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Guidebook now available for our 2018 exhibition

We are pleased to say that a guidebook is now available for our 2018 exhibition “Dew of Heaven: Objects of Ritual Magic.” The guidebook is available for just £3 and …

“Beware of Bats” by Enora Boivin

Above, a painting by David Teniers the younger of a witch and a bat-headed demon. Pursuing my quest of archiving documents written by Cecil Williamson, I came across few documents related …

New novel about the influence of Crowley in Cornwall

Our thanks to Andy Bailey for generously donating several copies of the new book “Martin Dayton” to the Museum. With his permission, we plan to keep one in the library …

New additions to the Museum library

The Museum library has over 8000 titles in it. This includes DVDs, VHS, audio, magazines, journals and books, books, books! You are very welcome to book some time in the …

Museum objects in York exhibition

If you aren’t able to visit the Museum in Cornwall, a selection of our objects will be on display in York’s Barley Hall run by the York Archaeological Trust. Their …

Midsummer event appears in local papers

Our Midsummer event on June 23rd has received a lot of attention online and is now also in a couple of our local papers. This is from this week’s Cornish …

Museum library is home to a ‘witch’s familiar’ this week

We are really pleased to have Rob Sherman’s innovative interactive project with us in the Museum library this week. Here Rob writes about his first day: “There’s a cloying, candlelit …

NO WIND, NO WAVES by Enora Boivin

This piece was written by Enora, our lovely intern from Brittany in France. She has been with us for nearly two weeks now and has helped out in all sorts …

Expansion of Prediction Magazine collection

Recently, a lovely person donated a large bag of magazines to the Museum. As a result, we now have a much larger collection of Prediction magazine in the Museum library. …

Joan Wytte “The fighting fairy woman of Bodmin” by Baxter Lawley

Baxter Lawley has completed his work experience with the Museum this week. Here is his blog about Joan Wytte: In the 1800’s Joan was arrested and died in jail however …

New Museum Mug!

It took us a while (lots of technical issues with the production company which we won’t bore you with here!) but the Museum has a new mug for 2018! It …

Straw Art for Lammas

As you may know, we change our window displays regularly to be in harmony with the seasons and to offer our visitors an understanding of the turning of the Wheel …

Generous donation of bracelets, hagstones and leather items

So many people do so many lovely things for the Museum and we can’t thank them enough for all the little ways that they contribute. Over the weekend, we received …

Amazing Midsummer Celebration!

The Museum’s celebration of Midsummer yesterday was fantastic. The weather was perfect and the crowds were out! Words, photos and video don’t really do this event justice. It was sensational …

Midsummer: Guardians of the Bridge

Four Elemental Guardians of The Bridge representing Earth, Air, Fire and Water. These straw-designs are a blend of symbols: the Ankh, an ancient symbol of the ‘Breath of Life’, …

Offerings and wishes for Midsummer God and Goddess

Our Midsummer Event on Saturday 23rd is fast approaching. We’ve had some beautiful messages/wishes pinned up on the God and Goddess of Midsummer. These figures will be ignited on Saturday …

Photos of Museum Wishing Well at night

A couple of years ago, we put a wishing well in front of the Museum. There were many reasons for this: to raise money for Cornwall Air Ambulance, to bring …

Books and objects from Lenkiewicz Foundation

Judith and Peter (and Agnes) had trip out to Plymouth yesterday to collect some important new acquisitions for the Museum. We visited Robert Lenkiewicz’s former library overlooking Plymouth Harbour. It …

Museum represented at Pagan Federation International

It has been great to see the Museum making an appearance at the Pagan Federation International Summer Symposium in the Netherlands. The Museum was represented in two different ways: our …

Fire dances for Midsummer Celebration June 23rd

Our Midsummer Celebration on Saturday June 23rd will involve three different types of dancing. At 12noon River Moor Coven will be dancing. At 12.30pm Merv Davey the Cornish Piper will …

Chanting and Chanting II CDs new edition now available

Above: the new front cover shows the top gallery of the Museum with the hare statue, Horned God and Sabbat painting. This is where the chants now play daily. For …

Ghost Stories in the Museum Library this Saturday

You can have a great night at the Museum this weekend, visit us by candlelight and then visit the library for Ghost Stories. This Saturday night at 8.30pm, the Museum’s …

Fantastic opportunity to learn about Geomancy with Dr Alexander Cummins

Dr. Alexander Cummins is a first rate academic and magical practitioner. We first met him when he spoke at last year’s May conference on Cursing and we had the pleasure …

Alex Langstone’s Talk about Cornish Folkore

We had a fantastic evening in the Museum Library last night, with Alex Langstone giving an inspiring talk about Cornish folklore. The talk was structured around findings from Alex’s new …

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