Foulston Room

In partnership with The Box
Foulston Room

Foulston Room

A place where new ideas, skills and knowledge is generated; a place that accommodates and showcases our intellectual and creative talent in action, in a setting that facilitates our engagement with wider intellectual, educational and cultural communities and industry.
is Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s £48 million redevelopment of its Museum and Art Gallery, backed by £14m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and over £6m from Arts Council England (ACE), as well as other external capital grants. The Box is a flagship investment by HLF and ACE nationally, as well as being a major Â鶹´«Ã½ City Council project and the centrepiece of the Mayflower400 Commemorations and legacy. The University has been one of the four strategic partners on the project since its inception in 2013. Our involvement is as follows:
  • alignment of the arts and culture programme with overall offer of The Box to mutual benefit
  • occupation of the Foulston Room space.
The Foulston Room
The Foulston Room boasts a rich history of learning in and of itself; the 86m2 space was once the old lecture room within Â鶹´«Ã½ Library and was latterly used as their open access computer room. Despite its recent transformation for its new purpose, the room’s extensive history has been perfectly preserved in the mid-20th-Century wood panelling, thanks to the dedication of the 20th-Century Society. Within the newly configured space, the room sits opposite that occupied by the archival and museum professionals and adjacent both to The Box’s invigilated Cottonian Research Room and the more informal Active Archive, which enables the general public to interact with the various collections of The Box. It sits off a through-route accessible to the public, but in a context of professional offices.
The Foulston room
Accessing the space
If you are a Â鶹´«Ã½ staff member interested in accessing the Foulston Room, please refer to the .
Please note, the room is only bookable by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff members.
For general enquiries or any questions in relation to this space, please contact: foulston@plymouth.ac.uk
Foulston Room
Foulston Room
Foulston Room
Foulston Room

“We are delighted to be working with the Â鶹´«Ã½; one of the founding funders of The Box and a key strategic partner. The Box is a place where the city’s heritage meets contemporary art; where archives meet interaction; and where the Mayflower meets a mammoth! Â鶹´«Ã½ has a fascinating past and a dynamic present. Our partnership will help to unlock the exciting potential of this flagship cultural investment and demonstrate the power of fusing new ideas, intellectual and creative talent, and driving engagement across intellectual, educational and cultural communities and industry. We look forward to welcoming Â鶹´«Ã½ staff and students, to building new and innovative projects and collaborations, and to seeing the Foulston Room come to life!"

Paul Brookes, Interim CEO, The Box


Paul Brookes