Come and explore our Library’s Archives

Join us once again as we delve into The Morrab Library’s archive collection to bring you some more of its treasures. The Archive Open Day will be held in the Reading Room between 10am-3pm on Thursday 12th March. 

At this Open Day, you’ll be able to see a variety of fascinating items from our extensive archive collections. These include a design plan of the Morrab Gardens from 1889, Christmas cards sent to and from Lamorna Birch, pages from the minutes of the Penzance Ladies Book Club established in 1770, a scrapbook capturing information about the solar eclipse of 1999, and much, much more…

The archive collections have been donated and collected over the last 200 years and this is an opportunity to get to know about the some of the important and special items we care for.

You don’t need to book, just drop in, and if you are inspired to make a donation towards the care of these incredible collections on the day, we would be very grateful.