The renamed museum will open its doors next month, revealing its new ‘salon hang’ art gallery space
The former Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro is set to reopen next month as Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery.
From March it will welcome visitors inside the transformed space and additional art gallery.
The museum is part-way through a major transformation which began with the Mineral Gallery last year. The project will continue with improvements to the upper galleries and facilities over the next two years.
A new visual identity and website has been revealed this week incorporating the new name.
As we continue the exciting transformation of the museum, today we launch a new website to remind you of the treasures behind our closed doors.
From March the museum will be home to a major new art gallery, alongside our other incredible collections. https://t.co/9crLDQJAAQ pic.twitter.com/pY9XXZGdGA
— Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery (@Cornwall_Museum) February 5, 2025
Artistic Director Bryony Robins said its rebranding was a result of its large collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings. The museum and gallery has over 500 artworks in its permanent collection.
“When we took a step back and looked at our holdings and exhibitions, it was clear that we could and should be a museum and an art gallery once again,” said Robins.
The walls of the second-floor balcony, which overlook the central gallery, will be displayed ‘salon hang’, meaning paintings will be displayed virtually from floor to ceiling, while cases will display sculptures and fragile works on paper.
Robins elaborates: “Works will be grouped together in a mixture of themes and movements, inviting connections across space and time and prompting visitors to make associations with historical objects elsewhere in the museum.”