The 2017 ‘switch-on’ will be held on Saturday 16th December 2017 at 7pm. The lights will then be on each evening between 5pm and 11pm from 17th December 2017 until 6th January 2018 (With the exception of 19th Dec, when the lights will be dimmed between 8-9pm).
Enjoy Christmas the Cornish way with fireside tales, traditional dancing, mulled wine, mince pies, carol singing and crafts in the castle keep.
Head over to the Eden Project for a weekend of jaw-dropping stunts, top tips and tricks with professional BMX rider Matti Hemmings.
The Eco Park Porthtowan, launches its gig season with a cultural clash like no other: Middle Eastern Electro Supergroup 47Soul will be playing LIVE in the Eco Park Barn deep in the Cornish countryside on Saturday 3rd February. Recently featured in the Guardian's picks for acts to watch in 2018. 47SOUL - the Arab electronic hip-hop […]
FREE Help the museum launch their 200 year celebrations with FREE entry on February 10th. The museum has been closed while they prepare a wealth of new displays, enticing interactives and plenty of hands on fun. Living history characters will be roaming the galleries to really bring history to life. The Trevithick Society will also […]
Screen print your own set of postcards. To celebrate the museum's 200th anniversary they are offering some exciting screen printing workshops hosted by print maker Dena O’Brien of Kiwi Printmaking Studio. You will create a colourful set of 5 postcard size screen prints to take home with pride. All materials are provided all you need […]
FREE for Children On Wednesday, join us for hands-on handling sessions . Drop in between 11am-1pm where you can handle real ancient artefacts and transport yourself back into the past.
Come and celebrate Chinese New Year On Friday 16th Feb, from 12:30 to 4:30pm, the Citizen Curators are inviting people to the Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, to celebrate the coming of the Year of the Dog with a special opportunity to get up close to Chinese artefacts not usually on display. There will […]
Watching someone who challenges boundaries, pulls you in, makes you think, laugh and question your world is very tempting to the senses and good for the soul! A passion for youth work and facilitating learning through sharing her practice with others. MCMC Spoken is committed to delivering workshops around the UK to young people, allowing them […]
This talk provides a history of the foundation of the Royal Institution of Cornwall (RIC) in 1818 and details its early organisational structure, motivations and activities. The talk looks at the RIC’s work in the context of the development of science in nineteenth-century Cornwall in particular and in Britain more generally. The paper draws attention […]
Ages 11-16 Ornate Ore Jewellery Using the world renowned Rashleigh collections as inspiration, this workshop explores the diverse range of colours and textures of these amazing minerals, to create a unique textile accessory of jewellery piece. There are limited places, to avoid disappointment please book. Email or phone 01872 242780
A Story of Cornwall March 8: 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm A Story of Cornwall is a choral work commissioned by the Royal Institution of Cornwall (the Royal Cornwall Museum and the Courtney Library). We asked composer Nick Hart, a Bard of Cornwall, to use the objects in the museum to inspire him to tell the history […]