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Opening Times
The museum re-opens on Monday 14th April 2025
Opening hours:
14th April to end of September: Mon-Fri 10.30 to 16.30
Saturdays and October: 10.30 to 14.30
Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays
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Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01208 77067
Come and see two brand new displays on Bodmin’s history from early times to the end of the 19th century and the story of Bodmin’s Grammar School.
Bodmin Town Museum is situated on Mount Folly in the centre of this ancient county town. Site of a former Friary and later the Public Rooms, the museum is housed in the basement of the cinema complex.
A free, family and well behaved dog friendly, accredited museum, it is run entirely by volunteers. Our income is through donations, our publications and books, souvenirs and money raised by our volunteers.
Although small, inside you will find many interesting displays on the town’s social history including both World Wars, the Joint Services School for Linguists, St Lawrence’s Hospital and a Cornish kitchen.
Children can enjoy games on our interactive screen while adults can listen to some oral history. There are plenty of books, leaflets and souvenirs for sale in our shop as well as the opportunity for children of all ages to complete some exciting free quizzes.
We also welcome, by prior arrangement, groups of children and adults out of opening hours and offer loan boxes for memory cafes, care homes and schools.
Wheelchair access is limited but a folder of photos and information on displays in Room 3 is available on request.
COME AND SEE our ‘Roaring Twenties’ display!
Bodmin Town Museum is situated on Mount Folly in the centre of this ancient county town. Site of a former friary and later the public rooms, the museum is housed in the basement of the new cinema complex.
A free, family friendly accredited museum, it is run entirely by volunteers determined to keep the town’s long, amazing history alive. Our income is through donations, our publications and books, souvenirs and money raised locally by our volunteers.
Although small, inside you will discover many interesting displays on the town’s social history. There are permanent displays including those on Law and Order; Rocks and Minerals; St Lawrence’s Hospital, once the County Lunatic Asylum; World Wars One and Two and a Cornish Kitchen. There are also temporary displays which are generally updated or changed each year. We still have the display and leaflet about the JSSL “The Joint Services School for Linguists” which was in Bodmin from 1951 – 1956 as this has interested many people who did not know this school was in Bodmin during that time.
Plenty of books, leaflets and souvenirs for sale in our shop as well as the opportunity for children to complete an exciting quiz. At the end of the year two winners receive gift tokens. Children will now also enjoy ‘Where’s Ollie?’ on our new interactive screen – find our friendly owl on his flyabout in Bodmin.
Admission to this dog-friendly museum is free but donations are gratefully received.
Wheelchair access is possible but not easy so please email before your visit to check if there is help available if you need it.