National Maritime Museum (Falmouth)

The National Maritime Museum in Falmouth is the little brother of the museum in Greenwich. Situated in the centre of Falmouth on the quay, across the opposite the cruise berth, in a new development of shops and restaurants. There is no parking at the centre, although the shopping centre has a small car park but is fairly expensive. Falmouth has a park and ride and park and float just outside the town centre. The museum is open daily from 10am to 5pm. Admission costs £8.75 for adults and £6 for children. If you Park and Float you get 10% discount on your entry. Also if you gift aid your admission fee, you can use your ticket for up to a year. When ...  Read the complete review

As a local resident of Falmouth the maritime is a familiar site for all. Over the last 5 years i have been round the museum a sum total of 3 times purely for the exhibits. I have found it to be off-putting initially due to the cost compared to the size of the museum (adults £8.75 and children £6.00). If you have an interest in boats though it is well worth a rainy day visit as it is open 10am until 5pm every day except Christmas day and Boxing Day. It has a large collection of boats, either unusual, significant or of specific local interest as well is the underwater tower/ observatory tower and a few activities for the kids. There are a number interactive ...  Read the complete review

Whilst we were in Cornwall on holiday a few weeks ago we visited the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth. We decided to use the park and float at Falmouth, which we actually really enjoyed. It cost £10.00 for a family of four and we went to the museum by bus which was interesting through the little streets and then we came back by boat. It means you park on the outskirts of Falmouth and don't have to find parking spaces and you get a boat ride as well which we all really enjoyed. With the ticket we also had a discount at the Maritime Museum - wether they do that all the time I don't know. At the musuem we paid using club card vouchers (days out ...  Read the complete review

National Maritime Museum, Discovery Quay, Falmouth Cornwall is open daily 10 till 5 according to the Cornwall 07 Guide www.theguide-cornwall.com leaflet that we picked up whilst in Cornwall. Open 7 days a week except Christmas Day and Boxing Day, according to King Harry's Cornwall 2007 Guidebook www.kingharryscornwall.co.uk. This book also told me about Park and Ride or Park and Float options, between May and September, which have discounted entry fees to the museum. Price to get in was £7.50 per adult, which is valid for 12 months from issue date if signed. Children, concessions and families may differ. We did not get charged for baby Mark so children under a ...  Read the complete review