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Lighthouses: Life on the Rocks

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is staging an exhibition entitled - 'Lighthouses: Life on the Rocks', which opened 6 February 2010 and will run for two years.

From the massive scale of these triumphs of engineering to the tall tales of the lighthouse keepers themselves, Lighthouses: Life on the Rocks aims to illuminate these incredible stories. This exhibition explores the lives of the last of the lighthouse keepers.

A massive four tonne optic, with its dazzling array of prisms and lenses, forms a sculptural centre piece to the exhibition.  Life on the Rocks is supported by Trinity House with the loan of a large number of artefacts to the exhibition, seen as complementary to the Lizard Lighthouse Heritage Centre.

The construction of lighthouses miles out to sea, on rocky outcrops, exposed to the full force of the ocean are rightly considered to be some of the greatest engineering achievements of the Industrial Age. 

Life on the Rocks also reveals the little told story of lightvessels and their crews.  The exhibition features original lights from the lightvessels and intricately crafted models of these unique ships.

Visitors to the Maritime Museum will receive 10% off admission charges to the Lizard Lighthouse Heritage Centre.  Visitors can also take a tour of the working lighthouse.

To discover more about the exhibition, visit the National Maritime Museum Cornwall website at www.nmmc.co.uk  

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