Events

A visitor looking at an art exhibition at The Box Plymouth

People and Place: Art Collection Showcase

04 Feb 2023 - 24 Jan 2024
The Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c.1588 (detail). From The Woburn Abbey Collection

The Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I

11 Feb 2023 - 07 Jan 2024
Mayflower Museum, Smeaton's Tower and Elizabethan House in Plymouth

Plymouth Heritage Pass

01 Apr 2023 - 01 Oct 2023
A drone image of Smeaton's Tower - a red and white striped lighthouse on Plymouth Hoe

Smeaton's Tower 2023

01 Apr 2023 - 01 Oct 2023
An image of Elizabethan House in Plymouth

Elizabethan House 2023

01 Apr 2023 - 01 Oct 2023
Reframing Reynolds header image

Reframing Reynolds: A Celebration

24 Jun 2023 - 29 Oct 2023
A girl making a crown with her mum in a preschool art activity

I Wonder: Art sessions for 1-4 year olds

19 Sep 2023 - 17 Oct 2023
Colourful wooden letter blocks spelling out the word 'Plymouth'

Plymouth Community History Festival 2023 - Community Events

23 Sep 2023 - 15 Oct 2023
'The Execution of Lady Jane Grey' by Solomon Hart (detail). Image courtesy of The Box, Plymouth.

Conservation in Action: 'Lady Jane Grey at Her Place of Execution' by Solomon Hart

27 Sep 2023 - 04 Oct 2023
Group of young children listening to a story

Family Fun: Tell Me a Story

29 Sep 2023 - 22 Dec 2023
Photograph of an inter-generational group taking part in a traditional drumming workshop

The Bazaar: Monthly Marketplace at The Box

30 Sep 2023 - 28 Oct 2023
PCHF 2023 header image

Plymouth Community History Festival 2023 - Main Events

30 Sep 2023 - 06 Oct 2023
Solomon Hart

Performance: Hart of Plymouth

30 Sep 2023 - 01 Oct 2023
Jacob van Walscapelle (1644-1727), Flowers in a Glass Vase, about 1670 (detail) © The National Gallery

Dutch Flowers

07 Oct 2023 - 07 Jan 2024
John Akomfrah, Arcadia, 2023 © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Smoking Dogs Films and Lisson Gallery.

Looking Ahead

07 Oct 2023 - 23 Jun 2024
Food Plymouth - Growing Resilience image - seeds and drawings on a table

Workshop: The Magic of Seeds

07 Oct 2023 - 07 Oct 2023
Detail from Lady Elizabeth Keppel as a Bridesmaid portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Courtesy of the Woburn Abbey Collection.

Bitesize: Crown and Country - Reynolds’ Clients in the Context of Empire - Fully Booked

11 Oct 2023 - 11 Oct 2023
Yinka Shonibare CBE, End of Empire, 2016. Co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW and Turner Contemporary, Margate. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photographer: Stephen White & Co. © Yinka Shonibare CBE.

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: End of Empire

12 Oct 2023 - 23 Jun 2024
Storage boxes in the archives at The Box

Behind The Scenes - Collections Tour

12 Oct 2023 - 14 Dec 2023
Graphite pencils on a drawing

Workshop: Still Life Art Class

14 Oct 2023 - 25 Nov 2023
People laughing in a gallery during an 'Always Welcome' session at The Box

Always Welcome: Wellbeing Sessions

17 Oct 2023 - 05 Dec 2023
Image credit: Balthasar van der Ast, (1593/94-1657), Flowers in a Vase with Shells and Insects, about 1630 (detail) © The National Gallery, London

Curator Talk: Charlotte Wytema, The National Gallery

19 Oct 2023 - 19 Oct 2023
Wildflower Heroes chalked on a wall

Rebel Botanists visit The Box

21 Oct 2023 - 21 Oct 2023
A camera projecting light

International Home Movie Day

21 Oct 2023 - 21 Oct 2023
A young girl cutting some wool in a craft workshop

Family Fun: Blooming Marvellous

24 Oct 2023 - 28 Oct 2023
'Reframing Reynolds' exhibition at The Box, Plymouth - summer 2023

Bitesize: 'Reframing Reynolds' Curator's Tour

25 Oct 2023 - 25 Oct 2023
Silent Disco at The Box

Silent Disco: Night at the Museum

27 Oct 2023 - 27 Oct 2023
Spooky background with bats and a full moon

Halloween 2023: Spooky Science

28 Oct 2023 - 28 Oct 2023
Yellow coloured yarns including Marigold

'Of the Ground' - Dye Garden Drop In

04 Nov 2023 - 04 Nov 2023
Image credit: Yinka Shonibare CBE, End of Empire, 2016. Co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW and Turner Contemporary, Margate. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photographer: Stephen White & Co. © Yinka Shonibare CBE.

Bitesize: Exploring the 'End of Empire'

08 Nov 2023 - 08 Nov 2023
Samples of natural coloured dyes

'Of the Ground' - Dye Garden Deep Dive

18 Nov 2023 - 18 Nov 2023
Paulus Theodorus van Brussel, 1754-1795 Flowers in a Vase, 1789 (detail) © The National Gallery, London

Bitesize: The Beauty of ‘Dutch Flowers’

22 Nov 2023 - 22 Nov 2023
Breakfast with Santa

Breakfast with Santa

02 Dec 2023 - 22 Dec 2023
A family group of snowmen and snowwomen

Family Festive Celebration

22 Dec 2023 - 22 Dec 2023
Three cute gnomes standing in the snow

Museum Mischief

23 Dec 2023 - 23 Dec 2023
Heyday Events NYE 2024 image

The Big NYE Party: Music Through the Decades

31 Dec 2023 - 01 Jan 2024