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.
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.
Join us for a fascinating talk on the beautiful birds of Cornwall! With Jenny Parker the RSPB Cornwall Reserves Site Manager.
Come along to the Birds exhibition at Penlee House and explore the beautiful artworks. Make a 3D nest using recycled materials and make colourful eggs to nestle in your nest.
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.
Explore the exhibition at Penlee House and discover lots of different types of birds. Join us to learn how to quill paper and make your own colourful, patterned bird.
Design and decorate lots of feathers, making them as colourful as you can. Then fix your feathers together to make a beautiful fan to keep you cool on a hot summers day.
