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Online Activity and Events Guide

Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth Library and our Heritage Parks, Gardens and Cemeteries are now open in line with government guidelines. We will continue to add new content below for all ages to enjoy and also post updates about what is happening in our settings. Please sign up to receive our newsletter. Scroll down to the activities

Falculture is: Falmouth Art Gallery Falmouth Library Heritage Parks, Gardens and Cemeteries Dracaena Centre Events Falmouth Town Council

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Exhibitions

  • FALMOUTH ART GALLERY RELAUNCHES OPEN EXHIBITION AND ART PRIZE Calling all artists! We are inviting emerging and established artists to submit their work for the 'Imagine Falmouth’ open exhibition and art prize.  It’s open to people living in Cornwall of ALL

  • The Legend of King Arthur: A Pre-Raphaelite Love Story is a touring exhibition that will depict the triangular interdependency that exists between Arthurian legend, Pre-Raphaelite artists and locations linked to the Arthurian legend, with a focus on Cornwall. The exhibition will

  • Andrew Lanyon 'Reconstruction of Man Ray's Metronome', 2004. Falmouth Art Gallery. During the summer of 1937, an extraordinary group of Surrealist artists came on holiday to Cornwall for the first time. Among them were some of the most influential and original

Community and Workshops

  • This term Falmouth Library and Falmouth Art Gallery will be hosting a series of four creative writing sessions, for KS2 home educated children. (Years 3 to 6, ages 7 to 11) The workshops will take place in the library and include

  • 'When the sun to westward sinks and bathes all things in gold' (1896)E. Reginald Frampton (1873-1923)Oil on canvasPrivate Collection Polperro - Cornwall's Forgotten Art CentreDavid Tovey11 May 2022Falmouth Art Gallery Polperro - Cornwall's Forgotten Art Centre is open until 18 June 2022

  • Splanna - Our young Climate Activist Collab worked with @MCMCSpoken to write this spoken word piece. Performed at @CIOSLNP -Ecological Emergency Summit at Heartlands. Thank you to Katey from RJ Working for giving these young people such a wonderful experience.

Collections

  • Splanna is a Climate-focused youth group at the gallery, offering a nurturing space for local young people to explore the Climate and ecological emergency through Art and conversation.

  • This week Boudicea Brian completed her work experience in the gallery. Bou is a young artist, interested in the Arts, History, Design and Technology, Computer Science. She helped with workshops and painted a landscape piece inspired by impressionist artists that

  • Watercolour on paper William Holman Hunt (1827-1910): A Sketch in Cornwall (The Lizard), 1860, watercolour on paper, 20.5 x 26.5 cms. Funded with support from Art Fund and V&A Purchase Grant Fund. About the Artist William Holman Hunt was one of the

Challenges and Opportunities

  • Love Falmouth volunteers are helping to shape Falmouth's cultural hub and make it the heart of the community. The Love Falmouth volunteer Team includes: Falmouth Library, Art Gallery, Town events and festivals, Heritage Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces and Youth Services. If you have a love of Falmouth and its culture there

Previous Challenges and Opportunities

Falmouth Cultural Services are..

Falmouth Art Gallery

The award-winning Falmouth Art Gallery is family friendly and free. The gallery has a vibrant and ambitious exhibitions program. Featuring work from the gallery collection alongside loans from artists, museum collections, and private lenders. The three exhibition rooms change often. There is always something new and exciting to enjoy. We offer free workshops and events.

Heritage parks and gardens

Falmouth has a long and rich multicultural heritage. There are four public gardens within easy walking distance of each other within the town.

  • Gyllyngdune gardens
  • Queen Mary gardens
  • Fox Rosehill gardens
  • Kimberley park

Falmouth is also home to a variety of interesting cemeteries.

Falmouth Library

You can use the library for borrowing books and DVDs. There is a suite of on-site computers available. The Library offers a range of activities for adults and children. There is a specialised maritime collection.

Dracaena Centre

The Dracaena Centre is a community hub with a regular programme of activities for all ages. Falmouth Cultural Services works in partnership with the Dracaena Centre to provide its youth services.

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