Events

Lectures take place at 7:30 pm at the Queen’s Hotel, Western Promenade, Penzance (unless otherwise stated).

Booking is essential. Please book using the link in the details of each event. If there are spare places, payment can be accepted at the door (cash payment only). Fully booked events will be marked in the event information.

Admission for Friends £7. Non-Friend £15.

Costs of tours and other events vary; please check the individual event for details.

UPCOMING EVENTS (booking opening soon)

• 24 March, 2.00 pm. A repeat visit to the Sheila Hitchens Collection on St Michael’s Mount. Led by Catherine Wallace.

Talk: Portraits from the Penlee Collection

March 3, 2026    

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Join the Friends of Penlee House for a lecture to explore the topic of portraiture focussing on the current Penlee exhibition ‘Face to Face’.

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Talk: Before Cryséde: Newlyn and the women who helped create an international silk company

May 19, 2026    

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Social history usually ignores the contribution that women have made to a local economy. ‘Before Cryséde’ aims to give these women a voice by identifying who they were and what they did.

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