Aotearoa (New Zealand) was one of the last land masses to be discovered by humans. People first arrived there by boat 1,000 years ago and they soon found that they had access to an abundance of resources from three sacred worlds: the land, the sea and the sky.
This display takes a look at a small collection of Māori objects and specimens from the museum’s ethnography and natural history collections and explores how the Māori used these resources in daily life, battle and ceremony.
Land and seascapes; antiquities and historic buildings; composite topographical townscapes; and monumental figures and book illustrations from four contemporary South West wood engravers: Harry Brockway, Hilary Paynter, Pam Pebworth and Howard Phipps.
Wood engraving is a simple relief printing process using close-grained woods such as cherry but principally box. Chosen to display quite different aspects of the medium’s capabilities, their work continues a 200-year tradition developed in its modern form by Thomas Bewick. His small jewel-like vignettes of genre scenes are not only...
This display includes works by major artists of both the 19th and 20th centuries.
Having recently returned from a major touring exhibition, RAMM’s pair of hospital drawings by Barbara Hepworth, Trio and Preparation, will be on display for the first time in several years.
The artist was an enthusiastic supporter of the NHS and was encouraged to visit the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in Exeter by Norman Capener, a surgeon and friend. Trio includes a portrait of Capener (centre), who was himself a painter and sculptor and maintained a long association with RAMM as a member of...
Join us at the St Paul's Church for this special service, where Hospiscare's Book of Memories will be available to view, and will remain until Twelfth Night.
This uplifting service of remembrance is open to all, and includes carols, readings and prayers.
The Tree of Light will be shining with lights in dedication on the Cathedral Green in Exeter until 6 January.
Make traditional Christmas decorations in the parlour.
In the morning, Mistresses Eleanor and Christina will also be in the kitchen showing visitors how to prepare sweetmeats, decorations and delicacies for the Hursts’ Christmas celebrations.
Ever wanted to start your own business? Work from home? Be your own boss? Love speaking to people and making new friends? Care about your health and wellness? Want financial freedom? Want all this and the support of likeminded entreprenuers?
Come along and listen to the Arbonne Opportunity on the 22nd November 7pm for a 7.30pm Start at the Thistle Hotel in Exeter.
You never know it could just open your eyes to new possibilities and it could be the start of a life changing journey.
Join the University of Exeter’s Drama Department outside the Elizabethan Guildhall in Exeter High Street at 5.30pm and parade down to St Nicholas Priory for a glass of punch and promenade drama performances between 6pm and 7pm.
Meet the fools, clowns and ordinary folk of Shakespeare’s plays in comic scenes and festive silliness featuring emerging artists from the MA Staging Shakespeare course.
In partnership with the University of Exeter Drama department.
Meet and talk with local bird experts from the RSPB and join them for a 20-30 minute walk around RAMM to see the wildlife on display and hear news of wildlife conservation.
