Museum of Global Communications
Explore the
connected world
FREE ENTRY UNTIL MARCH 2021
Museum of Global Communications
Museum of Global Communications
Discover a museum experience that explores the amazing story of our interconnected world, and how a tranquil valley in Cornwall became host to the past, present and future of worldwide communications.
FREE entry until March 2021, and enjoy a COVID safe visitor experience.
Plan your visit
Make the most of your experience at PK Porthcurno with our handy guide. Find out opening times, admission process, how to find us and more.
The PK Experience
Explore the science that made world communications possible, from the first undersea telegraph cables brought ashore at Porthcurno 150 years ago to the fascinating world of fibre optics. Discover how today’s digital communications are changing the world forever.
Porthcurno Valley
Porthcurno, or ‘PK’ as it is known in telegraphic code, owes its unique heritage to the arrival of the first undersea telegraph cable in 1870. Learn more about PK’s extraordinary story and discover what else this amazing valley has to offer.
AWARD-WINNING
museum
FREE ENTRY
until March 2021
COVID SAFE
visitor experience