The Box, Plymouth

The Box, Plymouth

Imagine a place where a life-sized mammoth rubs shoulders with the Mayflower, where nostalgic film archive footage is shown alongside cutting edge contemporary art and where you can have lunch under a giant ship’s figurehead. The Box is a museum, gallery and archive.

A café, bar and shop. A place to learn. A place to enjoy time with family and friends. A place to discover more about Plymouth and its place in the world. Discover highlights from the collections, from microscopic insects to sculptures the size of a car. You’ll find monumental ships’ figureheads, thousands of natural history specimens, important Bronze Age finds, beautiful paintings and much more.

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  • Archaeology Collection

    The archaeological collection includes locally excavated objects from the City of Plymouth, West Devon and the South Hams. Items include prehistoric artefacts from Dartmoor as well as important Bronze Age and Iron Age material.

  • Natural History Collection

    The natural history collection includes an estimated 90,000 insects, 10,000 minerals, 10,000 plants, 3000 jars of wet-preserved specimens, plus hundreds of birds, mammals, eggs, shell, corals, skeletons, fossils and rocks.

  • Ethnographic Collection

    The world cultures, or ethnography, collection consists of around 3,700 objects that have been collected from Asia, Oceania, Africa and the Americas, as well as some items from Europe. It includes weaponry, tools and utensils, games, clothing and ceremonial artefacts.

  • Fine Art Collection

    Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery has a large and important fine art collection. With over 800 paintings, 3000 watercolours and drawings, over 5000 prints and small collections of sculpture and miniatures, it represents the largest fine art collection in Devon and Cornwall.

  • Decorative Art Collection

    The decorative art collection contains ceramics, glass, furniture, costume and textiles, silver and contemporary craft. It also includes one of the most extensive collections of the historically important Plymouth and Bristol porcelain.

Admission & prices

Opening hours
Tue – Sun 10am – 5pm
Bank Holidays 10am – 5pm

The Box Kitchen & Bar
Tue, Wed, Thu & Sun 10am – 5pm
Fri & Sat 10am – 11pm
Bank Holidays 10am – 5pm

The Little Box cafe
Tue – Sun 9.30am – 3pm
Bank Holidays 9.30am – 3pm

Free entry

'Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy' exhibition is free to Plymouth residents, members and under 18s | £5 for non-residents 18+

'Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters' exhibition is free to Plymouth residents, members and under 18s | £10 for non-residents 18+ | £7.50 concessions

For more information visit https://www.theboxplymouth.com

Find us

The Box is a five-minute walk from Drake Circus and Plymouth city centre and a ten-minute walk from the train and coach stations. Many buses stop nearby on North Hill and Coburg Street. Visit https://www.theboxplymouth.com/getting-here

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Information

  • Toilets On-Site
  • Wheelchair access
  • Cafe on-site
  • Childrens activities
  • Gift Shop

For more information visit:
https://www.theboxplymouth.com/plan-your-visit
https://www.theboxplymouth.com/access
https://www.theboxplymouth.com/food-and-drink

Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AX

T: 01752 304774
E: TheBoxEnquiries@plymouth.gov.uk

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The Box, Plymouth

Tavistock Place
Plymouth, DEVON PL4 8AX