Visitors to a brand new exhibition at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery can help document and pack objects, write labels and identify mystery items within the collection.
‘Stories from the Stores’ is a collection intended to show the continuing development of life in and around Plymouth right up to the present day. It includes a huge variety of items relating to peoples’ daily lives...
See a real store on display in our gallery as we carry out the largest review of our social history collection we’ve ever done!
The collection includes a wide variety of items relating to peoples’ daily lives and features over 5,000 objects, ranging from fragments of buildings, televisions, radios, gas cookers to marbles and make up.
On certain days you’ll be able to see our curators and conservators at work in the exhibition space.
There will also be a number of opportunities for you to get involved. Come in and look at the objects we care for, write your own...