Devonport 200
The Box, Plymouth
When: 19 October 2024 to 12 January 2025
Where: The Box, Tavistock Place, Plymouth PL4 8AX
Time: 10am - 5pm
Cost: Admission free. No need to book.
Suitable for: Any age
10am-5pm Tuesday-Sunday and selected bank holidays
Admission free
2024 is the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of Devonport. During those 200 years, the community has experienced profound change; moving from a hugely prosperous, independent town to become part of the City of Plymouth; experiencing devastation following extensive bombing in World War II; and major transformation through regeneration of the last two decades.
In Active Archives, Celebrate Devonport explores stories connected to Devonport that have made a positive difference in people’s lives. It features highlights from our archives, art and social history collections, including early objects relating to the change of name from Plymouth Dock to Devonport, explorations of the life and work of Bill Miller, and celebrated locations.
In the Bridge Gallery, TRACES explores everyday ‘moments’ or snapshots of experiences in the collection which are often the only record of an activity taking place. Most daily experiences in Devonport have no record, but can we (or should we) collect ‘everything’? In this sense, archives are never ‘complete’, but still act as a form of collective memory.
In Media Lab, the film Future Archaeology - The Devonport Collection: An Incomplete Archive by Naresh Kaushal and Jamie Harper explores Devonport from the perspective of those who know it, using participatory storytelling to invite audiences into a creative dialogue about their past and present experiences of the city.
This work has been funded by Arts Council England, Plymouth City Council and The Box, Plymouth.
Find out more about the Devonport 200 programme.
Exhibitions & Projects
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North Devon Arts: Spring into Summer Exhibition
The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon
31 May 2025 to 12 July 2025
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Get Me To The Church On Time
Ilfracombe Museum
23 June 2025 to 17 August 2025
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Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes
The Box, Plymouth
24 May 2025 to 07 September 2025
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Into Abstraction: Modern British Art and the Landscape
The Burton at Bideford
19 July 2025 to 14 September 2025
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Digging Deeper: Celebrating volunteers in North Devon's archaeology
The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon
26 July 2025 to 04 October 2025
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Treasures of North Devon
The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon
19 July 2025 to 11 October 2025
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Six Weeks To Go
Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum
31 March 2025 to 31 October 2025
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Kingsbridge 1939 1945 : The Image and the Place
Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum
31 March 2025 to 31 October 2025
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Battle of Britain Anniversary Exhibition and Talk Series
Exmouth Museum and Heritage Centre registered charity 291311
08 April 2025 to 01 November 2025
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Jyll Bradley: Running and Returning
The Box, Plymouth
05 April 2025 to 02 November 2025
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Coastal Threads: Textile Art
Fairlynch Museum Budleigh Salterton
01 May 2025 to 02 November 2025
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Jyll Bradley: Life and Influences
The Box, Plymouth
05 April 2025 to 02 November 2025
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Wild
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
26 July 2025 to 04 January 2026
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Carolyn Lefley: Ancient Sea
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
29 July 2025 to 25 January 2026
