Visit Penlee House & Museum

Penlee House is a gallery, museum, cafe and shop. Situated within Penlee Park, a space to reflect and great for family visits.

Click on the links on the right to find out more.

A space for exhibitions & events

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.

Click on the links on the right to find out more.

A space to learn

Penlee House is committed to lifelong learning. We run workshops for all age groups and offer a school workshop programme.

Click on the links on the right to find out more.

A space for all

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.

Click on the links on the right to find out more.

You can search and browse our collections online. We also have a section dedicated to the Newlyn School.

Loading Events

« All Events

Easter holidays – Arty Afternoons: Photograph of a special moment

April 9 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Vintage cameras and equipment on a wooden table, including a folding camera, twin-lens reflex camera, lens filters, and a leather bag, conveying nostalgia.

Come and join us and handle some old cameras – what do they look like? How did they work? Sketch the camera if you like. Before digital photography, it was trickier and more expensive to take a photo, so you waited for a special moment. What special moment would you take in a photo? Draw a picture of that moment as an old photograph.

Details

Venue

  • Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance