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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.

 

Forbes, Stanhope


Dubbed ‘the father of the Newlyn School’, Forbes’s painting ‘A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach’, 1885, brought national recognition […]

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Forbes, Elizabeth


Canada-born Elizabeth Adela Forbes, nee Armstrong, was one of the leading women artists of her day. Her marriage to Stanhope […]

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Fletcher, WT Blandford


William Teulon Blandford Fletcher was a member of the Newlyn colony only fleetingly. He was a close friend of some […]

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Evans, Fred McNamara


Evans is best known for his detailed head and shoulder studies of Newlyn’s fisherfolk. Some say fellow artists used Evans’s […]

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Craft, Percy


Craft’s fellow Newlyn School artists were sometimes disparaging about his work, feeling that he had bitten off more than he […]

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