News Articles
History - Oct 2020
Bill Miller: Local Hero
Born in East Street, Stonehouse, on 15 July 1890, William Alexander Miller, known as Bill Miller, was the son of an immigrant father and an English mother. His father, the son of a freed slave, was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa. After finding work on a British ship, he eventually settled in Stonehouse.
Press Release - Oct 2020
'A New Normal' winners revealed
The winners of our ‘A New Normal’ photography competition have been chosen and presented with their prizes.
Press Release - Oct 2020
Culture Recovery Fund Award
The Box has received a welcome boost of £423,000 in the first round of Arts Council England’s Culture Recovery Fund.
Press Release - Sep 2020
Ground breaking figureheads project wins national award
The Box’s ambitious project to conserve and restore 14 gigantic Royal Naval ship’s figureheads has triumphed in the Restoration/Conservation Project of the Year category at the Museums + Heritage Awards.
Press Release - Sep 2020
Antony Gormley sculpture unveiled
Plymouth’s latest piece of major public art has been officially revealed.
Art - Sep 2020
Micro-commission artists continue to enjoy success
Over the summer we rolled out a series of contemporary art micro-commissions by artists from Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall.
Press Release - Sep 2020
Ready, set, go! Ticket bookings go live this Thursday
The build up to the opening of The Box is in the home straight with ticket bookings due to go live at 10am this Thursday (10 September).
News - Sep 2020
Schools Update: Visits, workshops and online resources
As schools return to the classroom, we're busy counting down to the opening of The Box. After a very unusual few months, it's a time for new beginnings. We're marking this by launching a suite of new resources and activities to support schools so they can explore the history of the voyage of the Mayflower.
Press Release - Sep 2020
Education programme spans Prehistoric mammoths to the present day
We're thrilled to be able to reveal more details about our innovative education programme, bookings for which go live from 10 September.
Press Release - Aug 2020
New membership scheme to give exclusive access to exhibitions and events
With our launch date fast approaching, we've launched a membership scheme offering a range of benefits for individuals and households.
Press Release - Jul 2020
New September Launch Dates Announced
We're really pleased to be able to announce new autumn launch dates.
News - Jul 2020
A Week in the Life of a Locked Down Musician: WestFordNeedles
Named after a 1960s cold-war experiment by the US military to create an artificial layer in the atmosphere, ‘WestFordNeedles’ is a collective formed of musicians, audiovisual artists and poets.
