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.
Can you spot the bird plate made by Bernard Leach? It has black patterns and a bird design on the front. Taking inspiration from this beautiful piece of pottery, design and make your own Leach-style bird design plate to take home.
A founder member of Penwith Printmakers and a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists, she exhibited at several venues in the 1980s and 90s, from Penlee House to the Mid-Cornwall Galleries and further afield from Bournemouth to London.
The birds featured in our exhibition live in all sorts of different habitats, from sea cliffs to farmyard scenes. Find out which birds live in the different habitats and then create a mixed media collage of those birds in their special homes.
A founder member of Penwith Printmakers and a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists, she exhibited at several venues in the 1980s and 90s, from Penlee House to the Mid-Cornwall Galleries and further afield from Bournemouth to London.
This small exhibition displays some of the work created.
Can you spot the wise owl in the Birds exhibition at Penlee House? Make a beautiful owl head using card and oil pastels to colour the wonderful textures of the feathers.
Make a flying seabird of your own to soar and swoop through the crowds.
This week we’re joining in with the Penzance Literary Festival. Explore our exhibition Birds: the art of Cornwall’s birdlife. Whilst looking at the paintings and sculptures, write down words inspired by what you see. Return to base and write a short poem using the words you have collected and decorate it with bird drawings.
Come along to Penlee House and meet an archaeologist.
Take a look at the beautiful, new Roman ring on display in the archaeology gallery. Design and make your own Roman ring using colourful air dough.
Come and see the wonderful golden lunula (necklace) from the Bronze Age displayed in the archaeology gallery. Try your hand at crafting a version to take home.
Join us to make a mini local prehistoric monument from air dough and a 3D countryside scene to display it in.
