St Ives Museum
St Ives Museum is a museum in St Ives, Cornwall. Look also at Tate St Ives, 500 m away, first of 38 more within 15 km.
Museum in St Ives
Inside St Ives
St Ives Museum is inside St Ives’ built-up area, with 7 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
Afternoons in St Ives peak at 17–19°C, June to September.
St Ives Museum
Museum in St Ives, Cornwall.
In St Ives, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in St Ives
- Official site
- stivesmuseum.co.uk
Visiting: the details
- EntryA fee is charged
Getting to St Ives Museum
Use the numbers to match each place near St Ives Museum with the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is St Ives’ built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns
The most populous of the 5 is Hayle, at 9,040. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
St Ives
Carbis Bay
Lelant
The Towans
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where St Ives Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ives | It’s in town | 5,413 | 12 |
| Carbis Bay | 1.1 km south of it | 3,967 | 12 |
| Lelant | 3.9 km southeast of it | 949 | 11 |
| The Towans | 3.9 km southeast of it | 259 | 10 |
| Hayle | 4.7 km southeast of it | 9,040 | 9 |
Next door to St Ives Museum
38 more lie within 15 km, 3 museums, an art gallery and a fort among them.
Art galleryTate St Ives500 m away · 214K visitors a year (2009)2
MuseumBarbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden500 m away3
MuseumThe Leach Pottery1.6 km away4
Fort · National TrustTrencrom Hill4.7 km away5
ZooParadise Park5.5 km away6
Historic house · National TrustGodolphin Estate12 km away7
Garden · National TrustTrengwainton Gardens12 km away8
MuseumPenlee House, Gallery & Museum12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on St Ives Museum
Where is St Ives Museum?
St Ives Museum is in St Ives, Cornwall, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is St Ives Museum?
Museum in St Ives, Cornwall.
When is the best time to visit St Ives Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in St Ives, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near St Ives Museum?
Within 15 km: Tate St Ives (500 m), Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden (500 m), The Leach Pottery (1.6 km) and Trencrom Hill (4.7 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- St Ives Museum: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate St Ives: flickr user "Steve Parker", CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Leach Pottery: Jordanhill School D&T Dept, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trencrom Hill: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paradise Park: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Godolphin Estate: waterborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trengwainton Gardens: N p holmes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Penlee House, Gallery & Museum: Purely Penzance, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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