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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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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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Found 465 objects in the category Natural Science

Nest of reed-bunting

Nest of reed bunting with 3 eggs, 15 mm in length. Have '2/5/13' written on them in pencil. Collected in Bulford, Wiltshire in 1913. There is a fourth white egg with black lines in the nest which has '18.5.13' written on pencil on it, possibly a yellow bunting's egg.

PEZPH : 1975.20
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Nest of nightingale

The nest of a Nightingale with 4 eggs.

PEZPH : 1975.2
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Osprey

Osprey mounted on a stand.

PEZPH : 1975.189
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Nest of sedge warbler

Nest of sedge warbler with 5 green/grey speckled eggs, 10 mm in length. One egg has '13.5.13' written on it in pencil. Collected in 1913.

PEZPH : 1975.19
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White-tailed sea-eagle

White-tailed sea-eagle, clutching a red gurnard in its tallons.

PEZPH : 1975.188
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Snowy owl

Snowy owl in a case, mounted by W H Rowe.

PEZPH : 1975.188a
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Nest of whinchat

Nest of whinchat containing 3 light blue eggs, 18 mm in length. Have '4.5.13' on them in pencil.

PEZPH : 1975.18
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Grey heron

Grey heron in a case.

PEZPH : 1975.181
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Little bittern

Little Bittern

PEZPH : 1975.182
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Nest of coal tit

Nest of coal tit containing 14 eggs (1 missing). 7 whitish eggs, 7 mm in length.

PEZPH : 1975.17
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Knot

Knot, mounted by Rowland Ward Ltd, London. Shot at Eastern Green by A W H Harvey on 27 September 1912.

PEZPH : 1975.178
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Cuckoo

Cuckoo in a glass case, mounted by W H Rowe.

PEZPH : 1975.158
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Nest of chaffinch

Nest of chaffinch containing 5 eggs. Two of the eggs have '5.11.13' written on them in pencil. Collected at Forfarshire, now renamed Angus, in 1912.

PEZPH : 1975.16
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Guillemot

Guillemot

PEZPH : 1975.163
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Nest of weaver ?

Nest of a weaver bird. Notes on file suggest it was collected in South Africa.

PEZPH : 1975.14
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Nest of chaffinch

Nest of chaffinch containing 2 eggs and shell fragments. Collected at Clonmel, County Tipperary, on 17 May 1912.

PEZPH : 1975.15
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Chough

Immature chough with yellow beak, mounted by Rowland Ward Ltd, London. One half of its beak has been painted red to look like an adult chough. Caught at Eastern Green on 10 September 1919.

PEZPH : 1975.131
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Common tern

Common tern, mounted by Rowland Ward Ltd, London.

PEZPH : 1975.130
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