Royal Cornwall Museum

A revamped Minerals exhibition space with a digital learning lab, improved interpretation and a move towards a carbon neutral museum.

This project will support Royal Cornwall Museum to provide a revamped Minerals exhibition space with a digital learning lab that will deliver cultural and economic impacts for Truro and Cornwall.

RCM has a goal to become carbon neutral by 2030. Building renovations under this project will help towards this.

Royal Cornwall Museum Director Jonathan Morton said: “Our aim is for RCM to be an important and integral part of the Cornwall cultural heritage offer, contributing to Truro being an exciting place to live, work and visit.

“This capital project will provide spaces to improve visitor experience, access, community engagement, sustainability and commercial enterprise.”

This project will deliver:

Major capital improvements to the Mineral Gallery on the ground floor
Improved interpretation to include more connections to social history, nature of landscape and use of the earth’s resources
Creation of state-of-the-art Digital Lab
Completion of pre-identified capital improvements designed to move towards a carbon neutral museum
Heritage building renovated/restored and improved public access to the collections of Cornish heritage and art
Improved cultural facility and delivery of a contemporary heritage asset with a state-of-the-art digital programme
Improved relevance of a key historic building, leading to increased footfall to the RCM and Truro