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Wayside Folk Museum

Wayside Folk Museum

Small private museum

50.191°N 5.567°W / 50.191; -5.567

The Wayside Folk Museum was a small private museum situated in the village of Zennor in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was the oldest private museum in Cornwall.[1]

The exhibition within the museum concentrates on the past lives, traditions and practices of the people of Zennor and Penwith. Displays includes the kitchen and parlour of a miller's cottage, a mill house, a blacksmith shop, exhibits on fishing, farming, mining, domestic life and archaeology.

The museum closed in 2015 due to retirement.

References

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    "Wayside Folk Museum". Cornwall Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015.


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