Where art, people and stories come to life.
The Box Plymouth is Art Fund’s Museum of the Year 2026. We’re a museum, art gallery and archive that brings together extraordinary collections, inspiring exhibitions and unforgettable experiences under one roof. From internationally significant artworks and fascinating local history to family activities, events and contemporary culture, it’s a place to explore, discover and see Plymouth from a new perspective.
Our vision
Reimagining the future through the past.
Our mission
The Box is a social space for people, art, ideas and experiences. We preserve the city’s cultural collections and share extraordinary stories to explore the pressing issues of our age.
From our home in Plymouth, we nurture and support individuals to be creative and curious about the world around them, exploring the past in order to imagine new futures.
We seek to be a sustainable cultural organisation for the 21st century.
Our values
- Connected – we are committed to inclusion and thrive through collaboration. We connect people, places, ideas and collections.
- Progressive – we are ambitious and seek to be an exemplary cultural organisation, developing new ideas and ways of doing things.
- Curious – we enable creativity and learning to ignite imagination and inspire change.
- Relevant – we work with others to generate an engaging and accessible offer for our communities, particularly those for whom The Box is new.
