Historic libraries · South West England
Courtney Library
Courtney Library — library of the Royal Institute of Cornwall, situated in the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Truro · 0.7 km
- Paid entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Courtney Library is a historic library in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "library of the Royal Institute of Cornwall, situated in the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro". Coordinates: 50.2637°, -5.0548°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Courtney Library is the library of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. It is housed in the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro, Cornwall. The library holds the collection of the Museum as well as around 30,000 documents relating to Cornish families and estates, newspaper files, photographs, maps and various other collections. The Courtney Library also owns a full index of the RIC's annual journal from its first publication in 1864. The University of Exeter's Institute of Cornish Studies notes that the Courtney Library has "an extensive collection" on local history, archaeology, mining and geology. In 2018, the bicentenary year of the RIC, the library announced it was preparing to digitise a notebook of the mineralogist Philip Rashleigh in order to better preserve it.
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Background
History
The Courtney Library is integral to the Royal Institution of Cornwall’s mission to preserve and promote Cornish heritage. The Royal Institution, founded in 1818, established the library to support the study of Cornish archaeology, science, and history.
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- Coordinates
- 50.2637, -5.0548
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- Truro
- Postcode
- TR1 3AP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Truro and Falmouth
- Phone
- +44 1872 272205
- Nearest railway station
- Truro — 0.7 km
- Opening
- Tu-Sa 10:00-16:00
- Official site
- www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q65007808 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Courtney Library (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro - geograph.org.uk - 46507.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Courtney Library?
- Courtney Library is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TR1 3AP), in the parish of Truro.
- Is Courtney Library a protected site?
- Yes — Courtney Library is part of the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Courtney Library?
- The nearest railway station is Truro, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TR1 3AP.