Meeting and talk with local bird experts from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Join them for a 20 to 30 minute walk around the museum to see the wildlife on display. Discover underwater wonders around Devon’s shores, learn how bees are saving the UK millions of pounds a year, which piece of clothing inspired the RSPB’s origins and how everything from tigers to sparrows are being protected by local conservationists.
Fake scientific and documentary evidence can play as big a role in forgery scandals as clever fabrication of the artwork itself, as we discover in a ‘ripping yarns’ survey featuring the familiar Tom Keating and Van Meegeren amongst a supporting cast of exotic rogues.
Themes will include an introduction to the Wellcome Collection displayed in the Intimate Worlds exhibition, aspects of sex in Ancient Egypt, Roman and Tudor times, LBGT history and a chance to see some of RAMM’s own collections of ancient artefacts of a sexual nature.
ADVICE: the day will contain images and discussion of a frank sexual nature. In partnership with the University of Exeter Centre for Medical History and LGBT Health Project Devon. Part of Universities Week 2014
Two performances: one at 11am and the second at noon.
In the 1960s, Gilbert & George transformed themselves into a living sculpture to portray the issue of homelessness. Students from Exeter’s Royal Academy for Deaf Education experiment with this contemporary art approach to convey issues that concern them today. Accompanying the RAMM exhibition, Gilbert & George | ARTIST ROOMS.
Classical music in the setting of the British Wildlife Photography Awards exhibition. The programme Mozart – Quartet in D minor K.421 Beethoven – Quartet in F Op.59 No. 1 "Razumovsky" Schumann – Quartet No.2 in F
Museum doors open at 6.30pm. The concert begins at 7.30pm. Drinks will be available prior to concert and during interval.
Jubilee Quartet Jubilee Quartet was formed in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where they currently hold a Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship. They are 1st prize winners of the ‘Val Tidone International Chamber Music Competition’,...
Throughout his long career spanning over 40 years, Sir Joshua Reynolds regularly painted members of his wide circle of friends, both male and female. Donato Esposito, an art historian specialising in British art from the 18th and 19th centuries, will look at Reynolds’ circle of friends and their portraits, placing into context those of fellow Devonians such as Francis Hayman RA.
Book your tickets online or from the museum reception in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm.
A winner of numerous national and international awards, Laura Snowden is an exciting young classical guitarist.
Alongside a busy concert schedule as a soloist and chamber musician, she also leads a successful compositional career, both in the classical and folk genre. Her music, as heard recently on BBC Radio 3, will feature on the debut album from her folk ensembe Tir Eolas, recipients of a City Music Foundation award this year.
Programme:
J.S Bach (1685 -1750)-Lute Suite BWV 995 Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)-Asturias Colin Downs (b.1956)-Mosaic Lennox berkeley (1903...
