|
|
Opened in 1949, Helston Folk Museum was originally housed in buildings in the old butter market. It was extended into the adjoining meat market in 1983 and into the Drill Hall in 1997.
The collection relates mainly to crafts and industries that flourished in Helston and on the Lizard Peninsula in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and the displays range from a five-ton cider press dating from 1750 to musical instruments, domestic furniture and lace.
Transport and trades are featured, with exhibits that include a farm wagon, a penny-farthing bicycle, a butcher's cart and old fire appliances. All the tools of the blacksmith's trade are displayed in the smithy, and a Cornish range takes pride of place in the 19th century kitchen.
The Land and Sea section includes a portrait of local man Henry Trengrouse and some of his inventions. Also remembered is another of Helston's famous sons, champion boxer Bob Fitzsimmons.
View
all holiday accommodation in
Helford River and Helston
|
Church Hill,
Helston TR13 8TL |
| Telephone:
01326 564 027
|
| Website:
Click Here
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This is a free-entry site located near Helston which has something for all the family and has been described as the best underground experience in the South West.
It is the only complete underground tin mine in Cornwall open to the public and also has craft workshops, antiques, amusements, cafeteria, gold panning, pottery throwing, ceramic painting and candle-making.
Opening times vary - phone 01326 563 166 for details.
The carrying of children underground is not allowed and the admission of children under four is at the tour guide's discretion.
View
all holiday accommodation in
Helford River and Helston
|
B3297,
Trenear,
Helston TR13 0ER |
| Telephone:
01326 573 173
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This is part of the Trevarno Manor Gardens, near Helston, and is Britain's largest and most comprehensive collection of gardening antiques, memorabilia and ephemera, creatively displayed within a purpose-designed museum. The average visit to the gardens themselves takes around three hours and it is recommended that you leave at least half an hour to view the National Museum of Gardening.
It is open all year round from 10.30am to 5pm, except Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Trevarno is also the home of the Colin Gregory Vintage Toy Exhibition.
View
all holiday accommodation in
Helford River and Helston
|
B3302,
Crowntown,
Helston TR13 0RU |
| Telephone:
01326 574274
|
|
|
|
|