Wheal Martyn
            
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              Wheal Martyn provides visitors with a fascinating insight into Cornwall's largest mining industry set in 26 acres of woodland.
              
              Carthew, St.Austell, Cornwall
            
            
              
              Joined May 2011
            
            
           Exciting news 📢 Wheal Martyn has been awarded funding from @ace_southwest Museum Estate and Development Fund (MEND) 🎉 The funding will help with important repairs, and improve the visitor experience!🔧 Find out more here:  https://t.co/Wnc82qk7wn 
          
          
                
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            @DCMS We're awarding £707,200 to @WhealMartyn China clay museum and mining works in St. Austell, #Cornwall. Plans to replace a pre-1907 roof and improve public access will help the site come off the @HistoricEngland Heritage at Risk Register.
          
          
                
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             Here you can see what an incredible time the Year 1 class from Luxulyan School had on their visit to @WhealMartyn this Autumn. Their trip was made possible with the support of our School Transport Grants Scheme. Find out more about the Grants Scheme here  https://t.co/hQiGiwSgJ0 
          
          
                
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             Weird and Wonderful coming soon📷 Discover our new exhibition 'Wheal Martyn Unseen' from Friday 18 October.📷 The exhibition is a unique opportunity to see objects and paintings not usually included in our permanent displays.📷 Find out more:  https://t.co/k2iKrg779p 
          
          
                
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            @AshdonHusky Cornwall had a Speak Cornish Week earlier this month too! 👏🏼 @WhealMartyn had lots of Cornish mining related words all around their site if you’re interested in hearing a few…  https://t.co/bEb7tFn84A 
          
          
            
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             Today’s scanniversary is the commencement of @WhealMartyn s’ epic interactive tour creation. At the time we believed it to be the single largest @Matterport scan of its type in the world, and we’ve yet to see anything as large/ larger. Wheal Martyn is a great family day out and 
          
                
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             Are you worrying about climate and want a warm environment to share your concerns with no arguments? We are holding a Climate Cafe today at 2pm until 3.30pm in our cafe. Enjoy tea, coffee and cake a warm welcoming safe environment to share with likeminded people! 
          
                
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             It’s Monday, and we’ve got a cracking show for you on Cornwall’s Rewind Radio. We’re talking Cornish culture with @SianEsther from @WhealMartyn, plus your Monday shout-outs and loads of brilliant music! Get us on right now 🙌🏻 👉🏻  https://t.co/GhBKSYQ4pr  📻 DAB ‘Rewind Cornwall’ 
          
                
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             📸 @whealmartyn We highly recommend a visit to Wheal Martyn to learn more about the history and heritage of the China clay mining that is so important to our local area! Book a trip to Cornwall today at  https://t.co/lLbgpXZSn1 
          
          
                
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             More views of the outdoor museum at @WhealMartyn. I was here in connection with the @UoEHeritageColl archive of poet & author Jack Clemo (1916-94) - Prydyth an Pry, or ‘Poet of the Clay’ - who wrote about the local 'clayscape' & lived most of his life in this part of Cornwall 
          
                
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             Some archive admin work entailed a visit to @WhealMartyn today - an absolutely fascinating museum of industrial heritage, embedded in a landscape shaped by the history of china clay mining #Cornwall #museums
          
          
                
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             Barrett’s Privateers at the museum this Saturday evening! Doors open 6.30pm, pasties available & an open bar. Get your tickets at the link below 👇 it’s going to be a cracking good night!! 
          
                
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             SAT. 16th March 'Alex Hart In Concert' @AlexHartMusic #StAustell @WhealMartyn Described by BBC Radio 2's Mark Radcliffe @themarkrad as ‘the Stevie Nicks of Folk' #CLICK
             https://t.co/G1KByeY02O 
            #Pasties ! Phone 01726 63513 Buy @VisitTruro @StAustellTIC @LiskeardTIC @VisitBodmin
          
          
                
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             SAT. 16th March 'Alex Hart In Concert' @AlexHartMusic #StAustell @WhealMartyn Described by BBC Radio 2's Mark Radcliffe @themarkrad as ‘the Stevie Nicks of Folk' #CLICK
             https://t.co/G1KByeY02O 
            #Pasties ! Phone 01726 63513 Buy @VisitTruro @StAustellTIC @LiskeardTIC @VisitBodmin
          
          
                
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             Mystery book sale at Wheal Martyn for World Book Day 📚! Spend £10 on books and books get a free slice of Cake🍰 too! 😋 
          
                
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             It’s World Book Day today if you spend £10 on books then you can get a free slice of cake in the cafe! We have a few ‘mystery books’ to enjoy and plenty of others from £1-5! ☺️ come today and replenish your bookshelves and enjoy some cake! 
          
                
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             There are still some tickets left for tonight’s performance of “Fault Lines” by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Wheal Martyn! Starts at 7.30pm, the bar will be open & should be an excellent evening! Adults £12, Under 18s £6 & families £30! 
          
                
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             Climate Cafe at Wheal Martyn, 19 March 2.00-3.30pm. A place to share our climate concerns together and leave feeling energised and better than when we arrived! A drink and cake included! Contact engagementofficer@wheal-martyn.com 
          
                
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             Email engagementofficer@wheal-martyn.com or call 01726 850362 to express your interest! 
          
                
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             Have you been feeling stressed, anxious or worried about the climate recently? Well a problem shared is a problem halved! This is the 1st climate café we hope to hold - come and introduce yourself, enjoy a drink and cake, and let's leave feeling better than when we arrived! 
          
                
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