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.
CLOSED Saturday 06 May
We would like to inform you that PK Porthcurno will be closed on the 6th of May for the Coronation of King Charles III. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and we look forward to welcoming you back during our normal opening hours from 10:00 to 17:00, Monday to Sunday. Thank you for
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.
We’re Recruiting: Cafe Assistants!
Registered charity, PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications, is seeking to appoint two or more new trustees.
Welcome to the Team, Mae!
We’re excited to introduce our newest team member Mae Voogd! She has joined our team as the Learning and Participation Facilitator.
Recruitment of Trustees at PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications
Registered charity, PK Porthcurno, Museum of Global Communications, is seeking to appoint two or more new trustees.
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.
In Loving Memory of Albert Lorens
Many will remember with great fondness Albert Lorens, who sadly passed away in early January at the age of 101. Albert had been a valued volunteer at Porthcurno since the early days of the museum and was always happy maintaining our working machinery.
‘A Message to PK Porthcurno’ – The Cornish Caretakers
PK Porthcurno’s second schools tour of our Cornish Caretakers show ‘A Message to PK Porthcurno’ has just finished and we have a brilliant new blog by Emily Harrison who starred alongside Edward Rowe (Kernow King) in this unique story of global communications…
The Undersea Telegraph Cable Project
A deep-dive into our new, brightly coloured, and accessible undersea telegraph cable in our museum. Designed and developed by Sophie Bellec.
PK Porthcurno wins double gold at Cornwall Tourism Awards
PK Porthcurno in West Cornwall won two gold awards at the Cornwall Tourism Awards 2022 held at Truro Cathedral on Thursday 17th November.