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Helston has many ‘opes’ and side streets or walkways, allowing different views of the town. We hope you like these. As...
05/06/2026

Helston has many ‘opes’ and side streets or walkways, allowing different views of the town. We hope you like these.

Aspects old and new

1. Cobbles at the side of the Museum , 2007 (HESFM:2014.12292)
© Lesley Treloar

2. Filling in the Kennels in Meneage Street, 1957 (HESFM:2022.18980)

3. Paving stones near the junction of Coinagehall Street and Lady Street (HESFM:1977.3430.5)

05/06/2026

🌞 Cornwall has been historically well-known for growing flowers, especially daffodils. This new film looks at life at Scamp's Bulbs with growers Adrian and Sharon Scamp. Hear how they diversified from cut flowers to cultivating daffodil other spring and summer bulbs.

This is the third of four films we are releasing during Royal Cornwall Show!

Farmers will like it! That was the headline when our museum opened back in 1949 in the old market buildings of Helston. Farming and agriculture was at the heart of the museum and its collections so over the last couple of years we have been documenting stories of contemporary Cornish farming to preserve for posterity.

Commissioned by the Museum of Cornish Life as part of the 2023-25 project 'Farmers Will Like It' funded by the Museums Association Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund. Film by Barbara Santi, Awen Productions.

04/06/2026

🐷 Meet Cornish farmers Nick and Jacqui Dymond of St Piran's Pork. This new film discovers how the farm converted to a sustainable pig and sheep farm, including growing all of their own feed and selling direct to the public at Truro Farmer’s Market.

This is the second of four films we are releasing during Royal Cornwall Show!

Farmers will like it! That was the headline when our museum opened back in 1949 in the old market buildings of Helston. Farming and agriculture was at the heart of the museum and its collections so over the last couple of years we have been documenting stories of contemporary Cornish farming to preserve for posterity.

Commissioned by the Museum of Cornish Life as part of the 2023-25 project 'Farmers Will Like It' funded by the Museums Association Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund. Film by Barbara Santi, Awen Productions.

03/06/2026

🌾This new film explores the recent reintroduction of the heritage cereal called 'pillas' in Kernewek (Cornish language) also known as the naked oat or Cornish oat, but also traditionally grown in other regions and countries too. Hear from Harriet Gendall whose Cornish farming heritage informed her pioneering research Kew Gardens and farmers Tom Kemp and Will and Larisa Radmore of Cornish Golden Grains who are successfully growing pillas again.

This is the first of four films we are releasing during Royal Cornwall Show!

Farmers will like it! That was the headline when our museum opened back in 1949 in the old market buildings of Helston. Farming and agriculture was at the heart of the museum and its collections so over the last couple of years we have been documenting stories of contemporary Cornish farming to preserve for posterity.

Commissioned by the Museum of Cornish Life as part of the 2023-25 project 'Farmers Will Like It' funded by the Museums Association Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund. Film by Barbara Santi, Awen Productions.

Various aspects of Flora Day1. Cars wait for the dance to pass in Meneage Street 1940s/50s (HESFM:2009.10950...
29/05/2026

Various aspects of Flora Day

1. Cars wait for the dance to pass in Meneage Street 1940s/50s (HESFM:2009.10950.13)

2. All the fun of the fair! 1955
(HESFM:1992.5921)

3. This postcard says it all, a tired ride home after a fun day at Flora (HESFM:1977.2888.7)

We couldn’t have Flora Day without the Band.1. Helston Town Band, near The Willows ...
22/05/2026

We couldn’t have Flora Day without the Band.

1. Helston Town Band, near The Willows
(HESFM:2016.13000)

2. The last beat for the Bass drum in 2009. (HESFM:2016.12987)

3. The Band and dancers leaving Leslie House, Lady Street, 1900s (HESFM:2015.12860.2)

Join us here at the museum from 10.30-12.30am on 27th May as artist Olivia Lowry leads a relaxed, family-friendly creati...
19/05/2026

Join us here at the museum from 10.30-12.30am on 27th May as artist Olivia Lowry leads a relaxed, family-friendly creative writing & craft workshop inspired by fascinating objects from the collections at the Museum of Cornish Life as part of Story Lab, a week-long celebration of words and stories taking over Helston this May half term (23–30 May) with Trevow Helston and The Writers' Block.

Pre-booking essential: https://museumofcornishlife.co.uk/whats-on/workshop-storylab-olivia-lowry-27th-may/

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Market Place
Helston
TR138TH

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Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

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