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.
Man the boats! Explore the paintings in the galleries that have boats in them and seek out the colourful origami boats made by Heamoor School. Design your own brightly coloured patterns and maybe include messages about climate change, then learn how to fold it into an origami boat.
Join Rachel Yates from Sustainable PZ for an informal talk on the work that's happening in the town to create a thriving community for the future—one that puts people, place, and planet first. From how it all began with Plastic Free PZ to connecting local work to national and global action ... and the story in between. Why does Sustainable PZ do the work it does, in the way it does, and does it really make any difference?
Hop on over to Penlee House this Thursday, 10th April, from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm for a fun, free and eco-friendly craft session! Get creative and make your own vibrant and unique Easter bunnies using recycled materials.
Wind power is a brilliant way to make sustainable energy to power our homes. Make a mini 3D wind turbine and decorate to look like how you think a creative wind turbine should look!!
Hop on over to Penlee House this Thursday, 10th April, from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm for a fun, free and eco-friendly craft session! Get creative and make your own vibrant and unique Easter bunnies using recycled materials.
How many seasons can you spot in the paintings in our galleries? Come and join us to make a changing seasons wheel. Draw and collage the different seasons onto a wheel, thinking carefully about the different colours that are used to represent the types of weather.
There are lots of messages in our exhibition about looking after our ocean and reducing plastic waste. Explore the sea scenes and create a mixed media collage of seaweed, nets, and ocean colours.
Taking inspiration from these designs, draw and score shapes and colours onto air dough to create your own Cornish pottery.
Make paper cutouts inspired by Breon O’Casey’s simple, colourful shapes.
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.
Taking inspiration from all the different types of birds in the Birds exhibition at Penlee House, design and draw your own mix and match book. What heads, bodies and legs can you match up to make a weird and wonderful new type of bird?
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.
