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Liskeard and District Museum The page for Liskeard and District Museum. A gem of a museum nestled in the market town of Liskeard, Cornwall.

The museum is currently closed due to COVID and will re-open Monday 17th May 2021

Home Educators! Our final sessions for the year are now open for booking on our website. Monday 9th November Flanders Fi...
20/10/2026

Home Educators!

Our final sessions for the year are now open for booking on our website.

Monday 9th November
Flanders Fields
📗 Join us for sessions looking at the origins of Remembrance Day and create your own remembrance artwork.
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Monday 16th November
UK Christmas Traditions 🎄
📗 Find out where some of our favourite Christmas traditions come from, create your own decorations and help decorate the Christmas Tree in the Daniel Gumb room.
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Monday 7th December
Winter Traditions Around the World 🌍
Not everyone celebrates Christmas around the world and some of those that do can have very different ways of celebrating so join us along with some special guests to discover a different side of life during the winter period.

Session times:
5-10 year olds 10:30-12:00
11-16 year olds 1:30-3:00

£5 per child

https://liskeardmuseum.com/shop

Witches ~ Truth and Tales workshop -Wednesday 21st October Spaces still available on our morning workshop 11-12:00 Join ...
20/10/2026

Witches ~ Truth and Tales workshop -
Wednesday 21st October

Spaces still available on our morning workshop 11-12:00
Join our lead learning volunteer and discover a little bit of history about witches and make your own clay witches hat.
£2.00 per participant age 7+

Follow the link below to book:
https://liskeardmuseum.com/product/cornish-folklore-witches-truth-and-tales-morning-session

Our afternoon session is sold out!!

**Please note when booking that we are still having a slight issue with confirmation emails going out from the website so please look out for an email from our learning volunteer confirming any sessions you book.**

Thank you to everyone who came to yesterday’s Home Education Myths & Legends Workshop. Our next home education workshops...
20/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to yesterday’s Home Education Myths & Legends Workshop.

Our next home education workshops will be on Monday 9th November where we will be doing Flanders Fields ~ a Remembrance Day workshop

10:30-12:00 5-10 year olds
1:30-3:00 11-16 year olds

£5 per participant
Head to our website to book your space:

https://liskeardmuseum.com/shop

Home Education event: Cornish Myths and Legends ~ Monday 19th October.We have just one space remaining for our 5-10 yea...
18/10/2026

Home Education event: Cornish Myths and Legends ~ Monday 19th October.

We have just one space remaining for our 5-10 year olds session tomorrow morning in the morning:
https://liskeardmuseum.com/product/home-education-myths-and-legends-for-5-10-year-olds

And there are several spaces still available for our 11-16 year olds tomorrow afternoon so don't miss out!
https://liskeardmuseum.com/product/home-education-myths-and-legends-for-11-16-year-olds

This is a great chance for home educated children to meet up and have some mythical fun this October while learning about where some of our amazing legends come from.

Sessions are £5 per participant and are run by our learning volunteers Lizzie and Hollie, plus there's the chance to take part in our Cornish Folklore and Legends trail which is on until the end of October.

Our brand new trail for half term on Cornish Folklore ~ Myths & Legends is now live in the museum. Discover different st...
16/10/2026

Our brand new trail for half term on Cornish Folklore ~ Myths & Legends is now live in the museum.
Discover different stories woven through Cornwall’s history, from witches to mermaids and knockers to giants. Plus we have free colouring sheets in our children’s area.

We also have a series of workshops starting with a special Home Education Myths and Legends Day on Monday, then we have workshops for everyone from Wednesday when we will discover a bit about the history of witches and make our own witches hats 🧙🏻‍♀️.
Then we have a Green Man day , Cornish Knockers and lastly Allantide.

Details and how to book can be found on our website:

https://liskeardmuseum.com/shop

Please be aware when booking we currently have an issue with our shop system sending out confirmation emails but our learning volunteer will send everyone emails to let you know that we have you booked on.

Exciting Times!!! Our learning area in the Daniel Gumb room is changing. We now have our Edwardian Pooley Cabinet in the...
15/10/2026

Exciting Times!!!
Our learning area in the Daniel Gumb room is changing.
We now have our Edwardian Pooley Cabinet in the room with a brand new role as our Curiosity Cabinet and it will hold items from our handling boxes.

Each of our objects will have an information card with it and the items can be picked up.

When you visit just ask one of our volunteers to open the cabinet and you’ll be able to handle the objects.

Our handling boxes are also currently getting a much needed make over, so watch this space!

Spaces still available on Monday afternoons workshop!https://liskeardmuseum.com/product/home-education-archaeology-sessi...
11/10/2026

Spaces still available on Monday afternoons workshop!

https://liskeardmuseum.com/product/home-education-archaeology-session-for-11-16-year-olds

Join archaeologist Laura from Lore & Piece for an afternoon of exploration.

Discover how metal extraction was a vital part of Cornwall’s economy...
When was Cornwall’s mining potential first discovered?
And how has mining shaped society in Cornwall in the years following?
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Learn all about the history of mining in Cornwall, through artefacts, stories and photos.
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Create your own mining-inspired crafts, in honour of our unique UNESCO heritage; celebrating its 20th year anniversary in 2026

UPDATE:Thank you all for your wonderful contributions and sharing your memories of the day. We have now found an image w...
08/10/2026

UPDATE:
Thank you all for your wonderful contributions and sharing your memories of the day. We have now found an image which will be used in the upcoming display. We would still love to see your images and hear from anyone involved in the day - our Museum will be celebrating 25th years at Foresters Hall in 2027 - watch this space for more updates as we plan to mark this important milestone.

📣 COMMUNITY CALL OUT! 📣

Can you help us track down the photographer behind this photograph of King Charles III (previously HRH Prince Charles) at the official opening of Liskeard & District Museum on the 6th of June 2002?

We’re looking for the original photographer and, if possible, a hard copy of the photograph to help us tell this part of the Museum’s story.

📸 Not the photographer? If you took photographs of the same occasion – particularly OUTSIDE Foresters Hall, showing the crowds and King Charles III – we would love to hear from you too!

Our Museum team is currently working on a brand-new display telling the story of Foresters Hall. We would love to include a photograph similar to the one attached. We would ask the author to either donate the image to the Museum, or let us take a good quality scan of it. The author will be credited in the display.

Please contact [email protected] if you can help.

Copyright disclaimer: The Museum does not currently hold the copyright to this photograph and is seeking to identify the photographer/copyright holder.

12TH OCTOBER: MEET AN ARCHAEOLOGIST - MINING EDITION!Spaces available for our special HOME EDUCATION SESSION next week. ...
06/10/2026

12TH OCTOBER:
MEET AN ARCHAEOLOGIST - MINING EDITION!

Spaces available for our special HOME EDUCATION SESSION next week.
Both sessions will be led by Laura Miucci from Lore & Piece.

BOOK HERE: https://liskeardmuseum.com/whats-on

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Discover how metal extraction was a vital part of Cornwall’s economy...
When was Cornwall’s mining potential first discovered?
And how has mining shaped society in Cornwall in the years following?
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Learn all about the history of mining in Cornwall, through artefacts, stories and photos.
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Create your own mining-inspired crafts, in honour of our unique UNESCO heritage; celebrating its 20th year anniversary in 2026

Address

Pike Street
Liskeard
PL143JE

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm

Telephone

+441579346087

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