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  1. Events

Live History

We are excited to be running a series of workshops and performances from Tuesday 30 May to Thursday 1 June by Live History - a popular theatre company that specialises in bringing history to life. 

Find each workshop and performance below. Booking essential. 

Below you will find:

  • A different workshop on each day
  • Three immersive performances of 'Behind Glass: A Live History Adventure' each day at different times 
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  • Arts Award Bronze and Silver Programme

    Arts Award Bronze and Silver Programme

    This summer we are offering an Arts Award Programme for young people age 11+ to complete either their Bronze or Silver Arts Award with Wheal Martyn.

  • History comes alive through immersive theatre at Wheal Martyn

    History comes alive through immersive theatre at Wheal Martyn

    History will be brought to life in a series of immersive workshops and performances by popular theatre company Live History at Wheal Martyn Clay Works from Tuesday 30 May to Thursday 1 June.

  • Exploring Wheal Martyn with all the senses

    Exploring Wheal Martyn with all the senses

    We recently concluded our work with Sensory Trust on the 'More Than Words' project, which aimed to create sensory-rich interpretation across six industrial heritage sites in Cornwall, including Wheal Martyn.

  • Summer Workshop Mixed Age

    Summer Workshop Mixed Age

    Summer Workshop, with hands-on activities, investigations, creative writing and art

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    Our museum

    China clay mining has shaped the landscape, lives of people and economy of mid-Cornwall for over 250 years. It is Cornwall’s largest mining industry. A fully Accredited Museum, we are based within two Victorian china clay works, now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. We tell the story of this fascinating industry and the people who worked and lived in the shadows of Cornwall’s iconic ‘white pyramids’.

  • Kurt Jackson: Clay Country

    Kurt Jackson: Clay Country

    17 May - 5 September 2021

  • Why visit

    Why visit

    Dig deep and discover the special ingredient in your everyday life that still shapes Cornwall and the world today…china clay! It hides in your toothpaste, your paper, your car tyres and even your cosmetics. It’s a billion pound, global industry. We are telling the story of Cornwall’s secret, and the people who brought it to you, from the heart of Clay Country.

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    St Austell. Cornwall, PL26 8XG

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Wheal Martyn
St. Austell
Cornwall
PL26 8XG

01726 850362
[email protected]

Registered Charity No. 1001838

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