Porthcurno Telegraph Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Penzance, Cornwall
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Closed — opens 10am
🏠 Indoor & outdoor3–55–88–1212–16Seasonal openingSchool holiday activitiesEducational
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Dogs welcome
PK Porthcurno operates both car parks in Porthcurno Valley (pay-on-exit; same tariffs). 0-2h GBP 3.80, 2-4h GBP 6.50, all day GBP 8.50; charging 10:00-18:00. Coach parking unavailable.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
PK Porthcurno is a museum exploring the history and science of global communications. The valley of Porthcurno became a hub for worldwide communications after the first undersea telegraph cable arrived in 1870. The museum takes visitors through the science that made global communications possible, from those early undersea telegraph cables to modern fibre optics and digital communications. The site hosts rotating exhibitions including current displays on misinformation and propaganda. The museum runs family-friendly activities during school holidays and workshops in partnership with local venues.
APRIL - OCTOBER: open 7 days a week 10:00-17:00. JANUARY - MARCH and NOVEMBER - DECEMBER: open Monday, Saturday and Sunday 10:30-16:00.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Kids' headphones
- Audiobook or story CD
- Tissues
- Car window sunshade
- Picnic blanket
- I-spy book
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