Royal Cornwall Museum

The Royal Cornwall Museum in the city of Truro in the United Kingdom is the oldest museum in Cornwall and the leading museum of Cornish culture. minerals, view our unwrapped mummy, and discover Cornwall?s unique culture. It belongs to the Royal Institution of Cornwall which was founded in 1818 for "the promotion of knowledge in natural history, ethnology and the fine and industrial arts, especially in relation to Cornwall."

Related Topics:
Truro - United Kingdom - Royal Institution of Cornwall

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The museum has collections in the following areas:

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• Cornish archaeology
• Non-Cornish archaeology
• Applied and decorative arts
• Biology
• Numismatics
• Fine Art (including Newlyn School paintings)
• Geology
• Social history
• World cultures
 
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