What's
New for 2008
NEW MUSEUM
FOR GEEVOR
Geevor is in the midst of a multi-million pound
facelift, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Objective 1,
Cornwall County Council, Penwith District Council and The National
Trust. We are creating a new purpose-built museum of hard rock
mining to tell the story of Geevor and Cornwall’s mining
heritage. We are repairing and conserving 21 surface structures,
mine buildings or other features associated with tin mining
at Geevor. We are working with Levant Mine to safeguard the
local landscape character and biodiversity. Our vision is to
create a site that is the centre of understanding, inspiration
and enjoyment of Cornish hard rock mining, a UNESCO World Heritage
Gateway Site to the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape.
For further details please contact Bill Lakin on pch@geevor.com
- We are open as usual. Download here
a report of the project PDF 2.05mb (courtesy
Camborne School of Mines).
Artist impression of the new museum
‘Hard Rock – the story of tin mining’.
© Cornwall County Council
One of the many buildings undergoing conservation.
© Cornwall County Council
EXHIBITION
'IN SEARCH OF COUSIN JACK'
New at Geevor Tin Mine for 2008 is the temporary
exhibition ‘In search of Cousin Jack’. This exhibition
tells the story of several journeys. The first is the journey
taken by a small group of local people who volunteered to explore
the theme of Cornish emigration, its relationship to mining,
and its significance to our local community and heritage. The
exhibition illustrates some of their discoveries, and their
contributions both in research and creative interpretation.
The other journeys illustrated here are some of the fruits of
their labour: stories both past and present, of journeys made
by Cornish people, especially those from the local area, to
far flung places along the mineral-rich trails of the Americas,
Australasia, and Africa.
The journeys paint the picture of a Cornish Diaspora scattered
around the globe, and their lasting legacy both home and abroad.
Explore the impact of Cornishness through place names and Cornish
surnames and find out if you really can find a Cornishman at
the bottom of every hole around the world.
This is a community project, funded by Awards
for All and co-ordinated by Diane Spiers. For further information
contact Diane on diane@geevor.com ‘In search of Cousin
Jack’ runs until Summer 2008.
The project group gather for a research trip
