Upcoming events.
Home Is a Verb
Home is a Verb - Solo exhibition by Zahra Khanum
In her debut solo exhibition, British-Bangladeshi artist Zahra Khanum presents Home is a Verb, a body of work exploring memory, care, and the cultural labour embedded within domestic spaces.
Unsuitable For Females
In February 1921 the first Plymouth Women’s Football Team was created.
Script-in-Hand Theatre have created an original play based on research and centred around this important piece of our city’s history and these pioneering young women who laid the foundations for our Argyle Women of today.
Free to attend.
Ukrainian Independence Weekend Film Night
Ukrainian Independence Weekend Film Night
BAFTA and Oscar-winning film, "21 Days in Mariupol"
A film by Purlitzer prize-winning Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov.
The Ukranian Singers of Plymouth
Ukrainians are fighting to keep their country independent after Russia’s brutal invasions in 2014 and 2022, so each year Independence Day on 24 August is REALLY special.
The Ukrainian Singers of Plymouth are dedicated to showing and sharing the best of Ukrainian traditional culture to their UK friends.
Beryl Cook: A Private View
Beryl Cook’s exuberant and joyful paintings are known and loved throughout the world.
In a unique coup de théâtre, BERYL COOK: A PRIVATE VIEW offers a rare glimpse into Beryl’s private thoughts as she completes one of her bold and playful oil paintings live on stage.
Remembering Victory: VE Day 80
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.
Kerdroya & the Cornish Hedge (Film / Q&A)
A special film screening that explores the 4,000-year-old treasures that are Cornish Hedges and celebrates the opening of Kerdroya – a huge classical labyrinth built in the middle of Bodmin Moor.
‘Middling Culture’ in Early Modern England
The cultural lives of a key group, of whose day-to-day existence we know very little.
Democratising Archives: Working with community to shape what and how we collect
Join artists Beth Emily Richards and Tom Goddard in an in-conversation exploring archives and community archiving.
Talk - A Second Look at Plymouth Shops
This illustrated talk by Alan Bricknell looks at the history of each of these six companies, and ends with a brief look at the history of Plymouth Co-operative.
Windrush in the Far South West
Explore Plymouth’s little-known links to the migration of people from the Caribbean throughout the mid-1900s.
Share your memories of Devonport at special community event
People who live in or have a connection with Devonport are being invited to a special event at The Box on Saturday 11 January where they can share their memories, stories and objects.
Devonport 200
2024 is the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of Devonport. During those 200 years, the community has experienced profound change.