News Articles
Press Release - Sep 2024
The Box’s Planet Ocean exhibition gets an extended closing date and impressive new artwork
The 'Planet Ocean' exhibition has had a major refresh – and had its closing date extended by two months!
News - Sep 2024
Portraits to make you think
If you're looking around our 'Children and Young People's Portrait Competition' display you're bound to notice these two wonderful portraits from our art collection. They're on show with a selection of other materials to complement the 160+ competition entries we received and shed more light on portraiture in its many different forms. Find out more about them here - and catch them before the display comes to an end on 29 September.
News - Aug 2024
Take a look around
Are you a regular visitor to The Box? Are you planning to visit for the first time? There are lots of interesting things dotted around our building that complement our changing exhibitions and permanent galleries. Here are a few things to look out for. If you follow them in this order it makes a nice trail!
Press Release - Aug 2024
A stellar line-up revealed for autumn/winter exhibitions
We're continuing to bring the best historic and contemporary art to the South West, with an autumn/winter season that reflects Plymouth’s striking coastal setting and military history.
News - Aug 2024
Global Plymouth - a new journey
If you head into our '100 Journeys' gallery you'll notice a brand new case display. It introduces our 'Global Plymouth' project which is enabling us to work with audiences, artists and communities to make changes to the space over the next year or two.
Press Release - Jul 2024
800,000 visits, international exhibitions and awards – The Box continues to impress as it reports on success
The Box has welcomed more than 817,000 visitors since it opened in September 2020! We presented our annual report to Plymouth City Council's scrutiny committee on 17 July and shared how we're working hard to care for the city’s historic collections, explore the important stories and issues that impact us all and be a social space that offers everyone who steps through our door an amazing experience.
Press Release - Jul 2024
Your family guide to the summer
Six weeks off school. Six whole weeks. What are we going to do with the kids? It's a lot to think about and coordinate - but the summer holidays should be a time for great experiences and making memories. Here's our handy guide for how we can help you through it, rain or shine:
Press Release - Jul 2024
New portraits display at The Box celebrates Devon and Cornwall’s young artists
Portraits by more than 160 talented young artists are now on display at The Box following a competition earlier in the year which encouraged as many young people from Devon and Cornwall as possible to take part.
Press Release - Jun 2024
Major coup for Plymouth as National Portrait Gallery exhibition heads to The Box
A major international exhibition, featuring some of the hottest names in contemporary art heads to The Box from the National Portrait Gallery this month for its only UK showing outside London. 'The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure', which received five-star reviews during its London run, will be free to visit in Plymouth despite costing £16 in the capital.
Press Release - Jun 2024
Smeaton’s legacy inspiring civil engineers of the future
Children in Plymouth are being inspired to pursue a career in civil engineering in celebration of the designer of Plymouth’s most famous landmark.
Press Release - May 2024
New digital guide now available to enrich your onsite and offsite visits
The Box's new free guide joins hundreds of cultural institutions around the globe on the Bloomberg Connects app.
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.