Collections
Re-hanging in progress
Limited access
6 - 10 September
Next exhibition opens Saturday 11 September
Opening times
Monday to Saturday (closed Sundays)
CURRENT HOURS
10.00am - 5.00pm (last admission 4.30pm)
Admission £3.00 adults,
£2.00 concessions,
under 18s FREE
ADMISSION FREE ON SATURDAYS
WINTER HOURS
From 1 October to
Good Friday:
10.30am - 4.30pm
(last admission 4.00pm)
Photography
Photographic portrait of Walter Langley taken in the studio of Elliott and Fry photographers.
Photographic portrait of Walter Langley taken in the studio of Elliott and Fry photographers.
Acquisition date: 2009-03-10
Photographic portrait of Clara, Walter Langley's first wife, taken in the studio of Robert Preston photographer.
Photographic portrait of Clara, Walter Langley's first wife, taken in the studio of Robert Preston photographer.
Acquisition date: 2009-03-10
An exterior shot of Walter Langley's studio in Newlyn.
An exterior shot of Walter Langley's studio, at the Fradgan, in Newlyn.Langley's studio was the glasshouse on the right which was converted from a cottage in 1897.
Acquisition date: 2009-03-10
An interior shot of Walter Langley in his studio working on painting of cottage interior view with two women and child.
An interior shot of Walter Langley in his studio working on painting of cottage interior view with two women and child.
Acquisition date: 2009-03-10
Colour photograph showing the shop front of B.G. Taylor's Watchmakers in Causewayhead, Penzance.
Colour photograph showing the shop front of B.G. Taylor's Watchmakers in Causewayhead, Penzance.
Acquisition date: 2009-01-01
Sepia postcard produced by Frith, depicting St Michael's Mount and Causeway. The reference number 81087 and caption are printed at bottom left. The card has been sent to a mechanic and the note asks for him to send a new car horn. Has two halfpenny stamps with King George V's head.
Sepia postcard produced by Frith, depicting St Michael's Mount and Causeway. The reference number 81087 and caption are printed at bottom left. The card has been sent to a mechanic and the note asks for him to send a new car horn. Has two halfpenny stamps with King George V's head.
Acquisition date: 2008-06-28
Photograph showing six of the nine staff of Penlee House Gallery and Museum standing by the Market Cross on the tenth anniversary of the Gallery's re-opening, 17.11.2007. Jonathan Holmes is pictured holding the booklet which was published to celebrate the history of Penlee House.
Staff at Penlee House photographed on November 17th 2007. From left to right - Jonathan Holmes, Jeremy Rice, San Paternotte, Julia West, Alison Bevan (Director) and Katie Herbert.
Acquisition date: 2008-03-01
Sepia postcard showing a group of women in Market Jew Street on a march from Land's End to London in aid of the Suffragette Movement. The woman are holding Union Jack flags and walking behind a wagon bearing the wording 'National Union of Women's Suffage Societies Non-Militant-Non-Party. President Mrs Fawcett'. In the photo can also be seen a policeman, walking behind the group, next to W H Nankervis and Son's Restaurant.
A group of women in Market Jew Street on a march from Land's End to London in aid of the Suffragette Movement. A number of marches were made during June and July 1913 and converged at Hyde Park in London.
Acquisition date: 2008-02-16
Sepia postcard showing a group of women in Market Jew Street on a march from Land's End to London in aid of the Suffragette Movement. The woman are holding Union Jack flags. In the photo can also be seen a policeman, walking behind the group, as well as a carriage from the Queen's Hotel, travelling up the street.
A group of women in Market Jew Street on a march from Land's End to London in aid of the Suffragette Movement. A number of marches were made during June and July 1913 and converged at Hyde Park in London.
Acquisition date: 2008-02-16
Sepia postcard showing a Coronation Day procession of people at the bottom of Morrab Road, June 22nd 1911, for George V.
A procession of people at the bottom of Morrab Road, celebrating the Coronation of George V on June 22nd 1911.
Acquisition date: 2008-01-28