Lostwithiel Museum - Previous Window Displays

Window Display July / August 2026

Our July / August 2026 Window Display depicted Toad of Toad Hall, a play written by A. A. Milne, the first of several dramatisations of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows.

A special thank you to everyone involved: Mary (Window Display Co-ordinator); Gina and Sally (Lostwithiel Repair Shop); Lillyboo in Fore Street; Maggie, Amanda, Lynne, Rosemary, John, Mary, Christine (museum volunteers).

A selection of images from the window display for July / August 2026 available on flickr

Window Display May / June 2026

Our window display for May / June featured Lostwithiel Station

The railway continues to play an important role in the life of Lostwithiel. In 1846 the passing of the Cornwall Railway Bill was celebrated locally — but it was not until 1859 that the main-line railway from Plymouth to Truro was opened and the maintenance workshops were built at Lostwithiel. A selection of images from the window display for May 2026 available on flickr

Window Display April 2026

Our window display for April 2026 featured Museum Publications. A Selection of images from the display available on flickr

Window Display February / March 2026

Our February / March Window display celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Lostwithiel Bowling Club.
The Lostwithiel Bowling Club was formally established on January 18, 1926, following a meeting of twenty-three residents at The Guildhall.

The club secured a lease for its grounds from the Duchy of Cornwall at a nominal annual 'peppercorn rent' of £5. The club continues to operate from its original site, which has benefited from extensive additions and improvements over the intervening years. Following the appointment of an inaugural thirteen-person committee, the club experienced rapid early growth, with membership more than doubling to fifty-one by March 1926. Find out more about the history of Lostwithiel Bowling Club on their website.

Window Display January / February 2026

Our Curator Michael Furminger, has prepared the latest Window Display ‘Raiders of the Lost Museum’ The display features donated items to the museum’s archive of treasures.

This interesting collection features: an early Bronze Age mace head and some pottery finds found locally — as well as an ‘adventurers kit’ that includes a Sawfish Rostrum, an NCO Swagger Stick, a Bone Handle knife, a Gladstone Bag and a Trench Shovel. More images on flickr

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

Window Display October 2025

Our window display for October featured Museum Publications.
More images available on flickr

Window Display July / August 2025

Our window display for July / August featured a Teddy Bears' Picnic.

A selection of images from the window display available on flickr.

Window Display June 2025
The subject of the window display for June 2025 was "Communication"

The display compared old and new methods of Communication

A selection of images from the window display available on flickr.

Window Display May 2025
The window display for May 2025 commemorated the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
A selection of images from the window display available on Flickr

Window Display March 2025

The window display for March 2025 highlights the history of Cornish Mining

For more images, see our flickr page

Window Display January 2025
The window display for January 2025 highlighted our range of Museum Publications
For more images see our flickr page

Window display for June 2021

Our June 2021 window display features our in-house magazines and shows how Past & Present, and the currently named Museum Matters, have evolved since they were first published 25 years ago in 1996.

Back copies of the magazines are available for you to see in the Reference area of the Museum.

With thanks to Mary, Ian and Maggie for their help with the display.

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