Learning Articles
News - Jun 2025
The ProBleu Project – inspiring the Ocean City’s future citizens
During 2025 The Box has partnered with Hyde Park Infant and Junior School to deliver Future Citizens of Plymouth – The Ocean City, connecting local school children and the wider community with the ocean on their doorstep.
Family - Jun 2025
Meet the I Wonder team!
Meet Kay, Jane and Kara. Together, these three ladies run 'I Wonder', our sessions for pre-schoolers. Each week they make sure our youngest visitors and their adult - whether it's their parent, carer or grandparent - get a warm welcome and have the chance to make some really happy memories together.
Learning - Dec 2024
DesignLab Nation – creating a legacy for Devon and Cornwall’s future designers
Since 2021, The Box has been taking part in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s (V&A) national schools programme DesignLab Nation which inspires secondary school students to become the next generation of designers, makers and innovators.
Press Release - May 2024
Study for an MA in Museum Studies at Arts University Plymouth
Do you have a passion for art, history, anthropology or any field related to cultural preservation? If so, pursuing a Master's Degree in Museum Studies could be exactly what you're looking for.
News - Jul 2023
DesignLab Nation 2024 Callout
Are you a designer, creator or artist who can inspire the next generation? Join us and help lead the V&A's inspiring 'DesignLab Nation' project.
News - Apr 2023
Stuart Road Primary Academy joins us for The Wild Escape
During the last few months The Box and students from Stuart Road Primary Academy have partnered to take part in Art Fund’s The Wild Escape. The project inspired by the landmark BBC series ‘Wild Isles’ united hundreds of museums and schools across the UK helping students to explore nature and creativity.
Press Release - Jan 2023
The Box joins The Wild Escape - the largest ever collaboration between UK museums
The Box is joining The Wild Escape, a major new project uniting hundreds of museums, galleries and historic houses with schools and families to explore nature and creativity. Led by national charity Art Fund with support from Arts Council England, the project is the largest ever collaboration between UK museums.
Press Release - May 2022
The Box selected for V&A’s ‘DesignLab Nation’
The Box has been chosen to take part in a national education programme, led by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A).
News - Jul 2021
Digital badges for teachers
Teachers who use The Box’s online Learning Resources or attend one of our CPD events for teachers can now earn a digital badge.
News - Jun 2021
Community engagement across the city: Screens in Salons
As part of a successful funding bid from the British Film Institute, The Box has started a new scheme showing a curated selection of archive film footage from its collections in unusual places.
News - Jun 2021
Behind The Scenes: Creating our family trails
Visiting The Box with young children? Our trails are designed to encourage families to experience our collections and galleries together. Here, our Senior Engagement and Learning Officer explores the process of creating them.
Press Release - Feb 2021
Join The Box’s fortnightly online ‘Culture Club’
Would you like to find out more about some of Plymouth’s most important collections – and get the chance to explore them in different ways? Thanks to a new fortnightly ‘Culture Club’ which will be launched by The Box on 18 March, you can do just that!