Images courtesy of The Morrab Library and Penwith College

Library Safari - Penzance Town

Tuesday 2 August 2022, from 10am – 4pm

Penzance Town is the most westerly major town in Cornwall, well known for the magnificent St. Michaels Mount and the beautiful art deco outdoor Jubilee Pool. This tour will offer a flavour of the range of library and information services available in a relatively small coastal town. It will also provide the opportunity to gain an insight on the jobs involved in the different sectors and a chance to build up professional networks.

Rail and bus links, although there will be some walking between venues.

Penwith College St Clare Street, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 2SA

Starting the day with a visit to the two Learning Centres at Penwith College. Penwith College was founded in 1980 and merged with Truro College opened in 1993, in 2008. The merge brought a £30 million investment programme resulting in new state of the art buildings. The college has free parking onsite.

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Penzance Public Library, St John’s Hall, Alverton Street, Penzance, TR18 2QW

A short walk downhill to Penzance Library and Information Service, formerly housed adjacent to the Penzance School of Art in Morrab Road. The library relocated to St Johns Hall in 2016 when the library service amalgamated with the Council One Stop Shop. There is a public car park behind the building.

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Penzance School of Art, Morrab Road, TR18

If time we will pop in before or after the lunchbreak

Penzance School of Art was founded in 1853 and is now managed by the Truro-Penwith Academy Trust, offering a wide variety of Adult Education classes. It also houses a small art library. The adjoining building was home to the Public Library for many years before the move to St Johns Hall.

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Lunch at the Orangery Café, TR18 4HE at the Penlee Gallery (this is optional)

The Morrab Library, Morrab Gardens, Penzance, TR18 4DA

A short walk from the Orangery, Morrab Library is located in the sub-tropical Morrab Gardens. Established in 1818, Morrab Library is an independent subscription library, housing over 70,000 books, specialist collections, rare books, and a photographic archive.

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Any questions then please contact the organiser, Christina Carson (christinacarson@hotmail.co.uk).