About the archive


This website contains historic images from the collections of a number of Cornish Heritage organisations including the Royal Cornwall Museum, Penlee House Gallery and Museum, the Cornwall Centre and St Ives Archives. Over the coming months other Cornish organisations will be adding their images to the archive.

Images of Cornwall are also held by a number of non Cornish organisations throughout the UK and it is planned to use this site to showcase some of these. Initially the site contains a collection of images owned by Kirklees Metropolitan Council in West Yorkshire.

A full list of participating organisations can be found on the Links page.

The collections contain images from the late 19th century up to the present day and cover all aspects of Cornish life during this period.

 

 

Archive Image Truro Eddystone lighthouse Camborne Truro