National Maritime Museum Cornwall
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The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is a fully independent museum, a development of the original FIMI (Falmouth International Maritime Initiative) partnership created in 1992 and the result of collaboration between the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and the former Cornwall Maritime Museum in Falmouth.
The museum, is located in a harbourside building at Falmouth, Cornwall.
The building was designed by architect M.J. Long.[1] It opened in February 2003.
It includes the National Small Boat Collection.[2] The museum maintains a register of small boats (under 40 foot).[3] Notable boats in the collection include Suhaili, in which Robin Knox-Johnston achieved the first single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the Earth.
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[edit] Galleries
- Marine Navigation
- Packet ships
- Maritime Cornwall
- Boat building and its history
[edit] Bartlett library
The library has over 10,000 books and a very large number of cuttings and illustrations.[4]
[edit] Other features
- Small indoor lake, with fans creating a gust for radio controlled model yachts.
- Underwater viewing platform called "the Tidal Zone".
- Cafeteria, overlooking the harbour.
- Lecture Theatre.
- Space for temporary exhibitions.
The jetty at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall is also the most seaward destination by water taxi of the Falmouth Park and Ride scheme. At low tide, a bus from Falmouth town centre returns visitors to the out of town car park, towards Penryn.
