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Last Summer we worked with a documentary crew for

Last Summer we worked with a documentary crew for German television, as they filmed “Arte: Is it true that the earth used to be considered flat?".

An interview with historian Christine Garwood was filmed in our Literature Room as she discussed various theories.

You can view the documentary, with subtitles, here:
https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/123428-006-A/is-it-true-that/

#FlatEarth #GermanTelevision #FilmingInTheLibrary

The second image for Photo Friday this month highl

The second image for Photo Friday this month highlighting our photo archive’s new publication ‘Working Lives’, is of workers laying the first electric cable in Causewayhead in 1920.

You can learn more about the publication here: https://shorturl.at/Q9qsT

Morrab Library Photo Archive Identifier: IND 16WG 001

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Photofriday
#causewayhead #ElectricCable #LovePenzance

Due to Storm Goretti, the library will close at 3.

Due to Storm Goretti, the library will close at 3.00pm today (8th January).

We will be open again tomorrow from 10.00am, Friday 9th January.

Did you know, we offer free library tours every Fr

Did you know, we offer free library tours every Friday at 2pm?

Just drop in to the library to join this free guided tour where you’ll learn more about our collections and the history of our beautiful building.

#Library #librarytour #LovePenzance

There are still one or two spaces for Mark Cottle’

There are still one or two spaces for Mark Cottle’s study mornings starting on Friday 16th January.

To book a space, contact Mark directly, all the details can be found in the image.

#Library #study #normans #reading

"If music be the food of love, play on; Give me ex

"If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die"

With Twelfth Night past us, we look at our splendid Shakespeare collection in the Library.

If you would like to delve into the work of the bard this New Year, drop in and explore the collection and the wonderful illustrations inside some of the editions we hold!

#Library #shakespeare #exploreyourcollection #reading #plays #twelfthnight

Need a New Year’s resolution? Why not resolve to s

Need a New Year’s resolution? Why not resolve to spend more time at The Morrab Library?

Membership is just £40 for Individuals, £50 for Households or £20 for students.

You can sign up online at https://morrablibrary.org.uk/join-the-morrab-library/ or drop into the Library and speak to a member of staff.

Photo credit Ian Kingsnorth

#Library #membership #books #supportyourlibrary

Our Photo Fridays for January 2026 will focus on t

Our Photo Fridays for January 2026 will focus on the new publication from our Photo Archive, ‘Working Lives’.

You can read about the book here: https://shorturl.at/Q9qsT

To get started, we have the ladies of the Post Office, seen here sorting telegrams which had been handed in at various counters, and sending them to the appropriate transmission points.

Morrab Library Photo Archive Identifier: COMM 8.038

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Photofriday #PostOffice #RoyalMail #Telegrams #WorkingLives

It’s New Year’s Eve! Everyone at the Library would

It’s New Year’s Eve! Everyone at the Library would like to wish our members, followers and supporters a very Happy New Year.

On the back of this postcard, depicting the new Band Stand on Penzance's Promenade, is a similar message from Beat to Miss E. Durrant, 3 Abbot Street, Penzance, wishing her a Happy New Year. A green, half penny, King Edward VII stamp, postmarked 30 December 1905 can be seen on the card too.

“Postcard.
New Band Stand, Promenade, Penzance,” Morrab Library Photographic Archive

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #happynewyear

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