Cornwall Archives and Libraries

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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

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[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