Bodmin Town Museum

30/03/2026

25/03/2026

Come on down to Mount Folly for 10.30am on Monday 30th of March.

Why? To see the Mayor and listen to the Town Crier announce the opening of Bodmin Town Museum for its 2026 season.

Find out about Castilly Henge, a nearby archaeological site recently excavated. Learn about a little Bodmin girl who stitched a Sampler in Victorian times and see a display of photos and items belonging to Bodmin Wassailers, a tradition dating back to the 1600s
And children can enjoy 2 brand new quizzes!

05/03/2026

St Piran's Day Celebrations in Bodmin on Mount Folly!

21/12/2025

Bodmin Town Museum wishes you all a
Very Happy Christmas
and a
Happy New Year

The Museum reopens on March 30th 2026.
We look forward to seeing you then!

31/10/2025

BODMIN TOWN MUSEUM is now closed for the Winter season.
The Museum will REOPEN on the Monday before Easter next year – 30th March 2026.

09/05/2025

Access to the Museum
Access to the Museum is limited as there is one step down which takes you into Rooms 1 and 2. In both rooms there are many displays on a range of topics and an interactive screen which offers children’s games, oral history and a VE Day presentation. Three more steps take you up into Room 3 with more exhibits, photographs and text. There is a folder of information and photographs of displays here - available at the front desk for those unable to access this area of the museum. Please ask a volunteer at the front desk for the folder if required.

07/05/2025

VE Day

THE MUSEUM has produced a leaflet about VE Day in BODMIN which includes a number of pictures of the celebrations here – copies of this leaflet are on sale in the Museum.
There is also a WWII display in Room 3 with a section about VE Day.

05/05/2025

The Joint Services School for Linguists (The JSSL)

On Thursday 24th April George Bason, Chairman of the RAF Linguists’ Association along with Balu Madhvani, visited Bodmin Town Museum to donate a copy of the August 2023 edition of the Rafling magazine containing a photograph about the ‘The Shed’ on Normandy Way. This was once part of the JSSL and is now owned by the Walker Lines Gymnasium Trust of which Balu Madhvani is the Chairman and a trustee. Bodmin Town Museum donated to George Bason a copy of the Museum’s leaflet about the time the Joint Services School for Linguists was in Bodmin.
Do come and see the Town Museum’s fascinating display about the JSSL when the school was in Bodmin from 1951-1956! Many of the students became very famous!
Copies of the JSSL leaflet can be purchased in the Museum’s shop.
Photos:
• Exchange of leaflets – (from left to right) -Balu Madhvani and a Museum volunteer and George Bason are standing next to the Museum’s fascinating display about the JSSL.
• Cover of the Rafling magazine showing ‘The Shed’ on the occasion of the placing of a blue plaque on the building
• In 2024 the trustees and volunteers of WLGT won the King’s Award in 2024 for preserving the Historic building. Balu Madhvani receiving the award.

07/04/2025

Bodmin Town Museum is being re-opened by the Mayor at 10.30 on Monday 14th April. Come and see some new displays including Harleigh School and VE Day celebrations in Bodmin. Everyone is welcome. The Town Crier may not be in attendance this time.