This is a new website replacing the longstanding Newquay Old Cornwall Society website and is an ongoing project in the course of construction. Please bear with us and much more information will be added as soon as possible.
Newquay Museum is run by volunteers from Kowethas Kernow Goth Tewynblustri (Newquay Old Cornwall Society). We collect, preserve and share knowledge, artefacts, photographs documents and carryout research about the districts historical and cultural heritage. The Newquay Old Cornwall Society areas of special interest cover Newquay and the surrounding parishes of Colan, Crantock, Cubert, St Columb Minor, St Eval, St Mawgan and St Newlyn East.
Museum partner Kowethas Ertach Kernow (Association for Cornish Heritage) hosts the Cornish Gallery & Towan Vintage. There is a Cornish research facilities with a wide range of books to help answer any research or general enquiries about Cornwall and its historic and cultural heritage.
The museum Corridor Gallery - Monday to Friday 9:30am to 4:00pm
The Cornish Gallery & Towan Vintage is open Wednesday to Saturday 11:00am to 5:00pm
The Archive Room - Wednesday's 10:30am to 3:30pm
ENTRANCE ACCESS
- MANOR ROAD: between the Piazza [opposite the Lighthouse Cinema] and the Bus Station opposite the bottom of the St Georges Road Car Park.
- CRANTOCK STREET: Opposite the Lighthouse Cinema above PSP Insurance Solutions. The Cornish Gallery & Towan Vintage is part of Newquay Museum having a gallery of Cornish art, pottery and artefacts. and can also be accesses via Manor Road Wednesday to Friday. It also houses Proper Photography Kernow and the office of Kowethas Ertach Kernow.
As we gradually move our collection online we also need to move our donation collection digitally. A link and QR Code has been provided by our partner Kowethas Ertach Kernow (Towan Vintage) and hope that members of the public and visitors will support us. Newquay Museum is not supported by the local Newquay Town Council and we rely entirely on donations to carry on our voluntary work.
Newquay Museum is a small museum but with a large archive of images and documents which we are working to put online. This will take time and money and will be an ongoing gradual process.
The Newquay Museum season of illustrated talks is taking place at the Great Western Hotel in Newquay. These provide a wide range of topics relating to Cornwall and will be augmented by additional events taking place in the Cornish Gallery Lounge at the Museum and at other venues. For decades these talks have been hosted by Newquay Old Cornwall Society, but in order to be more wide ranging NOCS are working with our museum partners and supporting groups to promote local Newquay and district and Cornish heritage.
All are welcome to these talks and the Great Western Hotel talks are free to members of Newquay Old Cornwall Society who also receive other benefits. Membership is just £10.00 per annum. We do ask guests to make a donation to support these events and the museum. Dynnargh, onen hag oll! / Welcome, one and all!
Click HERE to see the 2024/2025 set programme of events and any additional news, events and activities by our museum partners
News Page: Check out our latest post page showing forthcoming events, activities and page posts from our Newquay Museum Group members Newquay OCS, Kowethas Ertach Kernow and other colleague organisations.
This will roughly replicate what we are sharing on social media for those who do not use that medium
Click HERE or the ICONS to the right or hover over and click posters below
Kowethas Ertach Kernow
Find out more about Cornish historic, culture and environmental heritage: Click the image link below.
This site has a growing amount of information including the weekly Ertach Kernow blogs, published as articles in the Voice, Cornish Times and Cornish & Devon Post newspapers throughout Cornwall. Links to many other Cornish sites and information including YouTube videos
Newquay Museum & Archive collection
Dairyland Museum
Projects & Activities
Discover Newquay Videos
This is an ongoing project that originated during May 2021 with a collaboration between Newquay Museum and Newquay Library as a Local History & Community Month project.
Links to our original videos and more can be found on our Discover Newquay webpage click the image to open the video page.
The Railway Comes to Newquay
Early Tourism in Newquay
Newquay's Fishing Industry
Newquay Town Centre
Newquay's Beaches
Newquay's Historic Buildings & Places
Our Partner Organisations - Projects & Collections
Museum & Archive Collections - Links to images, video's and history of Newquay and District
