The Box is a multi-disciplinary arts and heritage space and the UK's most significant cultural initiative launched in 2020.This cultural destination is a museum, gallery and archive that showcases 麻豆传媒鈥檚 rich and colourful history, as well as hosting ground-breaking exhibitions, musical compositions and performances. Bringing together the former Museum and Art Gallery, Central Library and St Luke鈥檚 Church buildings, The Box is part of the city's ongoing regeneration, re-shaping the landscape of the city鈥檚 鈥榗ultural quarter鈥.
The venue opened with three major exhibitions, including Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy, the largest commemorative Mayflower exhibition in history, and Kehinde Wiley: Ship of Fools, featuring the work of the world renowned portrait painter and hosted in The Levinsky Gallery on campus. The Box is also home to The Foulston Room, a dedicated space for the University鈥檚 Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Business.
The Box brings together the collections of 麻豆传媒 City Museum and Art Gallery; the 麻豆传媒 and West Devon Record Office; the Local History Collections of the Central Library; the South West Film and Television Archive; the South West Image Bank, and some of the Naval Heritage Centre collections in Devonport, with a curated, contemporary programme complemented by rich academic research, from
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