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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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Friends of Penlee Lecture: S.J. Lamorna Birch – Career Highlights

October 20 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
£7 – £15

Timed to coincide with the Penlee House exhibition Lamorna Birch – A Painter Laureate, this talk celebrates the life and work of Samuel John “Lamorna” Birch RA (1869–1955). A self-taught painter of pure landscape and founder of the Lamorna colony in West Cornwall, Birch drew lifelong inspiration from the valley that gave him his name.

The exhibition title references Austin Wormleighton’s landmark 1995 biography, A Painter Laureate. Austin, a founding member and long-serving President of the Lamorna Society, updated the book before his passing in 2019, with the new edition published posthumously by his partner, Jo Sunter.

On display are over 25 works from Austin’s personal collection. To accompany this special exhibition, Cornish art historian David Tovey will give a lecture, S.J. Lamorna Birch – Career Highlights, exploring Birch’s achievements and legacy.

Date & Time: Monday 20th October, 2.30pm

Venue: The Queen’s Hotel, Penzance

Tickets: £7 Friends, £15 Non-Friends

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