Exhibitions

The House is open from 3 April to 29 September 2011. Each year special additional exhibitions are held in the House. These are included in the admission charge.

Creatures of the Night Exhibition

What is it about the night and its creatures that make us want to go inside and turn on the lights? Who and what's out there? And why aren't we? From tiny insects to bumbling badgers, Mount Edgcumbe is teeming with nightlife.

Humans too, have always had reason to operate under cover of dark: soldiers, smugglers, guards and ghosts all feature amongst Mount Edgcumbe's creatures of the night

This is a family friendly exhibition with plenty of things for children to do and learn.

The Childhood Toy Collection

Toys of yesteryear will be on display at the Mount Edgcumbe this season.

The house is hosting the 'Childhood Toy Collection' from 3 April to 29 September and has a vast array of Victorian to 1950s toys, ranging from the weird and wonderful to some of old favourites.

The collection includes a Bullnose MG pedal car from the 1920s as well as child pedal motorbike from the 1930s and a model French sand yacht.

Also on display will be a large collection of dolls and dolls prams.