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Mail :	Events Team Place Plymouth City Council Plymouth PL1 2AA
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Email :	events@plymouth.gov.uk

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

PERMANENT GALLERIES

What's on in July 2012

Key events in July

All events in July

Galleries and exhibitions

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery's permanent galleries and exhibitions running throughout the month.
Throughout July 2012

Women in art

See an impressive selection of work from Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery's permanent collections that portray or were created by women.
Throughout July 2012

Merchant's House

Visit the city's finest surviving example of a 16th/17th century residence which provides an insight into Plymouth's recent past.
Throughout July 2012

Elizabethan House

Visit one of Plymouth's most historic properties - a rare surviving example of its time with many of the original features from when it was built in the 1600s.
Throughout July 2012

Lunchtime Talk: Women Artists in Wartime: 1874-2007

Join Dr Anthony Kelly at the City Museum and Art Gallery to find out more about the work and achievements of women artists in wartime from Victorian England right up to the conflict in Iraq.
Tuesday 3 July 2012

Sinopticon: Contemporary Chinoiserie in contemporary art

A multi-sited contemporary art exhibition displayed at Saltram House, Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and Plymouth College of Art Gallery.
Until 7 July 2012

Pictures from the Frontline

Visit the City Museum and Art Gallery to see a display of images taken by the Plymouth Herald's award-winning Defence Reporter, Tristan Nichols, while he was on the frontline in Afghanistan's dangerous Helmand Province, living and working with the city's 3 Commando Brigade.
Until 7 July 2012

Beetlemania

Find out how beetles are collected and imaged and how the order known as 'coleoptera' has been portrayed in popular culture, science and myth in this exhibition at the City Museum and Art Gallery.
7 July to 8 September 2012

Plymouth Bike Night

All types of motorcycles, trikes and quads bikes can be seen along with various trade stands, fast food outlets and a live band playing on the big stage.
Thursday 5 July 2012

Nappuccino

Find out more about real nappies at a nappuccino!
Friday 6 July 2012

Wild About Plymouth: Bug Hunt

Hunt for beetles, spiders and other mini-beasts at Ford Park Cemetery.
Saturday 7 July 2012

Lunchtime Talk: Plymouth Porcelain: A New Collection for Plymouth

Listen as British ceramic artist Clare Twomey discusses the new artwork that she has created for Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery.
Tuesday 10 July 2012

Contemporary Craft Workshops: Beautiful Books and Boxes

Use a simple but satisfying Japanese stab binding technique to create a beautiful hardcover photo album or journal and presentation box.
Saturday 14 July 2012

Music of the Night

Boasting a cast of hundreds of local amateur singers and dancers of all ages and the professional musicians of the Royal Artillery and Her Majesty's Royal Marines.
Monday 16 to Friday 20 July 2012

Lunchtime Talk: Ceremony and Ritual on Dartmoor: New Discoveries

Mark this year's Festival of British Archaeology with Jane Marchand, Senior Archaeologist for the Dartmoor National Park Authority as she talks about new discoveries from this unique landscape.
Tuesday 17 July 2012

Endless Summer: The Evolution of Surfing

Visit the City Museum and Art Gallery's exhibition that explores the evolution of surfing in our region and looks at how different elements of the sport have developed since the early 1900s.
21 July to 6 October 2012

Wild About Plymouth: City spiders

Join us to discover more about the spiders we can find around the city.
Saturday 21 July 2012

The Port of Plymouth Regatta

Port of Plymouth Regatta Week offers superb competitive racing for all classes of dinghies and yachts in Plymouth Sound.
Saturday 21 to Sunday 29 July 2012

Extreme Reading at Plympton Pool

Join us at storytime for the under 5s at Plympton Pool.
Wednesday 25 July 2012

Family-Friendly Summer Activities: Bugs, Boards and Fairytales

Enjoy a variety of fun free activities at the City Museum and Art Gallery this summer inspired by beetles, surfing and the Grimms' Fairytales.
25 July to 30 August 2012 (Tuedays, Wednesdays and Thursdays)

Art Bite Talk/Tour: Women in Art

Find out more about the paintings on display in the City Museum and Art Gallery's 'Women in Art' exhibition with the Curator of Fine Art.
Wednesday 25 July 2012

Plymouth Classic Boat Rally

This will be the 25th anniversary of the Plymouth Classics and to celebrate this milestone the organising committee plan to mark the occasion with many extra special events.
Friday 27 to Monday 30 July 2012