Permanent Galleries

Take a journey through time, dive into our collections and explore creativity in Plymouth and beyond.

Journey through time and experience the development of the Port of Plymouth. Understand the people who made it their home and the Mammoth creatures who roamed the pre-historic landscape. Travel the world in 100 Journeys.

Find your calling as the BBC’s next newsreader in the Media Lab. Dive into our collection and find out more about your family, your street, and your city in Active Archives and be wowed by the Figureheads, each with their own story to tell of life at sea.

Port of Plymouth

Discover the epic and historic relationship between Plymouth and the sea through our collections.

100 Journeys

Journeys from Plymouth have changed the world. Explore momentous and notorious voyages that began here.

Mammoth

Step into the Mammoth Gallery to discover the beauty and diversity of nature all around you.

Figureheads

Discover 14 Victorian Royal Naval figureheads re-imagined in a unique suspended display.

Active Archives

This gallery illustrates key episodes in the history of Plymouth using the gems of our archival collections.

The Cottonian Research Room

This multi-purpose space offers a dedicated research area for you to access our collections and also has highlights from our historically important Cottonian Collection of fine art on display.

Media Lab

The Media Lab celebrates, for the first time, the technologies, processes and people that have shaped the South West's film and photographic heritage.