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.
In this richly illustrated online talk, Rob Airey will introduce the long creative career of the Scottish-born, St Ives based artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004), currently featured in the Making her Mark exhibition at Penlee House, focusing on both her travels into landscape and her journey to abstraction.
Our team of Volunteer Tour Guides will be offering insights into the current exhibition through a program of short guided tours.
Take inspiration from their ideas and design your own unique alphabet of letters – it can be as bright, coloured and patterned as you would like it to be!
Our team of Volunteer Tour Guides will be offering insights into the current exhibition through a program of short guided tours.
Join artist Rachel Hindley for a relaxed and creative evening exploring the colourful world of gel plate printing.
This talk will explore David Haughton’s life and career (1924-1991), notably his meticulously observed and rendered drawings, paintings and etchings of the former mining town of St Just, and his legacy as an inspirational teacher.
Our team of Volunteer Tour Guides will be offering insights into the current exhibition through a program of short guided tours.
Create your own version of the artwork by choosing shapes, arranging them in a composition, drawing around them and adding bold, bright colours.
Free, drop-in session for babies from birth to crawlers.
Free, drop-in session for babies from birth to crawlers.
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.
Free, drop-in session for babies from birth to crawlers.
