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Falmouth Maritime Museum
The former Port Pendennis site in Falmouth has been transformed into a major new visitor attraction, including a new landmark building to house the National Maritime Museum of Cornwall.
Carrick District Council gave the goahead to the detailed plans for the site which received £10 million from the Heritage Lottery fund.
The Falmouth Maritime Project, which will include an events square, events marina, shops, offices, houses and a Marine Studies Centre for Cornwall College is expected to attract over 200,000 visitors a year.
Collections from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, which will be housed in the new building, are expected to be one of the major attractions.
The aims are to be much more than a Museum,and much more than an attraction. Whilst visitor enjoyment and discovery will always remain the core principles, it also seeks to act as a catalyst for innovation and skills training, as well as a leader in the regeneration of the Falmouth area.
The Vision:
"To promote an understanding of boats and their place in people's lives, to inspire new boat design and to promote an understanding of the maritime heritage of Cornwall"
To achieve this something `special' was needed, embracing a unique combination of entertainment and education, heritage and interactivity, knowledge and fun for people of all backgrounds, ages and skills. This is what National Maritime Museum Cornwall aspires to -- a standard bearer for the emergent Cornwall; innovative, confident, and stamped with a quality brand.Proud of its past and present, yet designed for the future.
