Events

Lectures take place at 7:30pm at Penlee House (unless otherwise stated).

Booking is essential. Please book using Eventbrite, via the link in the Event detail. If there are spare places, payment can be accepted at the door (cash payment only).

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

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


Exhibition Private View: The Shape of Things

Exhibition Private View: The Shape of Things

February 5, 2025    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Working with local artists, community groups, schools and local environmental champions havecome together to create artworks in response to the changing climate.
Lecture: The Gardeners House Project

Lecture: The Gardeners House Project

February 27, 2025    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The Gardeners’ House Penzance will become an important centre for the community, helping to improve mental and physical well-being. The renovated building will host wellbeing workshops, green community projects, and a sensory garden.
Workshop: Embroidered Bees

Workshop: Embroidered Bees

March 8, 2025    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
The project, led by Vicky Harrison, is to create a huge embroidered collage of many of the 300 species of UK bees. The collage so far will be on display in the Shape of Things exhibition.
Workshop: Embroidered Bees

Workshop: Embroidered Bees

March 22, 2025    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
The project, led by Vicky Harrison, is to create a huge embroidered collage of many of the 300 species of UK bees. The collage so far will be on display in the Shape of Things exhibition.
Lecture: The Shape of Things

Lecture: The Shape of Things

March 26, 2025    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Zoe has co-ordinated this exhibition and will talk about this community curated exhibition about Cornwall’s environment.
Workshop: Seaweed Pressing

Workshop: Seaweed Pressing

March 29, 2025    
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Join The Seaweed Institute to learn the craft of seaweed pressing - a Victorian practice that captures the underwater beauty of seaweeds. During the workshop, you will learn to recognise and identify local seaweed species. The cultural history of seaweeds will be discussed, as well as its agricultural, scientific and ecological uses. You will learn how to forage, store and use this abundant resource.
Exhibition Private View: Birds The Art of Cornwall's Birdlife

Exhibition Private View: Birds The Art of Cornwall's Birdlife

May 7, 2025    
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
This summer Penlee House Gallery & Museum is staging an exhibition that explores how artists working in Cornwall from the 1870s to the present have been inspired by birds.
Annual General Meeting 2025

Annual General Meeting 2025

June 18, 2025    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The AGM will take place on Wednesday 18 June, at 7.00 pm at the Zennor Lecture Theatre, Penwith College (TR18 2SA)