People and Place: Art Collection Showcase

People and Place: Art Collection Showcase
The Box, Plymouth

When: 04 February 2023 to 24 January 2024
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 + selected bank holidays

Enjoy an updated presentation from The Box’s amazing permanent art collection.

See a salon-style hang of landscapes showing Plymouth through the ages, plus a mass case display of decorative art featuring ceramics, silver, craft, textiles and Plymouth Porcelain.

New for 2023 is a selection of works by female artists including paintings by Wilhemina Barns-Graham, Elizabeth Adela Forbes and Rose Hilton. Drawings by Dame Barbara Hepworth, plus new acquisitions by the much-loved Beryl Cook and 2019 Turner Prize winner Tai Shani are also on display.

Exhibitions & Projects

  • Youth Panel: Making Sense

    Youth Panel: Making Sense

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    17 January 2023 to 11 June 2023

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  • May The Toys Be With You

    May The Toys Be With You

    Torquay Museum

    25 March 2023 to 17 June 2023

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  • Coronation Celebration

    Coronation Celebration

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    14 March 2023 to 18 June 2023

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  • A look at Higher Brook Street in the 19th Century

    A look at Higher Brook Street in the 19th Century

    Teign Heritage Centre Home to Teignmouth and Shaldon Museum

    10 May 2023 to 27 June 2023

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  • Ruth Bell: Calling of the Tide

    Ruth Bell: Calling of the Tide

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    10 January 2023 to 09 July 2023

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  • What do you collect Lace bobbins

    What do you collect Lace bobbins

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    10 January 2023 to 09 July 2023

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  • Gatekeepers to Heaven: Religion, knowledge and power in medieval Exeter

    Gatekeepers to Heaven: Religion, knowledge and power in medieval Exeter

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    03 June 2023 to 03 September 2023

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  • Sublime Symmetry: The Mathematics behind De Morgan’s Ceramic Designs

    Sublime Symmetry: The Mathematics behind De Morgan’s Ceramic Designs

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    20 May 2023 to 10 September 2023

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  • Rana Begum: Dappled Light

    Rana Begum: Dappled Light

    The Box, Plymouth

    24 June 2023 to 24 September 2023

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  • Six Legged Superheroes: Insects Saving the Planet

    Six Legged Superheroes: Insects Saving the Planet

    Torquay Museum

    27 May 2023 to 07 October 2023

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  • The Silver Wave by Michelle Williams Gamaker

    The Silver Wave by Michelle Williams Gamaker

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    20 October 2022 to 08 October 2023

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  • The Great Fire of Crediton

    The Great Fire of Crediton

    Crediton Area History And Museum Society

    19 April 2023 to 28 October 2023

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  • Reframing Reynolds: A Celebration

    Reframing Reynolds: A Celebration

    The Box, Plymouth

    24 June 2023 to 29 October 2023

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  • Tea Room Exhibition

    Tea Room Exhibition

    Topsham Museum

    29 March 2023 to 31 October 2023

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  • Dick Pym the Fisherman Footballer

    Dick Pym the Fisherman Footballer

    Topsham Museum

    29 March 2023 to 31 October 2023

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  • Votive for the Next Earth by MH Sarkis

    Votive for the Next Earth by MH Sarkis

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    02 May 2023 to 19 November 2023

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  • Art Pottery

    Art Pottery

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    20 June 2023 to 10 December 2023

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  • The Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I

    The Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I

    The Box, Plymouth

    11 February 2023 to 07 January 2024

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  • People and Place: Art Collection Showcase

    People and Place: Art Collection Showcase

    The Box, Plymouth

    04 February 2023 to 24 January 2024

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  • Project Buzz

    Project Buzz

    Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

    13 June 2023 to 28 January 2024

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  • The Museum is delighted to announce that a collection of Shaldon handmade lace over 100 years old has been acquired

    The Museum is delighted to announce that a collection of Shaldon handmade lace over 100 years old has been acquired

    Teign Heritage Centre Home to Teignmouth and Shaldon Museum

    09 May 2023 to 09 May 2024

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