwall Museum ===
*[http://www.museumsincornwall.org.uk/ '''Museums in Cornwall Website''']
 
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'''Royal Cornwall Museum'''<br>
'''Royal Cornwall Museum'''<br>
River Street<br>
River Street<br>
Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ UK<br>Telephone: 01872 272 205<br>Email: [mailto:enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk]<br>
Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ UK<br>Telephone: 01872 272 205<br>Email: [mailto:enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk]<br>
Website: [http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ Royal Cornwall Museum]
[http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/ Website]
 
:Extensive collections range from Stone Age Cornwall to Contemporary Art, telling stories across cultures and also across the last ten thousand years.
: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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Cornwall List of museums in Cornwall] in Wikipedia.


== Collections ==
== Collections ==

Revision as of 01:02, 11 February 2023

Cornwall Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Cornwall Background
Local Research Resources

Archives[edit | edit source]

Kresen Kernow (‘Cornwall Centre’)
Little Vauxhall
Redruth TR15 1AS UK

E-mail: kresenkernow@cornwall.gov.uk Telephone number: 01209 614430

These archives used to be housed at Cornwall Record Office in Truro and the Cornish Studies Library in Redruth.

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]

Cornwall Libraries and contact information


Institute of Cornish Studies
University of Exeter (Cornwall Campus)
Environment and Sustainability Institute
Treliever Road
Penryn, Cornwall
TR10 9FE England

Contact information
Website

Museums[edit | edit source]




Royal Cornwall Museum
River Street
Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ UK
Telephone: 01872 272 205
Email: enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
Website

Extensive collections range from Stone Age Cornwall to Contemporary Art, telling stories across cultures and also across the last ten thousand years.

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