Christmas Fair
Morrab LibraryLibrary closes at 4pm for Christmas holidays
Morrab LibraryRe-opening Wednesday 3rd January 2018. Happy holidays!
LIBRARY CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
Morrab LibraryRe-opening Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Library re-opens at 10am
Morrab LibraryJohn Potter: Beekeeping in the St Just area
Morrab LibraryLife of the honeybee, food sources, inside the hive, the honey harvest.
Michael Bird talk: ‘Vincent’s Starry Night & Other Stories’
Morrab LibraryAn invitation to join author Michael Bird at Morrab Library on Saturday 3rd February, from 10.30am, talking about his new book 'Vincent's Starry Night and Other Stories'. This is a free event - families, children & adults are all welcome
WINTER LECTURE: Dr Innes McCartney – Jutland 1916: The archeology of a naval battlefield
Morrab LibraryFebruary's Winter Lecture
June Applebee: A Librarian on the QE2
Morrab LibraryPop-up Shop
Market Jew StreetWe will be hosting a pop-up shop on Market Jew Street in Penzance to promote the library. Books for sale, photographs and membership information.
GOOD FRIDAY – LIBRARY CLOSED
Morrab LibraryHappy Easter
EASTER SATURDAY – LIBRARY CLOSED
Morrab LibraryHappy Easter
PREMIERE Film Screening: Timothy Neat – Europa 2017: The Inkblot Test
The Acorn TheatreAt The Acorn Theatre, Penzance. A film by the award winning Cornish film-maker Timothy Neat addressing worldwide cultural and political issues in a time of crisis, through drawings, painting and other images. Scripted by Tim Neat and the late John Berger and commissioned for venues in London, France, Italy and Scotland, the film's Penzance screening […]
Talk: Lizzie Neville – Conservation Collaborations: How conservators support librarians, archivists and owners with collection care issues.
Morrab LibraryLizzie Neville of Pz Conservation: Talk - Conservation Collaborations: How conservators support librarians, archivists and owners with collection care issues Ranging from intricate book conservation through to controlling mould outbreaks and moving whole archives, conservators contribute to protecting our tangible history. Local book conservator, Lizzie Neville ACR will explain what conservators can do and what […]
CAN Meeting
Morrab LibraryCornwall Archives Network meeting
Writer in Residence – Steph Haxton
Morrab LibraryWriter in Residence: Steph Haxton Historian, author and illustrator. Steph's particular interests lie with 16th & 17th century social history. Cornwall during the Civil War is an ongoing research area. Author of the Pendennis Trilogy: Exposed to All Villainies, A Cord of Three Strands & To Untie a Sealed Knot. Steph will be working in the library […]
Steph Haxton Talk – Writing the Past, Historical Fiction in Cornwall
Morrab LibraryBicentenary Celebration Lunch at the Union Hotel
The Union Hotel 1 Chapel Street, Penzance, Cornwall, United KingdomWe are now taking bookings for the Bicentenary Celebration Lunch at the Union Hotel on Sun 13th May. This will be a wonderful opportunity to gather faces from the past and present of the Morrab's story, and we are delighted to welcome A.N. Wilson as our special guest. The celebration will be held in the historic Trafalgar […]