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Tickets

Free £0

Location

Kresen Kernow, Redruth

Dates

Sat 28th June, 2025 — Sat 11th October, 2025
9:30 am |
Open during our usual opening hours: Tuesday - Thursday & Saturday, 9.30am-4pm

About this event

Cornwall’s Communities: Archives of Lived Experiences

‘Cornwall’s Communities: Archives of Lived Experiences’, is a new and powerfully thought-provoking exhibition in collaboration with Cornwall Lived Experience Partnership (CLEP), Kresen Kernow and community members from across Cornwall.

Through creative workshops and personal storytelling, participants have explored themes of identity, belonging, fairness and representation, offering fresh perspectives on Cornwall’s rich archival history.

Using photographs, letters, documents and other archive items, paired with the participants’ written reflections and creative responses, the exhibition offers a vibrant, inclusive narrative that challenges some traditional historical perspectives.

This collaborative exhibition is a celebration of Cornwall’s rich and diverse communities. Visitors are invited to engage with the stories, questions and emotions that emerged from the workshops – echoes from the archives that resonate with lived realities and interests today.
This new collaborative exhibition has been funded by an Engagement Grant from the National Archives and is free to visit during out usual opening hours.

Contact

01872 324 333 | https://kresenkernow.org/events/

Accessibility

Details

Kresen Kernow is fully wheelchair and pushchair accessible, with lifts to all levels and automatic main entrance doors. Accessible toilets are available on both floors, with a fully-equipped Changing Places toilet also available on the ground floor. Separate baby changing facilities are also available on the ground floor. If you are arriving by vehicle, there are six accessible parking spaces at the Tesco side of the building and a level entrance into the building. If you are arriving on foot or wheels, from Redruth town centre, the closest entrance is at the end of the public path which runs through the old brewery site, from Chapel Street to Kresen Kernow.

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