"The BIGGEST Little Museum in Cornwall"

The museum is housed in a Georgian building on Fore Street in central Lostwithiel. It was originally the Corn Exchange and  has also been a school-room, a butchers, a magistrate's court, a Fire Station and the town jail. 

The museum was opened on 21st August 1971 and it is now is now a fully accredited museum and a registered charity, which is run entirely by volunteers.

2025/26 SEASON
The museum closed on Friday 31st October 2025. 
The museum will reopen to visitors on Monday 30th March 2026 and close on Friday 30th October 2026.
The Town Heritage Walks will re-commence on Wednesday 1st April and continue until Wednesday 28th October 2026.

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VE Day Victory And Reflection Exhibition

Working in collaboration with Bodmin Keep (Cornwall’s prestigious Army Museum) Lostwithiel Museum will be hosting a touring exhibition to be displayed in the Guildhall (above the museum) from 15 November — 14 December 2025

The display features unique artefacts, photographs and documents from the archives at Bodmin Keep.  Shedding light on VE Day at home, the exhibition features photographs taken by Bodmin based photographer George Ellis who documented local victory celebrations.
 

OPENING TIMES
10.00 — 12.30 on Weds, Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun. from 15 Nov — 14 Dec

We will be open on Dickensian Evening, 11th December  6.00 — 9.00.
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Window Display November 2025

Our window display for November 2025 features Old Photographs taken around Lostwithiel.
See Flickr for a selection of Images from the Display