Research at the Museum
Research in the Bartlett Library is led by volunteers
Research is an important part of the Museum's activities, centred on the Bartlett Library which is staffed exclusively by volunteers.
Research facilities
Private researchers are very welcome. A range of databases and finding aids for researchers are currently have been developed and new ones are added from new research projects. Amongst these are:
- Index of maritime magazines
- Yacht design index
- A-Z of Cornish built ships 1786 - 1914
- A bibliography supporting the Museum's collection of boats
- Cornish tugs (mainly Falmouth)
- Falmouth Packet captains
- Falmouth Packet ships
- Falmouth Quay Punts register.
Archive material
The museum holds a growing collection of archive material including;
- Fox's Falmouth Arrivals, 1880 to 1897 [lacking a few years, but containing unique information on international vessels trading with Falmouth and more significantly, those arriving at Falmouth for 'orders']
- Falmouth Harbourmaster's Journals from 1880 to the early 1900s [which support the above]
- Falmouth & District Pilot Boat Association records [which give an added dimension to both of the foregoing sources]
- Jack Holt dinghy plans
- Plans from Curtis and Pape shipbuilders.
Links:
- The Cornwall Centre (Cornwall Studies Library) - for further information about Cornwall
- South West Maritime History Society - for additional information on the maritime history of the south west of England
- Southampton City library, archive and information services Maritime Collection, holding completed sets of Mercantile Navy Lists, and Lloyd's Registers of Shipping, as well as records of the Board of Trade enquiries into wrecks
