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Museum
On Tour
JUNE - SEPTEMBER 2018
EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS,
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
@theboxplymouth
theboxplymouth.com
DIARY
JUNE AUGUST
Date Event Venue Page Date Event Venue Page
1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 Traditional Craft Group Plymouth Guildhall 18 1 Memories of Plymouth After Dark House of Fraser 14
2 Family Event: Captain Scott’s Birthday Party St Bartholomew’s Church 10 1-3 Family Event: Botanical Illustration Booklets House of Fraser 12
5 Memories of Plymouth After Dark House of Fraser 14 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 Traditional Craft Group Plymouth Guildhall 18
5 and 19 Arts and Minds Plymouth Guildhall 18 4-10 Family Event: Marvellous Mini Maps House of Fraser 12
8-10 Contemporary Craft Festival Bovey Tracey 20 6 Slide Show: Plymouth After Dark House of Fraser 14
12 Talk: Scott of the Antarctic and the MBA Plymouth Athenaeum 14 7 and 21 Arts and Minds Plymouth Guildhall 18
13 Slide Show: The Blitz House of Fraser 14 11 Plymouth Pride 2018 The Hoe 20
20 Walk: A Plan for Plymouth Meet at House of Fraser 16 11-17 Family Event: Stars at Sea House of Fraser 13
21 Yoga Wave Corinthians Yacht Club 16 14 Wild About Plymouth: Wonderful Wembury Wembury Marine Centre 11
23 Wild About Plymouth: Big Bug Hunt Ford Park Cemetery 10 15 Family Event: Memory Books Peninsula Arts Gallery 11
30 Armed Forces Day The Hoe 20 with Let’s Make Art
15 Bite Size: Cook 250 House of Fraser 15
17 Knit 10 and Learn to Knit House of Fraser 17
JULY
18 Walk: Beryl Cook’s Plymouth Meet at Elvira’s 16
Date Event Venue Page
18-24 Family Event: Cook’s Menagerie House of Fraser 13
3 Memories of Maker Camp House of Fraser 14
25-31 Family Event: Make Your Own Endeavour House of Fraser 13
3 and 17 Arts and Minds Plymouth Guildhall 18
29 Bite Size: In Praise of Trees Ham Woods 15
4 Union Street in 1965 Film & Pub Quiz The Clipper, Union Street 16
6, 13, 20 and 27 Traditional Craft Group Plymouth Guildhall 18
7 Family Event: Boules on the Hoe The Hoe 10
SEPTEMBER
Date Event Venue Page
10 Talk: The First Voyage of Captain Cook Plymouth Athenaeum 14
1 Family Event: Make Your Own Endeavour House of Fraser 13
11 Slide Show: Plymouth’s Reconstruction House of Fraser 14
1 Van Dike Club 1968-1972: 50th Anniversary Plymouth Guildhall 19
14 Wild About Plymouth: Woodland Wander Efford Marsh Nature Reserve 10
Exhibition and Get Together
and Wild Baking
4 and 18 Arts and Minds Plymouth Guildhall 18
14 Respect Festival 2018 Plymouth Guildhall 20
7, 14, 21 and 28 Traditional Craft Group Plymouth Guildhall 18
18 Bite Size: Plymouth - From Destruction House of Fraser 15
to Construction 28-30 Plymouth Art Weekender Citywide 18
18 The Box Art Consultation Session Moments Café & Hub 5 28-30 The Atlantic Project: After the Future Citywide 18
(continues until 21 October)
19 Walk: Beryl Cook’s Plymouth Meet at Elvira’s 16
21 Blockhouse Park and Stoke Village Fun Day Blockhouse Park 20 More events for September 2018 will be published in our next On Tour brochure.
21 Family Event: Festival of Archaeology 2018 National Park Visitor 11
Centre, Princetown
21 Fab Four Photo Shoot The Hoe 17
21 Film: Yellow Submarine Tinside Lido 17
21-27 Family Event: Captain Cook’s Travel Box House of Fraser 12
25 Bite Size: Collected Shadows Peninsula Arts Gallery 15
28 Family Event: All Aboard the Endeavour House of Fraser 11
28-31 Family Event: Botanical Illustration Booklets House of Fraser 12
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ART CONSULATION SESSION
Wednesday 18 July, 6pm to 7.30pm
Moments Café and Hub, 69a New
George Street, Plymouth PL1 1RJ
The Box will offer an ambitious visual arts
programme with high profile exhibitions and
artistic commissions when it opens in 2020.
Come and find out more about the
programme and projects we’re developing
and give us your feedback on our plans.
Where the greatest
Free. Booking essential via
www.plymhearts.eventbrite.co.uk
explorer is you
The Box, Plymouth is a major redevelopment Fund, Garfield Weston Foundation, University
scheme and a symbol for the city’s current of Plymouth, Wolfson Foundation, Interreg and
regeneration and future. We are transforming Mayflower 400.
the Museum and Art Gallery, former Central
Library and St Luke’s Church buildings into a While building and construction work takes
new, unique cultural attraction that highlights place and staff are busy preparing all the objects
Plymouth and its place in the world. that are required for The Box, a ‘Museum On
Tour’ programme is bringing exhibitions, events,
The Box will be a museum for the 21st century partnership and community projects to a range of
and so much more, with extraordinary gallery offsite venues.
displays, high profile artists and art exhibitions
and exciting events that take visitors on a journey We also continue to be a part of major arts
from pre-history to the present and beyond. and heritage events in the city such as the
Plymouth History Festival and the Plymouth
Led by Plymouth City Council, The Box is a Art Weekender. The Plymouth and West Devon
partnership with the University of Plymouth, Record Office, SWFTA and SWIB are open
the South West Film and Television Archive as usual and will remain so until late 2019.
(SWFTA), the South West Image Bank (SWIB) The Box is set to open in spring 2020 as
and the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Plymouth’s flagship building for the
Major funding for the project has been secured commemorations of the 400th anniversary
from the City Council, Heritage Lottery Fund, of the Pilgrims setting sail aboard the Mayflower
Arts Council England, Coastal Communities for the New World. @theboxplymouth
theboxplymouth.com
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COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS
ON TOUR ON TOUR
Finding Prehistory Childhood
Throughout 2018 8 May to 18 November 2018
Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Royal Albert Memorial Museum and
Tavistock Road, Princetown, Yelverton Art Gallery, Queen Street, Exeter
PL20 6QF EX4 3RX
Explore the Dartmoor treasures from our collections Explore the changing face of childhood with
in this small exhibition which shines a light on this exhibition that examines child iconography
the lives of the people who lived on the moor from the 17th to 20th centuries. The exhibition
thousands of years ago. Highlights include some includes ‘The Age of Innocence’ by Sir Joshua
Bronze Age ceramic urns, used both as household Reynolds as well as three other works from
items and as containers in which to bury the Plymouth’s fine art collections.
cremated remains of the dead. You can also see For opening times and admission
stone tools such as the magnificent axe-hammer details please call 01392 265858 or
from Crocken Tor, and the flint implement from the visit www.rammuseum.org.uk
Whitehorse Hill collection.
Opening times vary throughout the year. Kilchurn Castle
For opening times and admission Until 9 September 2018 Entranced by a Special Place: The Art
details please call 01822 890414 or Locations in Japan of SJ Lamorna Birch
visit www.dartmoor.gov.uk Our beautiful watercolour by JMW Turner will 16 June to 8 September
be featured in the ‘Turner and the Poetics of Penlee House Gallery and Museum,
Sir Francis Drake Items Landscape’ exhibition throughout most of 2018. Morrab Road, Penzance TR18 4HE
Throughout 2018 National Galleries Scotland are touring this See ‘Winter - Roseworthy Valley, Camborne’
Buckland Abbey, Yelverton PL20 6EY major show to four venues in Japan, taking from our art collections in this exhibition of over
See a selection of objects from our collections the work of one of the greatest British romantic 70 paintings that examines the life of Samuel
including Sir Francis Drake’s drum and cup. If artists to new audiences. John Lamorna Birch (1869-1955), founder and
you’ve not yet visited Buckland Abbey why not go For more information visit father figure of the Lamorna colony of artists
along and experience this lovely National Trust www.nationalgalleries.org and writers in West Cornwall.
property for yourself? For opening times and admission
Opening times vary throughout the year. details please call 01736 363625 or
For opening times and admission visit www.penleehouse.org.uk
details please call 01822 853607
or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ Voice and Vote: Women’s Place
bucklandabbey in Parliament
27 June to 6 October
The Art of Diplomacy: Brazilian Westminster Hall, 3 St Margaret Street,
Modernism Painted for War London W1W 8RY
Until 22 June 2018 See our Nancy Astor outfit and the painting of
The Gallery at the Embassy of Brazil, her being introduced to Parliament in this major
14-16 Cockspur Street, exhibition that covers the campaign for votes for
London SW1Y 5BL women and the representation of women in the
Two works from Plymouth’s fine art collection are House of Commons and the House of Lords.
included in this exhibition which commemorates For opening times and admission
the story of Brazil’s contribution towards the details please visit
British war effort in the 1940’s. www.parliament.uk/get-involved/
For more information vote-100/voice-and-vote
visit www.theartofdiplomacy.com
6 plymhearts.org plymhearts.org 7MUSEUM ON TOUR PLYMOUTH – FROM DESTRUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION Throughout 2018 9am to 5pm Monday and Wednesday to Saturday 9.30am to 5pm Tuesday 10.30am to 4pm Sunday ADMISSION FREE House of Fraser, Fifth Floor, 40-46 Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 1DY Plymouth suffered greatly during World War II with the almost total destruction of the city centre. A radical new plan was developed to enable its complete redesign and reconstruction and replace what had been lost. The Plymouth we know today epitomises the ambition and vision of this post-war planning. See objects, images and footage from the city’s collections which explore the themes of destruction and construction. Experience the inside of an Anderson Shelter, dress up in replica clothing and learn more about the construction of House of Fraser itself. COMMUNITY HUB AND WALL DISPLAYS Throughout 2018 Viewable during store hours Come and find out about The Box, see images from the city’s photographic and archive collections, enjoy a range of events and more in our Community Hub on Floor 5. See our ‘Lighthouses, Bridges and Breakwaters’ display on Floor 4. 8 plymhearts.org plymhearts.org 9
FAMILY EVENTS FAMILY EVENTS
Book via www.plymhearts.eventbrite.co.uk Book via www.plymhearts.eventbrite.co.uk
unless stated otherwise unless stated otherwise
CAPTAIN SCOTT’S BIRTHDAY PARTY Please wear appropriate clothing for the weather FESTIVAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY WILD ABOUT PLYMOUTH:
Saturday 2 June, 1pm to 3pm and remember sunscreen if it’s sunny. On-street Saturday 21 July, 10.30am to 3.30pm WONDERFUL WEMBURY
St Bartholomew’s Church Hall, parking is available around the cemetery. National Park Visitor Centre, Tavistock Tuesday 14 August, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
13 Outland Road, Plymouth PL2 3BZ £3 donation welcomed. No need Road, Dartmoor, Princetown PL20 6QF Wembury Marine Centre, Church Road,
Have fun celebrating one of history’s greatest to book. Celebrate all things archaeological with us Wembury, Plymouth PL9 0HP
explorers whose birthday was 150 years ago at Dartmoor National Park’s Visitor Centre Find out more about one of our local marine
this month. With unusual party games, hand BOULES ON THE HOE in Princetown. Be inspired by the ‘Finding habitats, see a range of marine specimens
on activities, objects and cake, this will be a Saturday 7 July, 1pm to 4pm Prehistory’ display and create Bronze Age- from our natural history collections and try a
birthday party with a difference! See who wins Hoe Promenade (opposite Smeaton’s inspired accessories and tools. Members of the rockpool craft activity. Pay and display parking
the penguin waddle relay race! Find out why Tower), Plymouth PL1 2PJ Plymouth Archaeological Society and the Devon is available by Wembury Beach. The Wembury
penguins and polar bears will never meet and Enjoy a game of boules with Sir Francis Drake, Finds Officer will also be on hand to chat about Marine Centre will also be hosting their famous
how a local lad from Plymouth became Scott 430 years after he spotted the Spanish Armada our region’s important archaeological sites and ‘Rockpool Safaris’ throughout the day.
of the Antarctic. Parking is available at the Life from The Hoe. Drake will also be telling tales help you sort real archaeological artefacts! £3 donation welcomed.
Centre or Home Park Stadium. about his adventures at sea and answering your Free. No need to book. No need to book.
£3.50 per child (accompanying adults questions about his voyages. Visit www.wemburymarinecentre.org
free). Booking essential. Free. No need to book. to book a Rockpool Safari.
WILD ABOUT PLYMOUTH: MEMORY BOOKS WITH LET’S MAKE ART
BIG BUG HUNT Wednesday 15 August, 2pm to 4pm
Saturday 23 June, 11am to 1pm Peninsula Arts Gallery, Roland Levinsky
Old Chapel, Ford Park Cemetery, Ford Building, Plymouth University, Drake
Park Road, Plymouth PL4 6NT Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA (Please use
Ford Park Cemetery is a 34.5 acre urban wildlife the main entrance on North Hill)
refuge and home to a wide variety of plant, Join Let’s Make Art to make a personalised
bird and insect life. Come and get up close memory book to collect your everyday treasure
with spiders, beetles and grasshoppers and in. We’ll be exploring the ways people archive
discover more about this secret wildlife paradise. their day-to-day lives and taking inspiration
Our natural history experts will be joined by from the ‘Collected Shadows: The Archive
representatives from the University of Plymouth of Modern Conflict‘ exhibition on display at
and BugLife who will help you identify your finds WILD ABOUT PLYMOUTH: WOODLAND Peninsula Arts.
which will also be listed on our weekly blog. WONDER AND WILD BAKING £2.50 per child. Booking advised via
Saturday 14 July, 11am to 2pm Peninsula Arts Box Office.
Meet at the bus stop at the top of Deer ALL ABOARD COOK 250
Park Drive and Military Road, Efford, THE ENDEAVOUR
Plymouth PL3 6RU Saturday 28 July, 11am to 11.15am
Reconnect with nature alongside Plymouth and 11.30am to 11.45am
City Council and Devon Wildlife Trust’s Active Community Hub, Floor 5, House of
Neighbourhoods Project. Discover curious Fraser, 40-46 Royal Parade,
creatures while pond dipping and walking Plymouth PL1 1DY
around one of Plymouth’s hidden gems, Efford Travel back in time to 1768 and hear how
Marsh Nature Reserve. Bring suitable clothing, Captain Cook and his crew set out from
footwear and lunch. Don’t worry about pudding Plymouth on their first expedition aboard HMS
because there’ll be an opportunity to have a go Endeavour. This storytelling session is most
at wild baking. suitable for children aged 4-11 years.
Free. No need to book. Donations welcome. No need to book.
10 plymhearts.org plymhearts.org 11COOK 250 FAMILY EVENTS Book via www.plymhearts.eventbrite.co.uk unless stated otherwise COOK 250 MAKE AND TAKE Week One – Captain Cook’s Travel Box Week Three – Marvellous Mini Maps Week Five – Cook’s Menagerie Saturday 21 July to Saturday 1 Saturday 21 July to Friday 27 July Saturday 4 August to Friday 10 August Saturday 18 August to Friday 24 August September, 10am to 4pm Find out more about Captain Cook and what he See copies of maps from our collection and track Curate your own collection of animals from Cook’s Community Hub, Floor 5, House of took on his voyages. Create your own pocket sized the growth of Plymouth. Can you find where voyage and even make up some of your own! Fraser, 40-46 Royal Parade, travel box to take on your summer adventures. you live? Draw your own map to help you find Plymouth PL1 1DY your way back home. Week Six – Make your own Endeavour To celebrate 250 years since Captain Cook set Week Two – Saturday 25 August to Saturday sail from Plymouth on the first of three amazing Botanical Illustration Booklets Week Four – Stars at Sea 1 September expeditions we’ll be running a range of arts and Saturday 28 July to Friday 3 August Saturday 11 August to Friday 17 August Build a paper ship that can sail the seven seas (or crafts activities in our Community Hub area in Make your own booklet to fill with drawings of Discover how the night skies helped Cook navigate seven sinks)! Decorate your vessel and test it to see House of Fraser throughout the summer. There’ll plants just like the voyage’s official Botanist Joseph his way across the globe. Design and create your if it really is ‘ship shape‘. be a few surprising extras dotted throughout the Banks did. own model of the solar system, known as an holidays. Stay up to date with our plans on our orrery, so you can track the planets. website and social media! Donations welcome. No need to book. 12 plymhearts.org plymhearts.org 13
TALKS, TOURS AND TALKS, TOURS AND
REMINISCENCE REMINISCENCE
Book via www.plymhearts.eventbrite.co.uk at the input Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery Book via www.plymhearts.eventbrite.co.uk
unless stated otherwise and the Marine Biological Association had into unless stated otherwise
Scott’s two expeditions in the early 1900’s.
MEMORIES OF… £2 per person. Booking advised. BITE SIZE: PLYMOUTH: FROM
PLYMOUTH AFTER DARK, DESTRUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION
Tuesday 5 June and Wednesday SLIDE SHOW… Wednesday 18 July, 1pm to 1.40pm
1 August, 3pm to 4.30pm THE BLITZ, Wednesday 13 June, Community Hub, Floor 5, House of
MAKER CAMP, Tuesday 3 July, 3pm to 4pm Fraser, 40-46 Royal Parade,
3pm to 4.30pm PLYMOUTH RECONSTRUCTION, Plymouth PL1 1DY
Community Hub, Floor 5, Wednesday 11 July, 3pm to 4pm Our ‘Plymouth: From Destruction to Construction’ BITE SIZE: COOK 250 COOK 250
House of Fraser, 40-46 Royal Parade, PLYMOUTH AFTER DARK, exhibition chronicles the Blitz of Plymouth during Wednesday 15 August, 3pm to 3.40pm
Plymouth PL1 1DY Wednesday 6 August, 3pm to 4pm the Second World War and the subsequent Community Hub, Floor 5, House of
Come and share your memories with us of your Community Hub, Floor 5, House of reconstruction that took place. Tony Davey, Fraser, 40-46 Royal Parade,
nights out on the town (5 June and 1 August) or Fraser, 40-46 Royal Parade, Learning Development Officer, talks about Plymouth PL1 1DY
Maker Camp in Cornwall (3 July). Stories and Plymouth PL1 1DY what happened in more detail and explains In 1768 Captain Cook sailed from Plymouth
memories will be a key feature of our ‘Plymouth Join our Learning Development Officers for a how one of the first modern cities in Britain on his first voyage of discovery. Join us as we
After Dark’ and ‘Maker Memories’ exhibitions in journey back in time. Each session explores a rose from the ashes. discuss the motivations for his expedition aboard
The Box after it opens. different theme with images from our archive Free. No need to book. the Endeavour and its legacy.
Free. No need to book. collections on display. Free. No need to book.
Free. No need to book.
BITE SIZE: IN PRAISE OF TREES
Wednesday 29 August, 11am to 12pm
Meet at Entrance by Mowhay Road
(Weston Mill Tip side), Ham,
Plymouth PL5 2AA
Come along for a morning amble around an
ancient local woodland with us. We’ll make our
way to the beautiful public art installation ‘In
Praise of Trees’ by artist Peter Randall-Page where
you can learn more about it.
Free. Booking advised.
TALK: THE FIRST VOYAGE COOK 250
OF CAPTAIN COOK BITE SIZE: COLLECTED SHADOWS
Tuesday 10 July, 1.10pm to 2pm Wednesday 25 July, 1pm to 1.40pm
+ Q&A Peninsula Arts Gallery, Roland Levinsky
TALK: SCOTT OF THE ANTARTIC & THE Wednesday 6 August, 3pm to 4pm Building, University of Plymouth, Drake
MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Plymouth Athenaeum, Derry’s Cross, Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA (Please use
Tuesday 12 June, 1.10pm to 2pm Plymouth PL1 2SW the main entrance on North Hill)
+ Q&A Venturing to the very edges of the known world Join Jennifer-Anne Crowther, research volunteer
Plymouth Athenaeum, Derry’s Cross, in the interests of science and discovery, the for Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives and
Plymouth PL1 2SW Endeavour set sail from Plymouth in August freelance curator and photography lecturer at
This June marks 150 years since the birth of Scott 1786. Listen as popular speaker Alan Read Plymouth College of Art, to explore the ‘Collected
of the Antarctic. Join Professor John Spicer from examines the events of that epic voyage and Shadows’ exhibition. The exhibition features an
the University of Plymouth as he reflects on Scott’s the personality of Captain James Cook, a eclectic mix of 200 images from the Archive of
connections to Plymouth. In particular, he will look naval officer and map-maker whose successful Modern Conflict, taken by renowned, unknown
command transformed him into a national hero. and amateur photographers.
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Book via www.plymhearts.eventbrite.co.uk
unless stated otherwise
WALK: A PLAN FOR PLYMOUTH The Dolphin Inn. Remember to bring some cash FAB FOUR PHOTO SHOOT area, blanket and glass of prosecco
Wednesday 20 June, 1pm to 3pm for your drinks. Please note there will be some Saturday 21 July, 4pm to 6pm provided).
Community Hub, Floor 5, House of long periods of walking and standing and our The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 2PA Booking essential via Plymouth Arts
Fraser, 40-46 Royal Parade, route includes some steps and uneven walkways. Celebrate Beatlemania and 50 years since the Centre on 01752 206114 or
Plymouth PL1 1DY £7.50 per person. Booking essential. release of the film ‘Yellow Submarine’ by posing www.plymouthartscentre.org
Plymouth’s architecture is an enduring like John, George, Paul and Ringo. Park your Tickets on general sale from Tuesday
representation of post-war Britain and embodies
the optimism Britain had after the Second World SPECIAL EVENTS bottom on our Beatlebums art installation on
The Hoe and recreate one of popular culture’s
19 June.
War. Join Tony Davey, Learning Development Book via www.plymhearts.eventbrite.co.uk most iconic images. Your photo will be loaded KNIT 10 – CELEBRATING A DECADE OF
Officer for a stroll through town and discover unless stated otherwise onto The Box’s Facebook page ready to be shared CHARITABLE KNITTING
how the ‘Plan for Plymouth’ shaped the city with the world! Friday 17 August, 10am to 12pm
centre. You’ll be able to see the intentions the YOGA WAVE Free. No need to book. Community Hub, Floor, House of
planners had when they were designing our Thursday 21 June, 6.30pm to 7.30pm Fraser, 40-46 Royal Parade,
modern city and learn why Plymouth could be Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club, Plymouth PL1 1DY
as architecturally important as York or Bath. Madeira Road, Plymouth PL1 2NY Our Women’s Traditional Craft Group is
£3 per person. Booking essential. Refresh your body, mind and spirit while you celebrating its 10th birthday! Our crafty crafters
listen to the soothing sounds of the sea as we have created hundreds of items over the last
mark International Yoga Day. Our session will decade, many of which have supported local,
be led by Haidee Dampney (Yoga with Haidee), national and international charities. They’ll be on
who will guide you through breath awareness, hand to help you develop your skills with some
posture, meditation and relaxation. All abilities are ‘Learn to Knit‘ sessions, suitable for everyone
welcome. Mats will be provided although you can aged 4+. Come and learn about the different
bring your own if you wish. We would recommend stitches you can use and create your own knitted
that you bring a jumper or blanket for the end piece to take home. Why not take part in our
of the session. Yoga with Haidee is insured and ‘Woolly Hat Trail’ and see if you can find the 10
registered with the British Wheel of Yoga. Please hats we have hidden? See the group’s impressive
arrive 15 minutes before the session starts. If you knitting-inspired cake, donate your unwanted
have any queries about the session please email wool or buy one of their fun creations to help
yogawithhaidee@gmail.com FILM SCREENING: YELLOW SUBMARINE raise money for Action for Children, House of
£7.50 per person. Booking essential. Saturday 21 July, from 9.15pm Fraser’s nominated charity.
Doors and bar open at 8pm Free. No need to book for the
UNION STREET IN 1965 FILM Tinside Lido, Hoe Road, main event.
WALK: BERYL COOK’S PLYMOUTH & PUB QUIZ Plymouth PL1 3DE Booking essential for the Learn to
Thursday 19 July, 10am to 1pm Wednesday 4 July, 7pm to 9pm To celebrate its 50th birthday, enjoy a special Knit sessions via Eventbrite.
Saturday 18 August, 10am to 1pm The Clipper Inn, 65 Union Street, outdoor screening of ‘Yellow Submarine’ at
Meet at Elvira’s Café, 7 Admiral’s Plymouth PL1 3LU Plymouth’s iconic Tinside Lido. This widely
Hard, Stonehouse, Plymouth PL1 3RJ As part of our ‘Plymouth After Dark’ project, join acclaimed animated classic is inspired by the
In 1968 Beryl Cook moved to Plymouth and us at one of the city’s most historic pubs, now music of The Beatles. See archive footage of
became one of the city’s most popular artists. being renovated by Nudge Community Builders. them in Plymouth before the main film and
Join Hilary Bracegirdle for an amble to some of Sit back and enjoy an archival film showing share your memories and stories with us of what
the locations that inspired Beryl’s work. The tour Union Street as it was in 1965. Then, test your you get up to when the sun goes down for our
will begin at Elvira’s Café and will include local local knowledge with a fun filled pub quiz. ‘Plymouth After Dark’ project.
landmarks and unusual locations. We’ll end There will even be prizes! Standard Tickets £9 (chair provided).
with a lunchtime tipple at Beryl’s favourite pub, Free. Booking essential. VIP Tickets £17 (chair in the VIP
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17COMMUNITY OUT AND ABOUT
EVENTS We’ll be attending a number of big community
events this summer. Come and find us on our
ARTS AND MINDS TRADITIONAL CRAFT GROUP stand to learn more about The Box and enjoy
First and Third Tuesdays, 2pm to 4pm Every Friday, 10am to 12pm some fun activities. Please check online for full
The Guildhall, Guildhall Square, The Guildhall, Guildhall Square, details about admission to these events.
Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 1HA Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 1HA
Arts and Minds is a series of free art workshops Come along to our friendly Women’s Traditional LORD MAYOR’S FESTIVAL
for people living with early stage dementia and Craft Group to do some knitting and crochet. Saturday 26 May, 10am to 4pm
their carers. Come along and enjoy painting, The group regularly produces work for a City Centre Piazza, Plymouth PL1 1DY
drawing, ceramics, craft and textiles. Sessions number of local charities. Whether you’re a The theme for this year’s Lord Mayor’s Festival is
are based on objects and images from our keen novice looking to improve your skills or an dinosaurs! We’ll have Table Top Digs where you
collections and archived and are facilitated experienced knitter looking to meet some new can excavate dinosaur fossils and identify your
by fully trained artists and our Learning friends and share ideas, everyone is welcome. finds. Why not create some dino-inspired crafts to
Development Officers. Refreshments are provided. take home or listen to our Natural History Curator’s
If you are interested in joining this £1 donation. No need to book. ten minute prehistoric talks at 11.45am, 12.45pm,
lively, friendly group and would like 1.45pm and 2.45pm?
to add your details to our waiting list,
please email julia.watkinson@plymouth. CONTEMPORARY CRAFT FESTIVAL
gov.uk or call 01752 308624. Friday 8 to Sunday 10 June,
10.30am to 4pm
Mill Marsh Park, off St John’s Lane, STOKE VILLAGE AND BLOCKHOUSE
LOOKING AHEAD Bovey Tracey TQ13 9AL
Join us at this popular annual event which
PARK SUMMER FUN DAY
Saturday 21 July, 11am to 6pm
ROYAL ACADEMY 250 showcases the work of some of the region’s best Blockhouse Park, Stoke, Plymouth
September to December 2018 established and emerging makers. We’ll be there Party like it’s the 1940’s with us at Blockhouse
The Royal Academy of Arts celebrates its 250th with some examples of craft in the ages and Park! We’ll have a selection of objects from the era
anniversary this year. Although located in information about The Box. for you to handle and costumes for you to try on.
London, this is also an important moment for You can also create your own medal.
Plymouth: the Academy’s founding President ARMED FORCES DAY
THE ATLANTIC PROJECT:
was Plympton-born Sir Joshua Reynolds Saturday 30 June, 10am to 5pm PLYMOUTH PRIDE 2018
AFTER THE FUTURE
(1723-92). We will be working with partners Veterans Village Marquee, Saturday 11 August, 1pm to 9pm
28 September to 21 October 2018
across Plymouth to commemorate the Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth PL1 2NY Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth PL1 2NY
The Atlantic Project is a pilot for a new ‘biennial’
anniversary through a series of exhibition, Come and find our stand at this year’s Armed Celebrate Plymouth’s LGBTQ+ communities with us.
festival of contemporary art that will take place
events and insights into our collections. Forces Day and explore World War I and World Come and have a chat with us on our stand and
in public contexts and outdoor locations across
www.royalacademy.org.uk/ra250 War II objects. Make your own poppy or dress up make your own rainbow flag.
Plymouth later this year. Look out for artworks and
for a selfie in one of our helmets.
installations in unusual locations in and around the
PLYMOUTH ART WEEKENDER VAN DIKE CLUB 1968-1972: 50TH
city centre by a range of national and international
28 to 30 September 2018 RESPECT FESTIVAL 2018 ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION AND
artists including Ursula Biemann, Liu Chuang,
Plymouth Art Weekender is back for its fourth Saturday 14 July, 11am to 5pm GET TOGETHER
Nilbar Güreş, Ryoji Ikeda, Kiluanji Kia Henda,
year and showcases the city‘s visual arts sector, Plymouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Saturday 1 September, 12pm to 6pm
Marie Lund, Wang Shang, Carl Slater, Hito
promoting it as an exciting contemporary art Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 1HA The Guildhall, Guildhall Square,
Steyerl, Tommy Støckel, SUPERFLEX and Vermeir &
destination. Experience a diverse range of Come and see objects from our handling collection Plymouth PL1 1HA
Heiremans. The full programme will be unveiled in
activity including exhibitions, installations in the Main Hall. We’ll also be running a free Find out more about our ‘Plymouth After Dark’
the summer. ‘The Atlantic Project’ is a partnership
and performances. family-friendly craft activity in the Lower Guildhall. project at this celebration of the 50th anniversary
between the University of Plymouth and The Box
www.plymouthartweekender.com of the opening of Plymouth’s legendary Van Dike
and is curated by Tom Trevor, Artistic Director.
Club. Come and talk to us about your memories of
It’s part of the city‘s Horizon programme, led by
this beacon of Plymouth’s counter-culture.
Plymouth Culture and supported by Arts Council
England and Plymouth City Council.
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VENUES AND
HISTORIC SITES
PLYMOUTH AND WEST DEVON SOUTH WEST FILM AND LOCAL STUDIES LIBRARY
RECORD OFFICE TELEVISION ARCHIVE Plymouth Central Library, 167-171
Clare Place, Coxside, Plymouth PL4 0JW 10 Catherine Street, Plymouth PL1 2AD Armada Way, Plymouth PL1 1HZ
The Plymouth and West Devon Record Office Established in 1993, the South West Film and The local studies library collection contains
is the principal archive for the city and West Television Archive is the official regional film and material relating to Plymouth and the surrounding
Devon area and your one stop shop for local tape archive for the South West. It’s the largest area and includes over 35,000 volumes, major
and family history research. regional film archive in the UK and is recognised country periodicals, newspapers dating back to
• Use the online search catalogue to help with as one of the country’s most significant screen 1721 and maps going back to 1643.
your research heritage collections. T: 01752 305900
• See features about the archives in the • 60-minute onsite tours of the archive are E: library@plymouth.gov.uk MOUNT EDGCUMBE
Plymouth Herald’s ‘Looking Back’ supplement available on request (maximum 10 people) W: www.plymouth.gov.uk/ Cremyll, Cornwall PL10 1HZ
on selected Tuesdays • Extensive SWFTA footage can be accessed via centrallibrary The former home of the Earls of Mount
T: 01752 305940 www.player.bfi.org.uk Edgcumbe is set within an 865-acre country
E: pwdro@plymouth.gov.uk T: 01752 202650 SMEATON’S TOWER park on the Rame Peninsula in SE Cornwall.
W: www.plymhearts.org/archives E: info@swfta.org.uk The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 2NZ Visit the website for house opening times and
W: www.swfta.co.uk A centrepiece on Plymouth’s Hoe, Smeaton’s information. Enjoy and explore the magnificent
Tower offers fantastic views from its lantern Grade I gardens all year round.
PENINSULA ARTS GALLERY room. It’s open from 10am-5pm Monday to T: 01752 822236
Roland Levinsky Building, Sunday (subject to change). It’s closed on Good E: mt.edgcumbe@plymouth.gov.uk
University of Plymouth, Friday and the Christmas and New Year period W: www.plymouth.gov.uk/
Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA and occasionally for civil ceremonies. mountedgcumbe
Peninsula Arts is the University of Plymouth’s T: 01752 304774
wide-ranging public arts programme. Enjoy great E: museum@plymouth.gov.uk MAYFLOWER MUSEUM
exhibitions, dance, films, music, performance and W: www.plymhearts.org 3-5 The Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2LR
talks all year round. The Mayflower Museum is located above the
T: 01752 585050 Tourist Information Centre on the Barbican and
E: peninsula-arts@plymouth.ac.uk tells the story of Plymouth’s role in the Pilgrim
W: www.peninsula-arts.co.uk Fathers’ epic journey to the New World. Come
in to learn more about Plymouth’s shared history
DEVONPORT NAVAL HERITAGE CENTRE with America.
off Granby Way, Devonport, T: 01752 306330
Plymouth PL1 4HG E: barbicantic@plymouth.gov.uk
The Devonport Naval Heritage Centre PORT ELIOT W: www.plymouth.gov.uk/
highlights the development of The Dockyard St Germans, Saltash, plymouthmayflower
and Plymouth’s pivotal role in supporting the Cornwall PL12 5ND
Royal Navy through major conflicts since 1300, See a series of paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds PLYMOUTH ATHENAEUM
including two World Wars. and some of his contemporaries from our Derrys Cross, Plymouth PL1 2SW
• Talks and a series of special Open Days take permanent art collection on display in Port Eliot’s Our partner venue for our Lunchtime Talks
place on selected dates throughout the year fascinating Grade 1 listed house on selected programme also offers its own Afternoon Talk
• Tours are available on request dates from April to June. series on selected Tuesdays throughout the year.
T: 01752 554200 T: 01503 230211 T: 01752 266079
E: navynbcd-nblo@mod.uk E: info@porteliot.co.uk E: bussec@plymouthathenaeum.co.uk
W: www.devonportnhc.wordpress.com W: www.porteliot.co.uk W: www.plymouthathenaeum.co.uk
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