For the final episode in their series, the Digital Interns at Bodmin Keep and the Museum of Cornish Life are speaking on the fighting men who were mobilised in Cornwall during the war, at first to defend against an invasion of Britain, and later to mount

In this episode, the Digital Interns at Bodmin Keep and the Museum of Cornish Life are speaking on the role of women during the Second World War. They offer two diverse perspectives on the topic: Charlotte tells the story of Beatrice Frederika Rathbone, a

For their fourth episode, the interns discuss the topic of Prisoners of War (POWs). Joseph unveils the research which he and the team at Museum of Cornish Life have uncovered on enemy POWs, both German and Italian, who were interned in Cornwall. Meanwhile

This month, our interns mark Flora Day with two special stories. Joseph tells the fascinating story about how a component part of a German Heinkel bomber, which crash-landed at a farm near Helston, became part of the Flora Day Dance Clock held at the Muse

In this second episode of WW2 - A Cornish Story, Charlotte at Bodmin Keep talks about the amazing military feats of Major Kitchen, a DSO winner and war hero who served with distinction with the 5th Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in Nor

In this first episode of the series the two Digital Interns, Joseph Quinn at the Museum of Cornish Life and Charlotte Marchant at Bodmin Keep Army Museum, share their recent findings since beginning their roles. Charlotte tells the wartime tale of Nurse O

We are delighted to be working in partnership with Bodmin Keep throughout 2021 on a national project developed by the Imperial War Museum (IWM). This project will see both museums delivering a range of projects that uncover lesser-known stories about Corn