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Visit Penlee House & Museum

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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A space for exhibitions & events

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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A space to learn

Penlee House is committed to lifelong learning. We run workshops for all age groups and offer a school workshop programme.

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A space for all

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.

Penlee Inspired: Art made in response to Penlee House’s collections and exhibitions

1 December 2012 until 12 January 2013

Penzance’s Penlee House Gallery & Museum has built a national reputation for its exhibitions of late 19th and early 20th century Cornish art. Although this means that the majority of the works on show are usually by long-dead painters, their work still has a resonance with contemporary life that provides inspiration to today’s artists. To prove this, following the success of the inaugural Penlee Inspired exhibition in 2009, this Christmas the Gallery has again opened its doors to work by living artists, young and old, to show work produced in response to things they have seen on show.

The response to this year’s call for entries has been immense, with Gallery staff having the very difficult job of whittling down over 120 entries to just under 70 for inclusion. Work has been submitted by both budding and established artists, from children through to octogenarians. Some pieces are by leading professional artists, while others are first time endeavours, including the first painting ever completed by one 63-year-old Penzance man.

The show also gives another chance to see Dame Laura Knight’s spectacular ‘Flying a Kite’, recently brought back to this country from South Africa for the first time since it was painted in Newlyn in 1910, and back at Penlee House for the duration of Penlee Inspired before being flown to America for a major exhibition at the Yale Centre for British Art.

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Visit Us

Penlee House is a beautiful art gallery and museum, set within sub-tropical gardens, with a great café.

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Exhibitions

Our vibrant exhibition programme celebrates the nationally important art and history of West Cornwall.

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Learning

From school visits to family activities, talks and walks, there are plenty of learning opportunities at Penlee House.

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Our Café

Enjoy a delicious lunch or coffee at the Orangery Café, with its sunny terrace overlooking the park.

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