Penlee House is a gallery, museum, cafe and shop. Situated within Penlee Park, a space to reflect and great for family visits.
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Alongside our Exhibition programme we run a variety of community events and workshops. The Newlyn School and Social history galleries change often. Find out what’s on.
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Penlee House is committed to lifelong learning. We run workshops for all age groups and offer a school workshop programme.
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Built in 1865, as the home of the Branwell family. Penlee House is home to many paintings by members of the Newlyn School. It is also home to the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society collection.
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You can search and browse our collections online. We also have a section dedicated to the Newlyn School.
Take inspiration from the windswept scene in Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s painting, Gurnards Head, No.2 – on display in our Making Her Mark exhibition. Using a similar limited colour palette and charcoal/chalk, create your own dramatic scene, either of where you live or a local view.
