Carbis Bay Holidays :: History and Heritage
As a visitor to Cornwall, you should try to understand it's history and culture. The long traditions of shipping and mining are preserved in the museums of West Cornwall. A short stroll into St Ives will provide you with the opportunity to explore the St Ives Museum, a short drive towards Zennor you can visit the Wayside Museum and then take in the history of tin mining at Geevor Tin Mine. Further afield to Charlestown is the Shipwreck and Heritage Centre where you can viiew one of the largest collection of relics as well as tour the Victorian dockyard. Porthcurno Telegraph Museum offers something for everyone - the Victorian equivalent of the Internet ! and an illustration of the strength and depth of our history as the British Empire.
Geevor Tin Mine
A World Heritage Site, Geevor Tin Mine was a working mine until 1990, now it is the largest preserved site in the UK and a museum covering over 67 acres. Guided underground tours explain how the tin mining industry in Cornwall generated wealth for the community. Learn the process of extracting and processing tin and how the miners searched for tin deep in the ground and far below the sea.
Visit: Geevor Tin mine
Charlestown Shipwreck Heritage Centre
Charlestown is a delightful coastal village near St Austell that will appeal to all ages, The Shipwreck and Heritage Centre has the largest exhibition of artifacts from over 150 wrecks recovered by divers on public display in Europe dating back to 1740. Listen to the Titanic story or the Battle of Trafalgar, have fun with th model supercruisers or just wander around the dockyard as it was in Victorian times.
Visit: www.shipwreckcharlestown.com
St Ives Museum
An old-fashioned traditional museum that relates to the life and times of St Ives. Collections include: art - paintings by the early artists of St Ives, blacksmith, boat-building, hand-printed silk and linens, children's toys, ceramics, crafts and tools, Cornish kitchen, farming, fishing, geology, Hain Steamship Company, lifeboat, mining, St Ives railway branch line, Victoriana clothes, and unique photographs. Between Porthgwidden beach and the end of Smeatons Pier at Wheal Dream
Porthcurno Telegraph Museum
The history of the Victorian Internet, Porthcurno Telegraph Museum provides an insight into how coded messges were sent around the world using a network of undersea cables - 100,000 miles of it !. This is serious education and a must for the kids, explore the World War II tunnels and discover why it was so important to protect this beautiful Cornish village
Vist: www.porthcurno.org.uk
Wayside Museum Zennor
A large collection of relics representing Zennor and West Penwith from 3000 BC to the 1950s. A listed watermill, a miller's kitchen, a cobbler's shop, areas devoted to wheelwright's and blacksmith's work and others relating to mining, agriculture, archaeology, the Zennor School, domestic life and the people of past Zennor. Also tea rooms. Adjacent to the Museum is Zennor Church, where the legend of the "Mermaid of Zennor" continues to fascinate all visitors
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