Take a look as we rewind ourselves back to the Easter holidays. See what you got up at PK – from crafty clay pottery, to mobile phones!
Vodafone partners with PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications to offer free entry this Earth Day.
Simply donate old tech through The Great British Tech Appeal for complimentary access, see below for more details*. This Earth Day (22 April), Vodafone and PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications have joined forces to offer free entry to the captivating heritage site. The museum is currently showing ‘Going Mobile’, an exhibition delivered in partnership
Planet PK Champions and the Wood Wide Web
Planet PK Champions is our environmental club, a part of our award-winning programme Planet PK which aims to promote awareness and knowledge about climate change. We are looking for more members to join our club and become our ‘Planet PK Champions’- leaders in our environmental programme by learning about and spreading positive climate messages. Planet
Poppy PK visits Penwith College
To celebrate BSW, we took our Mobile Telegraph Station, Poppy PK, to meet students at Penwith College as part of their Carer Fair Day.
PK Wrapped 2023
Welcome to PK Wrapped 2023! Check out our moments of the year and recount all of our amazing highlights from the last 12 months.
New Exhibition – Going Mobile
PK Porthcurno’s ‘Going Mobile’ exhibition is delivered in partnership with the Mobile Phone Museum, and sponsored by Vodafone UK.
GPO Mobile Telegraph Office (aka Poppy)
PK’s upcoming new arrival
The GPO Mobile Telegraph Office (affectionately known as Poppy) is soon to arrive at PK Porthcurno.
The Wild Escape / Earth Day 2023 | PK Porthcurno & The Minack Theatre
We joined The Minack Theatre for The Wild Escape, a project uniting museums & schools in a celebration of UK wildlife and creativity.
The Gemini Cable: A Milestone in the Development of the Internet
The 1997 Gemini cable was the first transatlantic cable to use optical fibre technology and could carry 1.5 gigabits per second of data.
Easter Million Mile Clean – Planet PK
Planet PK undertook our first beach clean of 2023. This beach clean was part of the Surfers Against Sewage Million Mile clean.
PK Porthcurno Archive Secures Further Funding
PK Porthcurno has been successful in its application to the Archives Resilience Grant, a new fund run by The National Archives.
PK Porthcurno Schools Tour Wins Cornwall Heritage Award
PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications has won the ‘Collaboration Award’ at the Cornwall Heritage Awards 2023 for their Cornish Caretakers Schools Tour in partnership with Edward Rowe ‘A Message to PK Porthcurno’, which has now reached over 10,000 children.