Remembering Victory: VE Day 80

Remembering Victory: VE Day 80 - The Box, Plymouth

10 May 2025 10 May 2025

When: 10 May 2025
Where: The Box, Tavistock Place, Plymouth PL4 8AX
Time: 10am - 5pm
Cost: Admission free. No need to book.
Suitable for: Any age

As part of the city's programme to mark 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe, we're hosting a special pop-up display in our Cottonian Research Room.

Come and take a look at fascinating documents and images from the archives and selected items from the costume collection including our 'Dig for Victory' dress.

Take a look at items relating to World War II in the Port of Plymouth gallery and sample a special from the menu in The Box Kitchen & Bar. Browse our Active Archives gallery too. This space includes key facts and figures about the Blitz in Plymouth, the famous Bomb Book and a series of display cases co-curated with artist Jyll Bradley, many of which feature objects and insights related to the War. Bradley's adoptive grandfather was a volunteer Fire Guard in Plymouth during the Blitz and even kept his own scrapbook about it.

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