Free, drop-in session for babies from birth to crawlers. Come and experience the amazing artworks whilst exploring sensory play together in the Gallery.

Join us to explore, play and create at Penlee House!  With activities throughout the galleries, these free, drop-in sessions are for under 5s and their grown-ups. Monthly on Mondays, 10am-12pm.

FREE family activities take place every Saturday; drop in anytime between 2.30pm and 3.30pm. Troika pottery was made in Cornwall and was decorated with geometric shapes.  Use shapes and colours to create some alternative Troika designs.  

Fishing for pilchards was one of the main jobs in the late summer and autumn in Victorian Nelwyn, a job which was sometimes painted by the Newlyn School artists. Come along and celebrate pilchard season by making a fan of shiny pilchards. Open to all ages and no booking is required!

FREE family activities take place every Saturday; drop in anytime between 2.30pm and 3.30pm. See the piece of ancient Roman flooring from Pompeii at Penlee House and create a mosaic tile using ceramic mosaic squares.  

Our team of Volunteer Tour Guides will be offering insights into the current exhibition through a program of short guided tours. Tours will be offered at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The tours are included in the admission price to the Gallery and last between 30 and 45 minutes. No booking is required, but […]

Our team of Volunteer Tour Guides will be offering insights into the current exhibition through a program of short guided tours. Tours will be offered at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The tours are included in the admission price to the Gallery and last between 30 and 45 minutes. No booking is required, but […]

FREE family activities take place every Saturday; drop in anytime between 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm. Create rain sounds for our famous painting The Rain it Raineth Every Day by making your own rain stick.  

Our team of Volunteer Tour Guides will be offering insights into the current exhibition through a program of short guided tours. Tours will be offered at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The tours are included in the admission price to the Gallery and last between 30 and 45 minutes. No booking is required, but […]

Our team of Volunteer Tour Guides will be offering insights into the current exhibition through a program of short guided tours. Tours will be offered at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The tours are included in the admission price to the Gallery and last between 30 and 45 minutes. No booking is required, but […]

The exhibition A Passion for Cornish Art contains quite a few paintings of buildings.  Be inspired by artists such as David Haughton and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham to decorate a row of houses. FREE family activities take place every Saturday; drop in anytime between 2:30 pm and 3.30 p.m.  

Free, drop-in session for babies from birth to crawlers. Come and experience the amazing artworks whilst exploring sensory play together in the Gallery.