Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery welcomed some very special visitors to its ‘Mystery, Magic and Midnight Feasts: The Many Adventures of Enid Blyton’ exhibition recently, when the late author’s granddaughter and great-grandchildren popped in to look around the show.
Sara Lane, who lives in Cornwall, her elder children Dominic and Georgina and her youngest son Jeremy, who attends...
For two weeks this summer the upstairs studio at Ashtorre Rock, Saltash is being transformed into an impressive gallery by the Ashtorre Artists group for their 2018 summer exhibition. This will be the tenth show since their formation in 2009 when the goal was to create 150 images of Brunel’s Royal Albert rail bridge in celebration of its 150 year anniversary.
In successive years the group of twelve artists from both sides of the Tamar have come together to explore various other aspects of the gallery’s stunning riverside...
Plymouth Gin is delighted to announce the unveiling of a new and exciting exhibition, ‘From Plymouth to the World – the Voyage of Plymouth Gin from Birth to Legend’, launching in the heart of its home city at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery. Created in partnership with Plymouth City Council, the new exhibition showcases the brand’s 200-plus year history in the city and is perfect for gin...
A new exhibition opening at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery next week will explore the 10 dramatic days during the summer of 1815 when Napoleon Bonaparte was held as a prisoner in Plymouth Sound aboard HMS Bellerophon.
‘Fallen Emperor: Napoleon in Plymouth Sound in 1815’ will be centred around a popular painting from the Museum’s collections by Jules Girardet, which shows Napoleon...
Photographers with a keen eye for flora and fauna are being invited to take part in a competition in the South West later this month.
OPAL South-West and the Plymouth Woodland Project, who are part of Plymouth University’s outreach programme to engage wider audiences in the study of biology and ecology, have set the challenge for participants to capture ‘urban wildlife’ and ‘wildlife...
An exhibition featuring images by nine of the world‘s top photographers will be on display at the City Museum and Art Gallery for just ten more days.
‘Open for Business’ features images of contemporary British manufacturing and is the result of a project led by UK arts organisation Multistory and world-famous photographic co-operative Magnum Photos.
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of ‘Plymouth’s Greatest Gift’ - The Cottonian Collection’s arrival at the City Museum and Art Gallery.
This nationally important collection encompasses a 2,000 volume book library, several thousand prints, Old Master drawings, oil paintings, bronzes and sculptures.
It was compiled by Charles Rogers (1711- 1783) in mid-18th century London before being inherited by the Cotton family in 1783. It passed through three generations of Cottons, each of whom left their mark on it, before it was gifted to the people of Plymouth in 1853. It was...
A new exhibition opening at the City Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday 13 December will showcase some of Plymouth’s most important and interesting portraits.
‘In the Frame: Plymouth’s Portraits Revealed’ delves into the city’s collection, and presents new research about some of the characters who are new or rarely seen.
Visitors will be able to come face-to-face with maritime...
Monstrous art works including an enormous typhoon and a giant eyeball are currently on show at Radiant Art Gallery, Plymouth City Centre.
Following two months of intensive training as art curators with Effervescent’s team, nine talented girls aged 10 – 14 came up with the idea for the show and selected art works by five artists based in Plymouth, in the UK, and in Europe.
The show is called I’m Beautiful Now, and it’s a powerful evocation of what it’s like to be a young carer.
Young carers are children who have caring responsibilities for their parents or brothers...
