Plymouth opens The Box

A new museum, gallery and archive centre on the site of Plymouth's former City Museum and Art Gallery, Central Library and St Luke's Church will be opening to the public next week. Due to open in May but delayed because of the pandemic, The Box cost £47m, with problems attributed to knotweed and bats resulting in a £13m overspend. The building provides 13 exhibition spaces, and commissioned exhibits include a life-sized woolly mammoth and a replica of the ship Mayflower, celebrating the 400th anniversary of its departure from Plymouth to America,