Young Curator Maeve Cushla shares valuable personal experience, hints and tips about wildlife photography without causing harm to their environments.
Digital Takeover Day 2021
It’s Kids in Museums Digital Takeover Day 2021 and our Young Curators, Citizen Curators and international research volunteers will be taking over our social media channels!
The Languages of Telegraphy
Citizen curator Hannah Reeves, researched the Marconi Map, created in 1917. The map is colour coded to show the language most used for communications in each country.
Seashells and Empires: allowing memories to guide my curator research
Citizen Curator Jay Hollis, a student from the University of Exeter is finding ways to be creative in telling stories through the museum’s archives.
We are recruiting: Customer Services
Seasonal vacancies are now available in our Front of House and Café areas. Wherever you are, you’ll join a small, friendly team and get the chance to share the remarkable story of Porthcurno with our visitors.
G7 Cable Connections
As the leaders of the G7 countries converge in West Cornwall for the 2021 G7 Summit, we take a look at the cable connections between the countries attending, and the significance of Cornwall as a hub of global communications.
Stamp into PK: Stamps from the G7 countries
The telecommunication stamps in the PK collection teach us about the history of communication. All the stamps in this blog were issued by the countries attending the 2021 G7 summit in Cornwall.
Surfers Against Sewage Million Mile Clean – Young Curator Blog
On Tuesday 1st June PK Porthcurno staff, friends, residents and volunteers took part in the Surfers Against Sewage Million Mile Beach Clean and helped to remove an alarming amount of bank holiday rubbish.
Remote Volunteering on the Zodiac Project at PK Porthcurno
Volunteer – Natalie Gunner, an English student at the University of Exeter, describes her experience of volunteering on the Zodiac project. What she has learned throughout the experience and the importance of social history.
Darwin subsea cables
Young Curator Raquel Coning, based in Australia, and inspired by information discovered in The Zodiac magazine, researches the heritage listed subsea cables that connected Darwin, Australia to the world 150 years ago.
Flying the Flag – interview with Lucy Birbeck
New for 2021, are some specially commissioned silk flags by local artist Lucy Birbeck. Read our interview with Lucy and discover what inspires her to create large scale flags.
Lights Out for Darker Skies – Young Curator Blog
As part of our Lights Out for Darker Skies exhibition Young Curator Maeve Cushla learnt to photograph the night sky at Porthcurno and discovers the different techniques used in astrophotography.