Cornwall'S Regimental Museum

Happy New Year to all the visitors and friends of the museum!
We are lucky enough to have some lovely examples of the Queen Victoria New Year Boxes in our collection.... complete with chocolate!
Read all about these boxes sent with gratitude from British royalty to soldiers fighting abroad.
... https://cornwalls-regimentalmuseum.org/th e-new-year-tins-aŌĆ”/
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Open today and tomorrow ( New YearŌĆÖs Day!)...
A friendly welcome, lots of fascinating objects... and itŌĆÖs warm and dry!
Fun for all the family this New Year!

Open today and tomorrow ( New YearŌĆÖs Day!)...
A friendly welcome, lots of fascinating objects... and itŌĆÖs warm and dry!
Fun for all the family this New Year!

We are now open!
Come see us at the museum, itŌĆÖs the perfect place to bring the family; where the oldest family member to the youngest can connect with our heritage!
Open New YearŌĆÖs Day!

The amazing John and Martin have been busy this week transforming our museum shop! . #shoprefit #outwiththeold #morespace #museumshop #museumheros

"A Soldier's life for me..."
Major Hugo White, our Museum Historian has had an illustrious army career and I was lucky enough to get an hour of his time to hear all about it.
https://cornwalls-regimentalmuseum.org/a- soldiers-life-forŌĆ”/

Christmas opening times.
Come and visit between Christmas and New Year - the museum is the perfect place to keep all the family, old and young, entertained! And itŌĆÖs always warm & dry!!

As part of the WW1 Centenary events, we hosted 4 short plays in the attic at The Keep. If you didn't get a chance to see them in the summer, just follow the links below to our website, where you'll find direct links to watch each play.
So why not make a cup of tea and enjoy a private viewing!
https://cornwalls-regimentalmuseum.org/ex hibitions/

ThereŌĆÖs always something new to discover at the museum...

Strong competition in the ŌĆśBest Christmas sock or tightsŌĆś competition at the Christmas party! . Thank you for organizing a lovely festive get together & quiz Mary and Debs! ­¤Ää­¤¦”­¤Ää­¤¦”­¤Ää­¤¦”­¤Ää­¤¦”­¤Ää­¤¦”< br>

Have you spotted our Christmas tree at The Tree Festival..? ThereŌĆÖs 88 in St Petrocs Church on display..! So get down there and check out the sparkly spectacular!! ­¤ÄäŌ£©

Have you spotted our tree at the Christmas Tree Festival yet..? There are 88 in total, so get over to St. Petroc's and enjoy the sparkly spectacle!! Ō£©­¤Ää­¤Ää­¤Ää­¤Ää­¤Ää­¤Ää­¤ÄäŌ£©

FREE entry with national lottery ticket!

Something exciting happened at Bodmin Keep yesterday! #watchthisspace

HereŌĆÖs our wonderful tree at The Christmas Tree Festival in St Petroc's Church!
Our tree is inspired by the Armistice Centenary, and decorated with handmade poppies, topped with a dove of peace. Our tree is in memory of those lost in conflict.
Thank you to our wonderful volunteers; Sandra, Linda, Jenny & Lesley for decorating it! And to Freda for the handmade dove!
... #lestweforget
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FREE ENTRY WITH A LOTTERY TICKET All this week (3 - 9 December) arts, sports, community & heritage organisations across the county are opening their doors with free entry to anyone that takes a National Lottery ticket with them!
So, BRING your ticket to the museum today (Wed - Sun) and get in FREE!
... JOIN IN THE HASHTAG! The National Lottery invests ┬Ż30 million a week in amazing, life-changing projects and organisations across the UK, and wants to spread the word about the connection between buying a National Lottery ticket and supporting extraordinary, life-changing art and culture across the country.
So JOIN IN & say thanks by using #ThanksToYou on social media!
See you at the Museum!
www.cornwalls-regimentalmuseum.org
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Christmas is coming! ­¤Æé­¤Å╗ŌĆŹŌÖé’ĖÅ
Here are our opening times over the festive period! ­¤Ää

We have the BEST volunteers!!! HereŌĆÖs Linda, Sandra, Lesley & Jenny decorating our Christmas Tree in St Petrocs Church ready for the Christmas Tree Festival. . Thank you ladies, ItŌĆÖs looking lovely!!

Our Voices of The Light Infantry Digital Exhibition is now showing in the Museum.
Hear the real life accounts of Light Infantry Soldiers - learn about the 'brotherhood', night watches, jungle tactics, rationing and how to bear the night watch.
Learn about what it was really like when The Berlin Wall came down, and hear the real life accounts of being a soldier on the ground in Northern Ireland in more troubled times.
... https://cornwalls-regimentalmuseum.org/ŌĆ ”/voices-of-the-ligŌĆ”/
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We visited yesterday as I had always wanted to as I have been told that we have family medals on there and it was so much more than I had expected it was outstanding. I took my whole family including my mum, my 12 year old and my 6 year old and they all loved it and talked all night about it. We will definitely be using our annual passes again. What amazing value for money, thank you.

We took our 9 year old daughter and had an excellent visit. This museum is very well laid out. The staff are friendly and informative. Very educational and there is plenty to occupy children and adults alike. Well worth a visit.

This museum is stunning and so well run,They have so many exhibits from The medals of Harry Patch to a big chunk of the Berlin Wall. There is a reading room, research facilities and best of all its dog friendly. A great museum and a credit to our county of Cornwall.

Thank you Cornwall's Regimental Museum, we visited this morning and loved it. So interesting! My favourite was the 1914 standard issue Army biscuit! My son loved the tommy gun. Also amazing to get to touch a piece of the Berlin Wall.

Staff were very friendly and free entry was amazing! Would recommend to anyone.

Spent a lovely afternoon here with my daughter. Staff were very friendly and helpful.

Small and compact but packed with loads of excellent exhibits. Not a dusty boring museum!



Friendly and helpful staff and a good selection of ice creams.



Well worth a visit. Eleven out of ten.

Really interesting little museum that's packed with fascinating treasures that highlight the history of the DCLI rgts. It has a very personal feel and includes a lovely tribute to Harry Patch. Very moving last room upstairs underpins the tragic futility of wars.

Lest we forget - but when will we ever learn!

Definitely recommend a visit!

People should be more aware this is here. A lovely look at the military history of Cornwall. The staff were lovely and my children loved playing the bugal. Dog friendly too which helps loads :) thank you for a lovely day. Indoors too (for those who need somewhere to go if the rain in out)

I visited with my 4 and 5 year olds, we had a brilliant time! They loved making medals, playing the bugles, looking at the exhibits, shooting the wooden guns, dressing up and doing the quiz. Very friendly staff and a warm welcome. Would recommended it!

Had a great time with the boys here this afternoon. The quiz and the bugles kept them occupied :-)

Some of it I remember from when my grandma Greenstreet used to take us when we were small

Worth a visit.

Great place to visit, took my 6 year old army mad nephew for the afternoon and he loved it, especially the gun handling. The staff were all very nice and took time to explain everything. The highlight for my nephew was being able to hold the guns and the man was really good explaining them to him. Lots to see and do and we will definitely come back with the years pass as we are fairly local.

Great place to visit for all ages, the staff are lovely and welcoming and it's a dog friendly place ’┐Į

Fantastic evening entertainment put on by the museum last night for families. We were put on a secret mission which took us around the museum, looking for clues and breaking some Russian code. Very well orchestrated. My children loved it! Thank you. Will definitely be returning as there was much to see & do.

Excellent museum with great displays in a fine old military barracks.

We've past a few times over the years and my eldest son was the one who said can we go in so we did and we were most impressed.



If your in Bodmin or Cornwall in general and the weather isnt playing ball then it's well worth popping along to and the Bodmin Steam Railway is right beside it so there is 2 things to do in one day ’┐Į’┐Į

Decided to visit to see if any information was available to help my son with his sixth form project on his great grandfather who served in WW1. It was a long drive from Somerset but the welcome was amazing! It was great to meet people with such a passion for history and gathered some great background info for my son's project. Many thanks to Hugo and the rest of the staff for their time. We will be back another day when we are in the area.

Brilliant place lots to see. It's one of those hidden gems. Not expensive great value. Includes an annual pass. Drive past it every day, really glad I took the time to go in with my 10 year old. Thank you.

This is a great little museum and we were delighted to spend time in it on a rainy day in Bodmin. The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry served all over the world between 1702-1959. We loved the section on their role at the Siege of Lucknow, as we are frequent travellers to India. Presentation is very good and we are definitely coming back! All exhibits are in excellent condition.

It was a surprise birthday visit,which we thoroughly enjoyed.it ,Oliver 7 my grandson suggested to Lyra his mum and Anne his gran that they take me there as he knew I lived through the war years and is always asking me about it after his visit to your museum with his school ,my great granddaughter Eleanor was also with us .so we had a very interesting time.Thankyou. My dad served in both world wars and was a prisoner of war in the last one.

A fascinating building housing a great collection with some fascinating individual stories of soldiers in the Regiments represented and some interesting artefacts on display. Particularily liked all the Regimental silver and the Lucknow siege stories. Well worth a visit.