Wayside Folk Museum

{{Short description|Private museum in Cornwall, England}}

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The Wayside Folk Museum was a small private museum situated in the village of Zennor in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was the oldest private museum in Cornwall.{{cite web|title=Wayside Folk Museum|url=http://www.cornwall-online.co.uk/attractions/waysidefolkmus/Welcome.html|publisher=Cornwall Online|accessdate=7 March 2015}}

The exhibition within the museum concentrates on the past lives, traditions and practices of the people of Zennor and Penwith. Displays includes the kitchen and parlour of a miller's cottage, a mill house, a blacksmith shop, exhibits on fishing, farming, mining, domestic life and archaeology.

The museum closed in 2015 due to retirement.

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