Fast facts
Find out more about some of the interesting objects in our collection, selected by our knowledgeable room guides. From kitchen appliances to portraiture, you're sure to learn something new this year.
Our cast of characters
You can find out all about the people who lived and worked at Victorian Lanhydrock through their portraits, photographs, letters and possessions. Look out for the new frames filled with stories of the family and their servants and see how you 'measure up' to family members by standing next to their life-size figures around the house. Can you guess why Thomas Charles was known as 'Little Lordy'?
Not to be missed...
- The display of the Lanhydrock Atlas in the museum
- The extensive kitchen area, where every job had its own workplace
- The servants' quarters - see where the workers slept
- The glorious plasterwork in the gallery and beyond
- World War One artefacts in Tommy's Bedroom and the museum
- A book in our library that once belonged to Henry VIII and was used to help him annul a marriage