Plymouth City Museum (Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery)

Member Name: missgiggles2008

Product:	Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Date:	02/11/08 (25 review reads)
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Advantages: Free, educational, interesting and warm!

Disadvantages: none!

Firstly I have to say I have never been a great fan of Museum's - I always thought they were for "clever people" and not me hehehe. But thin museum has changed my ways of thinking for good.

Location - Plymouth city Museum is located right opposite the University of Plymouth, which is on the main road into the city centre. It is about five minute walk to the main shopping centre and ten minutes from Mutley Plain, which is a strip of cafe's, shops, and bars. It is easily accessible for buses, cars, and taxis. It is also only about fifteen minute walk from the train station. Which means it is very central to most of Plymouth's key shops.

Museum - the Museum itself is a little dingy outside looking in, and you could easily walk past it on your way down to the shopping centre - however if you look up outside it, you will see how tall it seems to be! You walk in and you are in a small ish square room - there is a security guard sat in a carm the gift shop, a money collection place and the main stairway for you to walk up. You walk up the stairs and there are many different rooms you can walk into. There are six galleries available to the public and one that is constant is the art galleries - these are particularly good as I once went in there and one of the artists was actually there answering questions. In bigger cities such as London, this may be quite common, but it is pretty good especially as it is Plymouth. Alot of people living down this way want to try and put Plymouth on the map in the south west of the country!

It has recently been re-opened after a period of refurbishment. I find the museum very good, not only is it educational but it is interesting as well! All too many times these places seem a little boring at first, but i tell you this - they are not! I once went to an Egyptian exhibition here in the museum and it was so interesting and they had the timeline in the form of a story - that you walked around and it was so interesting. In fact Ancient Egypt is the next exhibition coming back to Plymouth, on November 29th, so I am very excited about that. They also have Beryl Cook exhibition coming at the end of November. Sadly she has now died but is a very famous artist from Plymouth, so also very excited about that.

Improvements for 2009 - As well as the six main galleries the Museum is extending and developing four new gallerieson the ground floor refurbishment scheme.

The only thing I am not keen on is that you have to walk through the gift shop before you can get to the exit - but i think this is a common trait of alot of attractions.

Opening times -

Tuesday to Friday - 10am to 5.30pm
Saturday and Bank Holiday Mondays - 10am to 5pm

Overall the Museum is easy to get to, and if you are unsure most people in Plymouth seem to know where the Museum is. If travelling in transport to the Museum it is on the roadside so taxis,buses and cars are all ok. Parking would have to be by the nearby Drake Circus complex, which is about £1.10 per hour, or 2 hours for £2.20.

I think a final note to say about this place is that it is FREE, which is good - we all love a bargin! It is important to say that the Museum is funded by Reniassance in the regions - and owned and operated by Plymouth City council - so they rely alot on donations.

Good if you......like somewhere free to go, educational, historical, relaxing, interesting.

Don't come here if you....aren't intersted in history.

Summary: Great place that caters for all! and whatsmore its free!