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Devonport 200

The Box
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 8AX

Tel: 01752 304774

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An archive image of a street scene from Devonport. Image courtesy of The Box Plymouth.

Opening Times

Season (19 Oct 2024 - 12 Jan 2025)
DayTimes
MondayClosed
Tuesday - Sunday10:00 - 17:00

* Christmas closing times:
23, 24, 25, 26, 30 and 31 December and 1 January

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Free. No need to book.

About us

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.

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