Penlee House

Baby Sensory
2026-08-03 10:00 - 11:30 UTC
Free, drop-in session for babies from birth to crawlers. Come and experience the amazing artworks whilst exploring sensory play together in the Gallery.

Little Penlee Explorers: Drop-in sessions for under 5s
2026-08-03 10:00 - 12:00
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, 10 am-12 pm.

FREE Public Guided Tours
2026-08-04 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-25 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-08-27 11:00 - 12:00 and 8 more dates
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 places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Art in the Park: Super Seagrass Craft
2026-08-06 13:30 - 15:30
Join Penlee House and Mounts Bay Marine group to learn all about seagrass, what creatures live in it and why it’s important. Explore our artworks that reveal where to find local seagrass and make a 3D seagrass-filled ocean scene using air dough and mixed materials.

Arty Afternoons: Tissue paper flowers
2026-08-08 14:30 - 15:30
Explore Gallery 1 here at Penlee House and spot the different flowers represented in the artworks. Taking inspiration from these beautiful blooms, join us to craft 3D versions out of tissue paper.
FREE family activities take place every Saturday; drop in anytime between 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm

Art in the Park: Save Our Sand Dunes!
2026-08-13 13:30 - 15:30
Explore facts about our local sand dunes with Mounts Bay Marine Group and through artworks from Penlee House Gallery & Museum. Learn about why it’s so important to protect them and how we can help to do this. Create a mixed media artwork based on saving our sand dunes.

Arty Afternoons: Colourful Self Portrait
2026-08-15 14:30 - 15:30
Can you spot Lily Martha Maud McDougall’s colourful self-portrait in Gallery 3? Draw your self-portrait, cut it out and add it to a beautiful, collaged tissue paper background to mirror a similar style and colour palette.
FREE family activities take place every Saturday; drop in anytime between 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm

Art in the Park: Chalk and charcoal Views
2026-08-20 13:30 - 15:30
Take inspiration from the windswept scene in Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s painting, Gurnards Head, No.2 – on display in our Making Her Mark exhibition. Using a similar limited colour palette and charcoal/chalk, create your own dramatic scene, either of where you live or a local view.

Art in the Park: Make a mini gallery
2026-08-27 13:30 - 15:30
Explore the Making Her Mark exhibition at Penlee House Gallery and think carefully about how the exhibition has been curated (put together). Make a mini 3D gallery space and curate your own exhibition, either using mini Penlee House artworks or by creating your own. Think about where you will hang each artwork, what the themes will be of each wall and what your exhibition will be called.
