Awards accolade for shipwreck museum

A CORNISH museum’s positive customer reviews has earned it a place among travellers’ favourite visitor attractions, to complete a trio of award wins in 2021.

The Shipwreck Treasure Museum that overlooks Charlestown harbour has been recognised as a 2021 Travellers’ Choice award winner by Tripadvisor. The achievement celebrates businesses that attract top reviews on Tripadvisor over the last 12 months.

Lynné Raubenheimer, visitor engagement manager at the Shipwreck Treasure Museum, said: “We’re pleased that our visitors felt that we belong, as in 2020, in the top 10% of visitor attractions. It’s the icing on the cake having already won gold in the best small visitor attraction category in the Cornwall Tourism Awards and bronze in the same category at the coveted South West Tourism Awards this year.

“We have put a lot of time and effort into developing the museum since Sir Tim Smit acquired it in 2016 and constantly improving the experience for our visitors. We have exciting plans to introduce new exhibitions and features in the future to develop the attraction further.” The museum is home to Europe’s largest private collection of shipwreck artefacts.

Kanika Soni, chief commercial officer at Tripadvisor, added: “The Travellers’ Choice Awards highlight the places that are consistently excellent – delivering quality experiences time and time again even while navigating changing customer expectations and new ways of working. Based on a full year of reviews from customers, this award speaks to the great service and experience provided to guests during a pandemic.” www.shipwreckcharlestown.co.uk

Mike Davey Daniel Scholes, manager at the Shipwreck Treasure Museum, with the venue’s three awards