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Fowey’s Town Museum has a sympathetic setting in the oldest part of this ancient port. It is in a room which served as a council chamber when Fowey was a borough in its own right. With the civic regalia on display is the mayoral chain made for the former Lord Mayor of London, Sir Charles Hanson, in his role as Lord High Sheriff of the City of London. It stands proudly among artefacts and memorabilia of the many who have enriched Fowey with art, craft or government, industrial skill or naval reputation.
Complementing them is the hardware of Fowey's seafaring celebrity: the timber, sails and cordage from ships that chased the Spanish, beat the French and carried Cornish tin and China Clay all over the world.
To get to the museum follow the A390 from St Austell towards Lostwithiel; at the first roundabout, take the Fowey exit, the A3082. The museum is in the town centre and is open from May to September, weekdays only, 10am to 5pm.
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