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Featured Objects

The following objects are either part of our permanent collection or have featured in a temporary exhibition.

Title	Image
'Mystery' object from the Ednamair
Britannia logbook
Team Philips survival suit
A bench's tale
A lucky lady
A new era is born
A Packet Captain’s telescope
Barocyclonometer
Bears at Sea
Benares Brassware incense burner
Bishop Rock Optic
Braine Gear
Catching the post
Ellen MacArthur's Christmas Tree
Falmouth and D-Day
Fitzroy Barometer
Flying Enterprise Binnacle
Freddie the Frog
Goodwin: The Forgotten Tragedy
Half model of SS Arwenack
Harbour Master's Journal
I Saw Three Ships….
Indian Masoola Surf boat
Into the Deep
It's a classic
Jane Slade Lifebelt
John Bull’s Waistcoat
John MacGregor’s sketchbook
Leonard Hussey’s banjo
Licenced Waterman's Badge
Mailbag from Packet Ship Crane
Mechanical Log
Model Falmouth Quay Punt Iseult
Model of Falmouth Docks, 1956
Model of HMS Victory
Model of HMS Victory
Model of Thai Royal Barge Suppannahongse c. 1790
Morse Inker Telegraph Machine
Musto HPX Ocean Dry Suit
New York pilchard stencil
Not without my Ukulele
Novelty musical tankard
Objects of Curiosity
Oyster Dredge & Gauge
Passing the time
Polar Boot (Leather)
Record-breaking compass
Sail Training Newsletter Book
Scrimshaw
Sea Service Pistol HM Packet 'Dove'
Shetland haaf fisherman's hat
Silver Rosebowl
Slippen
Solar Still
SS Cheerful Tin Ingot
Standard Book of Navigation
Support Socks
Surfers’ Best Friend
Te puke canoe
The A1 Repairer
The Dyneley Vase
The Prince of Wales cup
The wreck of the Titanic
Three Cylinder Single Acting Air Pump
Through the window
Tom Blake surfboard
Topeng Arsa Wijaya – ‘Dance of the Refined King’
Union Jack surf shorts from the late 1970s, made by Alan Abbott of Newquay.
Vampires Beware!
Well travelled beads
When Small isn’t just practical, it’s vital.
When the gift of a sword was mightier than the thanks of a quill.
Winning surf competition vest
“What lies behind this shuttered gaze...