Trinity House National Lighthouse Museum

Trinity House National Lighthouse Museum is a maritime museum in Penzance housed in a former storage building. It displays lighthouse equipment, navigation instruments, and historical documents that show how people navigated at sea in earlier times.

The museum opened in 1989 in a converted storage building and housed collections about lighthouse history and seafaring. The site was part of Trinity House, one of Britain's oldest maritime institutions.

The museum displays objects that tell the story of lighthouse keepers and their work over many centuries. Visitors can see how important this role was for keeping ships safe near the rocky coast.

The building is protected as a historic structure, so some areas may have limited access or openings. Visitors should check ahead since the museum operates with some changes to its usual operations.

Parts of the museum's collections can still be seen elsewhere in the region today, showing how maritime memories are preserved across different locations. This means visitors interested in lighthouse history can explore the story in more than one place.

Location: Cornwall

Address: Wharf Road, Penzance TR18 4BN

GPS coordinates: 50.11639,-5.54111

Latest update: December 14, 2025 13:07