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Henri Lloyd - Falmouth Week

Come and enjoy 11 days of family-friendly fun between 4th and 14th August 2005, with activities being held both day and night - whatever the weather!

Crab Fishing and Treasure Island Sand Pit
Children's Entertainers and Face Painting
Design your own Surfboard Family Workshop
Trade Stands, Craft and Food Fairs
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Circo Kernow Big Top Circus School
Live Music and Fairground Rides
Street Entertainment
Restaurants, Cafes and Bars
Newfound Friends - rescue dogs
Silly Seagulls Family Art Workshops
Spectacular Fireworks Display (12th)
Grand Carnival (13th)

Evening Entertainment: 11-night line up featuring pop star Lucie Silvas, a family barn dance, Jazz with Elaine Delmar, Glenn Miller Orchestra, 70s, 80s, Caribbean theme nights and Last Night of the Proms with Conrish Sinfonia and Suzane Manuell.

many daytime activites are FREE - whilst others require an admission fee. Visit www.falmouthweek.co.uk for full details. Tickets for the evening entertainment can be purchased online or by calling the Box Office: 01326 377900.

(Lines open: Mon-Fri 10am-5.30pm Sat: 10am-2pm)

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Royal Cornwall Museum Summer Fun

Exhibition - Shark! 16 July – 10 September Guilty until proven innocent? Do sharks really deserve their reputation as monsters of the deep? Discover more about the power and elegance of these fascinating creatures in our fun-filled family exhibition.

Family Activity Centre Explore the drop-in family workshop area alongside the exhibition and take part in practical activities including making puppets and fishy mobiles. This supervised drop in Activity Centre opens Wednesday 27 July until Saturday 3 September.

Shark! Holiday Activities Events are being held on Tuesdays and Fridays, with a range of family activities on Wednesdays, see centre-pages calendar for more details.

Unless stated workshops take place in the Education Room from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm, repeated at 2 until 4 pm, and cost £2.50 per child. Places will be limited so advance booking is essential at the Royal Cornwall Museum Office 01872 272205 (Monday – Friday 9 am – 5 pm).

Shark Tours. A series of daily, free, drop-in gallery talks suitable for a family audience will take place, on the move, in the exhibition. Meet at the Activity Centre entrance at 2.30pm.

Up Close and Dangerous … Thursday 4 August An informal slide talk for families from a scuba diver’s point of view. Prepare to be enthralled by the underwater world, as international diver Susanna Webster gives a fascinating insight into the lives of a variety of marine creatures with attack or defensive mechanisms.

The Shark Trust Thursday 11 August An exciting interactive exhibit encompassing all things ‘shark’. Join the Great Egg Case Hunt, measure a Whale Shark and see what lives in our shark tank. Can you survive a close encounter with the Shark Trust?

Friend or Foe? Thursday 18 August Discover the truth behind the secret life of sharks. Through an interactive, hands-on demonstration learn the facts about one of nature’s most misunderstood masterpieces with Matt Slater from the Blue Reef Aquarium.

Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, TR1 2SJ 01872 272205 www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk enquiries@royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk Open Monday – Saturday 10 am – 5 pm (last admission 4.30 pm) Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays. Admission to the Museum is free

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