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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.

 

Sustainability- CPRE

St Buryan By Robert Morson Hughes, (1873-1953)

CPRE Cornwall/CPRE Kernow is the
Cornwall branch of the nation-wide
campaigning network, formerly CPRE but
now called the countryside charity/Aluseneth an powdir. We seek to
protect our Cornish countryside and coast.

Why we chose this piece.

The ancient village of St Buryan lies in West Penwith on a wide plateau of farmland. We are showing how it has changed in the past ten years or so.

We do not seek to trace its development from its origin, as a settlement around an early Christian holy place to a working rural village, but our ‘case study’  looks at the accelerated scale of changes in just a few recent years.

Surrounding pieces of land have been developed to the extent that now St Buryan covers far more of the greenfield land that was the original setting for the village, with its little group of buildings around the church and the nineteenth century terraces that were built along the roads that converge at its centre. 

Have you seen?

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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