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Contact
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Mail :
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Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery Community Services Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AJ |
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Phone :
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01752 304774 |
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Email :
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museum@plymouth.gov.uk |
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Fax :
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01752 304775 |
Other news
- Museum launches a new learning resource for secondary schools
- Museum staff go back to school to create a new outreach unit
- New artwork acquired for city by Museum and Art Gallery
- Museum holds National Storytelling Week sessions across the city
- Museum offers Creative Writing course inspired by its collections
- More news>>
What's on


Museums
The Museum Service looks after five historic buildings:
- Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
- Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
- Smeaton's Tower
- Elizabethan House
- Merchants House
Just announced: two special events at the Elizabethan House on Monday 5 and Saturday 10 May, to mark the start of the 2008 Transat on Plymouth's historic Barbican!
New: Temporary exhibitions opening at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday 3 May.
Over 300,000 artefacts, 80,000 photographs and a number of historic collections are cared for and conserved at the above locations. Thousands of historic documents are also housed at a variety of other locations including Mount Edgcumbe House and Buckland Abbey.
Temporary exhibitions, lectures and workshops are held throughout the year. The Museum also provides an Education Service for schools and proactive outreach and access services for community groups and adults. A youth forum called The Core also exists specifically for young people aged 13 to 18 years of age.
What's on the website.....
- Talks - a series of free talks inspired by exhibitions and projects at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery.
- Events - information about the Museum's varied events programme.
- Exhibitions - view details of recent, current and future exhibitions at the Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery.
- Object enquiry service - find out a variety of information from our collections including how to obtain images for study and/or publication.






