Penlee House Gallery and Museum
The award-winning Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Penzance, is the only Cornish public gallery specialising in the world famous Newlyn School artists (c.1880 – 1940) including Stanhope and Elizabeth Forbes, Walter Langley, Harold Harvey and Laura Knight.
In recent years, the gallery has built an international reputation for its year-round programme of temporary exhibitions, which offer the unique opportunity of viewing major Cornish works, borrowed from public and private collections across the UK, a stone’s throw from where they were created. Changing displays mean that there is always a different selection to see.
This summer, immerse yourself in Penlee’s summer exhibition, ‘Compass’d by the Inviolate Sea: Marine painting in Cornwall from Turner to Wallis’ and discover why the coast was held in such fascination by some of Britain’s finest artists.
Set in an elegant Victorian house and park, Penlee House also covers West Cornwall’s archaeology and social history, and offers an excellent café and shop, with full wheelchair access throughout.
Info Morrab Road, Penzance, TR18 4HE. 01736 363625.
Open Monday to Saturday from 10am throughout the year, including Spring and Summer Bank Holidays. Winter closing at 4.30pm (November to March), Summer closing at 5pm (April – September). Last admission 30 minutes before closing.
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Open Monday to Saturday from 10am throughout the year, including Spring and Summer Bank Holidays. Winter closing at 4.30pm (November to March), Summer closing at 5pm (April - September). Last admission 30 minutes before closing.
Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Morrab Road, Penzance, TR18 4HE. 01736 363625.
