Christmas at The Box

Mary
Authored by Mary
Posted: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - 23:34

The Box, Plymouth’s award-winning museum, art gallery and archive is promising a festive season to remember for all the family! Visitors can craft their own decorations, gift wrap and even hand-made presents at Christmas workshops, enjoy a special breakfast with Santa and a special late-night openingdesigned for children and adults of all ages, rounded off with festive treats at The Box Kitchen & Bar.

For those looking for store-bought Christmas gift ideas, The Box’s shop is bursting with a carefully curated selection of beautiful, handmade gifts – from festive candles, luxury Christmas hampers to locally made cards and jewellery.

And for an entirely different festive experience - bring the heat of the Australian desert to you with a visit to the critically acclaimed exhibition of Aboriginal Australian art,Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters!

CHRISTMAS WORKSHOPS

The Box’s Christmas Workshops are the ultimate way to channel festive creativity. Craft presents, level-up your gift wrapping or design decorations for your Christmas tree – there’s something for everyone.

£10 first child | £8 for each additional child | Accompanying adults go free. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Sessions are most suitable for children 5+.https://www.theboxplymouth.com/blog/news/christmas-2021

CLAY CANDLE HOLDERS

4 and 5 December, 10am-11.30am, 12.30pm-2pm and 2.30pm-4pm

Create a very special candle holder that will make your Christmas candles really twinkle, a perfect gift to treasure! With an experienced facilitator on hand, learn different clay techniques using air dry clay, and take inspiration from stars ceramics in the Museum’s '100 Journeys' gallery and Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters exhibition.

BOOKMAKING AND MARBLING PAPER

11 and 12 December, 10am-11.30am, 12.30pm-2pm and 2.30pm-4pm

Learn how to marble paper and create a handmade book to treasure and keep, or to give to a loved one. During this workshop you can experimenting with marbled paper and learning the basics of bookmaking!

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

18 and 19 December, 10am-11.30am, 12.30pm-2pm and 2.30pm-4pm

Make your very own Christmas decorations from fabric, felt and ribbons to hang on the tree! Use the incredible galleries at The Box as inspiration to capture your imagination. Whether it will it be the mammoth, Captain Scott’s polar adventures, a snowy owl, these decorations can be treasured every year.

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA

Father Christmas will be starting his day in The Box Kitchen & Bar every weekend from 9am-11am from 27 November until 19 December and you’re invited. He’ll be there to greet families on arrival before they sit down for delicious breakfast fare like pancakes with maple syrup or blueberries. Adult entry is £10, under-18s for £7 - tickets are selling fast – limited dates available here.

FAMILY LATE

Wave off Father Christmas before he returns to the North Pole on Sunday 19 December and explore The Box’s galleries out of hours. Enjoy some acoustic music and Christmas crafts for all to enjoy – plus tasty treats at The Box Kitchen & Bar too. £5 per person. Book online.

GIFTING WITH THE BOX

 

From cuddly woolly mammoth toys to locally sourced textiles and jewellery – there’s something for any age and taste in The Box’s carefully curated shop, both onsite andonline.

For the person who has everything, gifting membership to The Box this Christmas for free, unlimited entry to both Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters for a burst of Australian desert heat during winter or Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy, plus discounted access to Elizabethan House and many other member perks is the ideal gift.

In the shop, there are new festive items to meet your gift-buying and decoration needs – from Plymouth-inspired Christmas Cards (£3.50 each) designed by local artist Sarah Smalldon to Christmas Felt decorations (from £3) handmade with biodegradable, sustainable materials using traditional needle felting techniques.

The Figgy Pudding Christmas Scented Tin Candle (£12.50) will fill any home with itsdelicious sweet and fruity Christmas fragrance bursting with nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves and for the hard-to-buy for jewellery lover in your life, there’s a stunning Silver Ocean Stacking Ring (£34), handcrafted by Devon Sent and inspired by the region's stunning coastlines and rugged moorland, complete with hand-carved with wave and seagull details.

WHAT’S ON AT THE BOX

If you’re local or travelling over the festive period, a visit to The Box is the perfect day trip for anyone spending Christmas in the South West. As well as the critically acclaimed exhibitions Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters and Mayflower 400: Legend & Legacy, there are a series of fantastic galleries and spaces to explore at The Box, including:

· Figureheads: A magnificent display of 14 monumental ships’ figureheads, collectively weighing over 20 tonnes

· 100 Journeys: Great explorers and their discoveries, from Drake to Scott and beyond

· Mammoth: Plymouth’s incredible natural history collections featuring 1,000 pickled marine creatures and a full-size mammoth replica

· Port of Plymouth: A celebration of Plymouth’s naval and maritime past

· Media Lab: Interactive room featuring the UK’s largest regional film and television archive

· Cottonian Collection: Illuminated manuscripts, Old Master drawings and fine art

· Active Archives: Public access to The Box’s huge archive containing some of the city’s most fascinating documents

You can find out more about The Box at www.theboxplymouth.com.

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