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Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery Community Services Drake Circus Plymouth PL4 8AJ |
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01752 304774 |
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museum@plymouth.gov.uk |
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01752 304775 |
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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- The Council for Museums, Libraries and Archives
- The South West Museums, Libraries and Archives
- British Library
- The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
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Permanent galleries
Experience the wonderful world of museum collections in our galleries!
Bringing the World to Plymouth
Opening late autumn 2008
An exploration of world cultures and how they've inspired and influenced our city. This new gallery is being created as part of our ground floor redevelopment.
Uncovered
Opening late autumn 2008
Archaeology from pre-history to the present day with items from Plymouth, Mount Batten and moorland. This new gallery is being created as part of our ground floor redevelopment.
Plymouth: Port and Place
Opening late autumn 2008
The impact of the sea and geography on the development of Plymouth. This new gallery is being created as part of our ground floor redevelopment.
Explore Nature
Re-opening Saturday 28 June 2008
Investigate nature in our fun natural history gallery which is packed full of fascinating facts and thrilling things. Fur and feathers to feel, bugs to boggle at, eerie pickled animals to peek at and scent to smell. Plus, see old favourites like the hippo skull and collections that have rarely seen the light of day.
If you like natural history why not come along to one or more of our wild about Plymouth events?
The Cottonian Collection
Re-opening date to be confirmed
The life's work of 18th century collector Charles Rogers. Includes paintings, bronzes, plasters, prints, drawings, books and works by Sir Joshua Reynolds. A collection of designated international importance.
The China Connection
Re-opening date to be confirmed
Discover the story of porcelain from its origins in China, to the groundbreaking work of Plymouth man William Cookworthy, who first made hard paste porcelain in the UK.
See beautiful, traditional blue and white porcelains, famille verte and famille rose enamels from the collection of local businessman Arthur Hurdle, tin-glazed earthenware from England and Holland and fine European soft paste porcelains. More of our decorative art collections can be seen in our balcony case displays.
St Ives School
Re-opening date to be confirmed
A selection of works from the Museum's significant 20th century collection featuring leading figures of the St Ives School such as Alfred Wallis, Patrick Heron, Roger Hilton and Peter Lanyon.
Please note that due to our ground floor redevelopment all gallery opening and re-opening dates are subject to change.
