Wheal Martyn swept the board at the Cornwall Heritage Awards 2026. Shortlisted for four of the eight awards, along with the final ‘Spirit of The Award’ category, the team were highly commended in three categories, won the Collaboration category and were declared Winner for Spirit of the Award! Read more
Discover Wheal Martyn's new Art Trail, featuring nine stunning installations by young artists, celebrating nature and raising awareness on biodiversity. Read more
Wheal Martyn Clay Works celebrates the successes of the Royal Society Places of Science Project ‘Inspiring Cornwall’s Minds and Miners for Our Future' Read more
A significant sculptural artwork, created to commemorate milestones in the history of china clay, has been donated to Wheal Martyn. Read more
As part of our year of celebrating 50 years as a museum, Wheal Martyn Clay Works partnered with three local primary schools and two talented local artists to deliver the exciting ARTS LAB 2025 Project. Read more
The story of Wheal Martyn, as the UK’s only china clay museum is the subject of our latest exhibition this autumn. Read more
We were delighted to host our first corporate volunteer group in July 2025 when a group of employees from Imerys spent the day with our grounds maintenance team helping to clear invasive vegetation, as part of a new ongoing partnership supporting the our work. Read more
We're inviting you to celebrate the region’s unique industrial landscape, and the communities who helped shape it, by entering our photography competition. Read more
Visitors to Wheal Martyn are being given the chance to follow in the footsteps of a young clay miner this summer. Read more
We have received funding from Art Fund for an exciting schools’ engagement project inspired by the international public art and climate action project THE HERDS. Read more
As the UK’s only china clay mining museum, we are celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. Read more
Wheal Martyn is is one of four museums in the South West to receive funding from Arts Council England. Read more
From blueprints to detonators, tools to engineering patterns, this exhibition showcases unusual and thought-provoking stories from Cornwall’s past. Read more
This fascinating new exhibition of crystalline salt structures will draw a parallel between the harvesting of salt and the mining of china clay. Read more
Wheal Martyn Clay Works has been awarded funding by the Royal Society to engage communities with local science stories. Read more
Discover the fascinating history behind the man that transformed Charlestown, his importance to the china clay industry and the scandal that befell him at a new exhibition at Wheal Martyn Clay Works. Read more
Our volunteer, Di, has been recognised for her Cornish language skills by being made a Cornish bard! Read more
Our welcome desk is looking smart with our latest addition… a new model to explain the journey of clay from pit to pan kiln! Read more
A new consortium will bring together the buildings, collections and stories embodied by seven diverse Cornish museums to drive creativity, collaboration and cultural awareness for residents and visitors alike. Funded by Arts Council England, mc7 is an innovative three-year project to develop a dynamic new model of collective working and programming for these museums. Read more
We are delighted that Ocean 3D Ltd™, who created our interactive 360° tours, have been shortlisted as finalists in this year’s AbilityNet ‘Tech4Good Awards'. Read more
History will be brought to life in a series of immersive workshops and performances by popular theatre company Live History at Wheal Martyn Clay Works from Tuesday 30 May to Thursday 1 June. Read more
We recently concluded our work with Sensory Trust on the 'More Than Words' project, which aimed to create sensory-rich interpretation across six industrial heritage sites in Cornwall, including Wheal Martyn. Read more
Celebrating 25 years of achievements in art, a new exhibition, ‘CLAYWORKS’, marks this milestone for Jenny Beavan and Stuart Thorn at Wheal Martyn Clay Works. Read more
Experience Cornwall’s china clay heritage from a completely different perspective this Easter. Read more