Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery

The Courtney Library and Archive holds books, periodicals, archive material and ephemera relating to Cornwall and the South West of England. ==Museum building==

The Grade II building which has housed the RIC since 1919 was built in 1845 as the Truro Savings Bank and subsequently became Henderson's Mining School. In 1986/7 the RIC acquired the adjacent Truro Baptist Chapel, built in 1848. Together these granite-fronted buildings (linked with a new foyer and shop in 1998) are a distinctive presence in the centre of the historic city of Truro; both buildings were designed by the local architect Philip Sambell, who was deaf and without speech. ==History==

In July 2022 Cornwall Council announced plans to cease funding the museum. In October 2022 the Council provided the museum with £100,000 with the stated aim that it would allow the museum to transition to other funding sources. In the first half of 2024 the mineral gallery was refurbished with funding from the Town Deals Programme. ==Collection==

(1897) The museum is home to the Trewinnard Coach which dates to around 1700. The Artognou stone found at Tintagel Castle is also at the museum. Since 2011, the Museum has also housed and managed Cornwall Council's Schools Art Collection. The collection includes work by Barbara Hepworth, Terry Frost, Patrick Heron, Bernard Leach, Ben Nicholson, Denis Mitchell and Dod Procter. His mummified remains and two coffins were sent to the UK by Peter Lee, a diplomat. In 2012 a CT scan was carried out at the Duchy Hospital. ==See also==