The Box

Museum Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
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What to expect

The Box is a museum, gallery, and archive in Plymouth, England, housing a collection of about 2 million items. The collections encompass fine and decorative arts, natural history, and human history, including prehistoric artefacts from Dartmoor, important Bronze Age and Iron Age material, and medieval and post-medieval finds from Plymouth. The art collections include works by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edgar Degas, Edward Burne-Jones, and other notable artists. The Box also features an eco-friendly shop with products by local makers and inspired by its collections and exhibitions. It's a great place for families to visit, with various exhibits and activities to explore, including a digital guide to highlights of The Box

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This family's experience:

Activities: We visited the museum and explored its interactive exhibits on Plymouth's natural history, contemporary art, and maritime history

Highlights: The kids were fascinated by the life-sized recreation of a wooly mammoth and the TV studio where they could create their own film ✨