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.

 

Langley, Walter


Langley is generally dubbed the pioneer of the Newlyn School, as he was the first of the group to settle […]

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Knight, Laura


Throughout here life, Dame Laura Knight was popular with fellow artists and the public alike and she remains one of […]

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Knight, Harold


A quiet and gentle man, Harold Knight was perhaps overshaddowed both in his personal life and his artistic career by […]

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Hunter, George Sherwood


Like many of his fellow Newlyn School artists, Hunter had spent time in the artists’ colony at Pont Aven, Brittany, […]

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Hughes, Robert


Robert Morson Hughes was one of the second generation of Newlyn School artists, more properly known as the Lamorna group. […]

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