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Wayside Folk Museum

50°11′28″N 5°34′01″W / 50.191°N 5.567°W / 50.191; -5.567

The Wayside Folk Museum was a small private museum situated in the village of Zennor in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was the oldest private museum in Cornwall.

The exhibition within the museum concentrates on the past lives, traditions and practices of the people of Zennor and Penwith. Displays includes the kitchen and parlour of a miller's cottage, a mill house, a blacksmith shop, exhibits on fishing, farming, mining, domestic life and archaeology.

The museum closed in 2015 due to retirement.

References

  1. ^ "Wayside Folk Museum". Cornwall Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015.