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Posted on March 2, 2020

Where is our LGBTQ+ history?

After spending an entire morning trawling through the museum’s collections database looking for LGBTQ+ related objects for Bodmin Keep’s latest...

Chess Set from Patrick Linehan DCLI PoW in WWII
Posted on November 11, 2019

The Chess Set from a Prisoner of War

Private Patrick Linehan of the DCLI celebrated his 100th Birthday this year at Bodmin Keep. He has also recently taken...

The Mauser C96
Posted on November 6, 2019

The Gun That Saved The World

By Rob Palmer, Customer Service Apprentice, 2019  In the Armoury of the museum, there is a vast array of weapons...