National Maritime Museum Cornwall (@thenmmc) 's Twitter Profile
National Maritime Museum Cornwall

@thenmmc

🚢 Multi-award-winning museum
🌊 A place to enrich our understanding of the sea & Cornwall
💙 Locally loved and nationally valued
📍 Falmouth, Cornwall

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calendar_today10-05-2010 12:48:58

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Cave paintings will tell you that Polynesians invented surfing over 1,000 years ago - but a new exhibition at National Maritime Museum Cornwall explores the lore, craft, and culture that has underpinned a distinctly British surf heritage in the past century. My latest for VICE: vice.com/en/article/sur…

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⚓Sailor's Ditty Box: A Maritime Treasure This decorated ditty box is believed to have belonged to a merchant sailor in the early 1900s. Each carved image holds meaning for the owner. Pop by for a closer look in our recent acquisitions cabinet... #Museum #MaritimeHistory

⚓Sailor's Ditty Box: A Maritime Treasure
This decorated ditty box is believed to have belonged to a merchant sailor in the early 1900s. Each carved image holds meaning for the owner. Pop by for a closer look in our recent acquisitions cabinet... #Museum #MaritimeHistory
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A&P have joined us for another year of Corporate Membership and we're delighted to have them onboard, their support means that we can continue to preserve and share #maritimeheritage. Thank you A&P! 🏗️🚢ap-group.co.uk/a-p-falmouth

A&P have joined us for another year of Corporate Membership and we're delighted to have them onboard, their support means that we can continue to preserve and share #maritimeheritage. Thank you A&P! 🏗️🚢ap-group.co.uk/a-p-falmouth
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⚓Always dreamt of working in a Museum by the sea? We're looking for a part-time Visitor Experience Assistant to join our team on Sunday mornings (10am-2pm). 📅Application Deadline: 19 May 2025 at 5pm.  nmmc.co.uk/about/working-… #MuseumJobs

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Join Chris Hines, Co-Founder of Surfers Against Sewage , on Thu 15 May as he explores the origins of the charity & the tools we can all use for intelligent activism🏄 Attend the Lecture In-Person or Online. 🎟️Book: nmmc.co.uk/whats-on/intel… #surf #cornwall #sustainability #falmouth #events

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Our Cornwall Surf Club surfers and their families were kindly invited to visit the SURF! exhibition at National Maritime Museum Cornwall. It was a fantastic day and a wonderful chance to see #TheWaveProject featured amongst surfing's greats! National Maritime Museum Cornwall #bluehealth #surfcommunity

Our Cornwall Surf Club surfers and their families were kindly invited to visit the SURF! exhibition at National Maritime Museum Cornwall.

It was a fantastic day and a wonderful chance to see #TheWaveProject featured amongst surfing's greats!

<a href="/TheNMMC/">National Maritime Museum Cornwall</a> #bluehealth #surfcommunity
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Not only does the latest exhibition National Maritime Museum Cornwall, SURF!, celebrate 100 years of waveriding in Cornwall, but it does so through the display of 100 boards! With such a wide range of boards to choose from, there's no excuse not to Get on Board! Sign up now 👉 waveproject.co.uk/get-on-board/

Not only does the latest exhibition <a href="/TheNMMC/">National Maritime Museum Cornwall</a>, SURF!, celebrate 100 years of waveriding in Cornwall, but it does so through the display of 100 boards!

With such a wide range of boards to choose from, there's no excuse not to Get on Board!

Sign up now 👉 waveproject.co.uk/get-on-board/
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📺Catch SURF! on your screens tonight 7.00pm BBC The One Show Celebrating a century of Waveriding in Cornwall, meeting some of our object lenders and chatting all things SURF! with guest curator Dr.Sam Bleakley nmmc.co.uk/surf/ #surf #surfcornwall #Museum #Exhibition

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🌊Did you catch the wave and spot our major exhibition SURF! on The One Show on Friday 9 May? 📺Watch here on BBC iPlayer : bit.ly/SURFBBCTheOneS…

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📅 Did you know that the official naming ceremony of the Queen Elizabeth Dock in #Falmouth took place on this day in May 1958? Today it remains one of the largest docks in the UK.#FalmouthDocks #MaritimeHistory #MaritimeHeritage #ArchivePhotograph

📅 Did you know that the official naming ceremony of the Queen Elizabeth Dock in #Falmouth took place on this day in May 1958? Today it remains one of the largest docks in the UK.#FalmouthDocks #MaritimeHistory #MaritimeHeritage #ArchivePhotograph
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🏄Celebrating International Surfing Day this year? Join Dr. Sam Bleakley on Saturday 21 June (11am/2pm) for a curator's tour of SURF! exploring 100 years of waveriding. Free with museum admission, limited spots – book now! #SurfHistory #surf #Cornwall nmmc.co.uk/whats-on/surf-…

🏄Celebrating International Surfing Day this year? Join Dr. Sam Bleakley on Saturday 21 June (11am/2pm) for a curator's tour of SURF! exploring 100 years of waveriding. Free with museum admission, limited spots – book now! #SurfHistory #surf #Cornwall nmmc.co.uk/whats-on/surf-…
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⛵Exciting news! We've received a 'Victory 80' award to support our WWII SOE replica boat build project. Funded by Department for Culture, Media and Sport and awarded by Museum Development South West with thanks to support from Arts Council England #Victory80 #MaritimeHistory nmmc.co.uk/2025/06/a-piec…

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📷Help us create a community exhibition of photos capturing the shared experiences of surfing holidays in #Cornwall over the generations.🏄 ‘Surfing Memories’ will be a unique ‘album’ of personal and family memories - share yours now: nmmc.co.uk/whats-on/surfi… #SurfingMemories

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"Step into the main exhibition hall of National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth and you are instantly engulfed by a huge wave of nostalgia with some of the most famous craft of our time hanging like model boats from rafters for all to see." Sailing Today with Yachts & Yachting magazine sailingtoday.co.uk/news/new-exhib…

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We're pleased to welcome Cornwall-based Parc Signs Ltd as our newest Corporate Member. This new partnership celebrates years of collaborative exhibition design & fabrication with Parc Signs and we're thrilled to have them on-board. #MuseumSupport 🔗parcsigns.co.uk

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📆 This Harbourmaster’s Journal entry records that on this day in 1940, S/S Broompark arrived in #Falmouth from Bayonne with refugee and £2-3 million worth of diamonds from Belgium 💎 Researched by Bartlett Maritime Research Centre & Library volunteers.

📆 This Harbourmaster’s Journal entry records that on this day in 1940, S/S Broompark arrived in #Falmouth from Bayonne with refugee and £2-3 million worth of diamonds from Belgium 💎 Researched by Bartlett Maritime Research Centre &amp; Library volunteers.
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🌊 CAREER OPPORTUNITY 📣Family Engagement Assistant - work placement National Maritime Museum Cornwall 📅18hrs/week, Perfect for early career starters interested in museums/education! Apply by 4 July 9am #Cornwall #Jobs #CornwallJobs #MuseumJobs nmmc.co.uk/about/working-…

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Jam first, with a view of the sea. The best way to share a Cream Tea. ☕#NationalCreamTeaDay #BrewWithAView #MuseumView #CreamTea #JamFirst

Jam first, with a view of the sea. The best way to share a Cream Tea. ☕#NationalCreamTeaDay #BrewWithAView #MuseumView #CreamTea #JamFirst