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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Six Weeks To Go
Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum
25 March 2024 to 01 November 2024
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On The Rocks
Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum
25 March 2024 to 01 November 2024
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The DD Landings Exmouth's historic role in the DD Landings
Exmouth Museum and Heritage Centre registered charity 291311
02 March 2024 to 02 November 2024
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Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Exmouth Museum and Heritage Centre registered charity 291311
01 July 2024 to 02 November 2024
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The RNLI 200 years serving Exmouth since 1803
Exmouth Museum and Heritage Centre registered charity 291311
02 March 2024 to 02 November 2024
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The DD Landings Exmouth's historic role in the DD Landings
Exmouth Museum and Heritage Centre registered charity 291311
02 March 2024 to 02 November 2024
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Holy Trinity Church Exmouth
Exmouth Museum and Heritage Centre registered charity 291311
01 July 2024 to 02 November 2024
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Playing by the rules: Childhood, dress and imagination
Killerton House
10 February 2024 to 03 November 2024
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I Grew Up 90s
Torquay Museum
13 July 2024 to 09 November 2024
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D Day 80 Exhibition
Torquay Museum
19 March 2024 to 30 November 2024
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RJ Lloyd 1926 2020 Memorial Exhibition
The Burton at Bideford Art Gallery and Museum
26 October 2024 to 24 December 2024
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The Michelangelo Trail: A Delve Into LGBTQ Histories
Torquay Museum
01 January 2024 to 31 December 2024
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Exciting new Museum displays about kite ballooning in 1917, and the Church Rocks Wreck
Teign Heritage Centre Home to Teignmouth and Shaldon Museum
04 July 2023 to 31 December 2024
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Artisans of the Torbay Marble Industry
Torquay Museum
01 July 2024 to 31 December 2024
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Devonport 200
The Box, Plymouth
19 October 2024 to 12 January 2025
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Paul Rooney Broken Token
The Box, Plymouth
19 October 2024 to 12 January 2025
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Land Sea Sky: Ingrid Pollard, JMW Turner and Vija Celmins
The Box, Plymouth
19 October 2024 to 12 January 2025
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Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
19 October 2024 to 23 February 2025
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Planet Ocean
The Box, Plymouth
16 March 2024 to 27 April 2025
