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Photographic tour
1. Maritime Room – all about cable ships
2. Demonstration Area
3. Main showcase displays
4. The Instrument Room
5. Cable Testing and Local History Room
6. The Vintage Workshop
7. The Generator Room
8. The Escape Stairs
Explore the tunnels
History of the tunnels
Exhibitions
Building a Leviathan
Launching a Giant
The Maiden Voyage
The Troop Carrier
The Hurricane of 1861
The Great Eastern Rock
The Great Cable Layer
The Floating Hareem!
How the Mighty Fall
Great Eastern Photograph Album
For children
Explore our collections
Featured objects
People, technology & history
Search our collections
Archive Explained
Search Help & Tips
Connected Earth
Links
Company History Links
Museum Links
Archive Links
Historic Sites
History Links
Communications Companies Links
Technology Links
Radio Links
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St Levan Community History at Porthcurno
PK in the past
Education in the parish
Setting up a Community History Project
The St Levan project
In the beginning...
Getting started
What skills are needed?
Names and Faces
Equipment
Carrying out a recording
Transcribing
Saving the sounds
Setting up a community archive
Care and Storage of the Collection
Copyright
Working with volunteers
Are there any pitfalls?
Community involvement
Education & research
Education
For schools
Schools' services
History workshops
Outreach options
Science workshops
Secondary schools
Cost of workshops
For museums
Developing a Museum Education Service
Introduction
Working with schools
Learning experiences for all
Finding a space
Designing and organising your activities
Administration
Fundraising
Information and support services
Education policy
Health and safety issues
Child protection
Working with volunteers
Dealing with problems
Skills and training
Resources and equipment
Handling collections and conservation
Step-by-step guide
Weblink index
Research
Research facilities
Family history and geneaology
About Porthcurno
The Porthcurno Landscape
Porthcurno Archaeological Trail
Introduction
1. The Trail
2. Up the track
3. Across the Fields to St Levan Churchtown
4. The Church and Churchyard of St Levan
5. Down to Porth Chapel
6. Up to Wireless Point
7. Past the Minack
8. Down to Porthcurno Beach
9. Along the Coastal Path towards Logan Rock
The Origins of Porthcurno
The Centre of World Communications
Living and Working at Porthcurno
Porthcurno at War
Messages under the Sea
Preface
Beginnings
Song of the Sea and Diamond Horse
Slave-chasing to seasickness, in the service of telegraph
Porthcurno - Nerve Centre of Empire
The Old "PQ"
The 'Eavesdroppers' at Wireless Point
Gutta-percha and Sharks Teeth - hazards of the deep
On Watch at Porthcurno Cable Office
PK Timeline
News
Press Releases
8 June 2001: Special Radio Week, 12th - 18th August 2001
9 April 2001: BT donates historic collection to Museum of Submarine Telegraphy
3 May 2001: MGM 2001 Free late night opening of the museum on 18 May
26 March 2001: The Flying Telegraph, a new temporary exhibition in the Gallery
10 January 2001: Celebrating the centenary of Marconi's first long distance wireless transmission
5 May 2000: Wiring the world, 150 years of cable communications under the sea
1999 Award: Best museum of Industrial History of the year
Exhibitions & events
Museum shop
Visit Us
Places to eat
Porthcurno Beach Café and Shop
Porthcurno Hotel
Cable Station Inn
The Minack Theatre
Other Places to Visit
Accommodation
Mercury House, Porthcurno
Porthcurno Hotel
Sea View House, Porthcurno
Driftwood Studio
Holiday Flat, 15, the Valley
The Coach House
8 Zodiac House
Museum hire
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About the PK Trust
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