Old Guildhall & Gaol - Looe Museum

06/06/2024

I'm leading a couple of walks for Looe Old Cornwall Society in a few weeks... you don't have to be old or Cornish to come on them, just contact me beforehand to tell me your coming.

https://kernowgoth.org/event/looe-ocs-walk-2/

30/11/2023

A big thank you to Andrea from Sea Salt who is helping us clean our model boats. She is a star!!

30/10/2023

Our museum is now closed for the Winter and our priority is to get our paperwork ready for our Accreditation in 2024.
A huge thanks to all of our volunteers who have been so helpful with our many visitors. Big thanks to Penny who stepped into the breach after my dalliance at Derriford! We had a very busy summer and we are all looking forward to a break.
We will post our opening date for 2024 very soon and thank you to all of our visitors this year. We have enjoyed all of your play performances and questions about the history of the building and it’s stories.

From all of us at the Old Guildhall Museum and Gaol

07/06/2023

Another reminder about this event in Liskeard.

08/05/2023

A huge thank you to all of our museum volunteers who give so much of their time, not just today, but for most of the year. It is much appreciated.

12/04/2023

The museum is open today in answer to an enquiry earlier. 11.00 - 16.00.

29/03/2023

Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers - a great Pre-Season meeting. Our Opening is on Monday3rd at 11.00.

22/03/2023

Many thanks to Dawn from Seasalt Looe who has been volunteering for us today.

20/03/2023

Our 2023 Museum Season starts on April 3rd with our opening at 11.00 and the Season closes on October 29th.

We look forward to welcoming all of our visitors this year. There are activities for children and two new exhibitions about Ship and Boat building in Looe and Thomas Bond.

Please look at our website www.looemuseum.co.uk for more information about our opening hours and disabled access. Our entrance fee is now £3 for adults as our running costs have considerably increased.

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04/03/2023

Motor Torpedo Boat 40K (40 knots) was built in Looe for the French Navy in the late 1930s, the only boat of her type ever built in Looe for the French by Frank Curtis at his boatyard at Polean. The assistance of a French engineer was provided to the Looe boatyard during her construction. The French were going to sell her to the Republican Government of Spain but in September 1939 she was acquired by the Admiralty and allocated to the 4th MTB Flotilla at Portsmouth where, unarmed and was employed in training MTB personnel. She carried out various roles during the war in and around Portsmouth and is believed to have been sold in 1947.

MTB40K is just part of Looe's maritime history that can be discovered in the museum when it reopens at Easter.

28/10/2022

The museum is not open on Saturday day due to our volunteers being unwell. It will be open on Sunday 11.00-13.30.

27/10/2022

Can you help us with our project with Exeter University. Either contact the museum or Jenny Wittamore.