This spring Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance, is staging two exhibitions. The first, ‘Harry Penhaul: Life Through a Lens’, is a one-room show featuring around 30 informal portrait photographs of the local community in the 1950s by this well-known local press photographer.
The second exhibition, ‘Face to Face: Portraits from Penlee’s Collections’ is an intriguing assortment of portraits of people associated with Cornwall, ranging from stiff formal likenesses of the great and the good to intimate studies of humble fisher-folk, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
Penlee House is a beautiful art gallery and museum, set within sub-tropical gardens, with a great café.
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Our vibrant exhibition programme celebrates the nationally important art and history of West Cornwall.
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From school visits to family activities, talks and walks, there are plenty of learning opportunities at Penlee House.
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Join the Friends and help Penlee House to maintain its work and enhance its collections.
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