• Easter Holidays: Fabric bags

    Arty Afternoons

    Be inspired by all the wonderful pictures of West Cornwall in the current exhibitions to come up with your own design to transfer onto a fabric bag using fabric crayons.

  • FREE Public Guided Tours

    FREE Public Guided Tours

    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 […]

  • Arty Afternoon: Mini Bunting

    Arty Afternoons

    Using the painting The Wester Union Fleet by Charles W Simpson as inspiration to design and make a string of mini bunting. FREE family activities take place every Saturday; drop in anytime between 2.30pm and 3.30pm.

  • Baby Sensory Session

    Penlee Baby Sensory

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

  • FREE Public Guided Tours

    FREE Public Guided Tours

    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 […]

  • Lecture: An Evening of Archaeology

    Friends of Penlee House

    Dick Cole, the Sites Officer for the Cornwall Heritage Trust, will give a talk about the significance of the archaeological sites, which the Trust owns and looks after in West Cornwall, along with information about ongoing maintenance and volunteer engagement with the historic landscape of West Penwith. The sites include Caer Bran, Carn Euny, Sancreed […]

  • FREE Public Guided Tours

    FREE Public Guided Tours

    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 […]

  • Arty Afternoons: Zoom in and Mark Make

    Arty Afternoons

    View Martina Thomas’ paintings through a viewfinder and choose the patterns and mark making you like to best. Fill up shapes with different techniques and colours using a variety of drawing equipment. FREE family activities take place every Saturday; drop in anytime between 2.30pm and 3.30pm  

  • Arty Afternoons: Fishy Mobile

    Arty Afternoons

    Explore all things fishy in the gallery. From paintings with shiny scaled fish being packed on the harbourside to objects in our social history gallery. Using acetate and sticky backed plastic, create shimmering fish and string them together as a mobile. FREE family activities take place every Saturday; drop in anytime between 2.30pm and 3.30pm.

  • Arty Afternoons: Dress a Figure

    Arty Afternoons

    See the wide range of clothes the people in Harold Harvey’s paintings are wearing and use fabric collages to dress a paper figure. FREE family activities take place every Saturday; drop in anytime between 2.30pm and 3.30pm  

  • Relaxed Opening for May

    Relaxed Openings

    Join us for a relaxed opening at Penlee House. This event is designed for visitors with sensory needs or those needing a quieter, more relaxed visit, plus their families, friends and carers. Our friendly team will be around to talk to if you would like to, with objects to handle and a simple making activity. […]