The nineteenth century was truly the great ‘Age of the Museum’. Municipal museums in Britain sprang up after the 1845 Museums Act. But they were already being founded throughout the colonies of the British Empire. John Mackenzie, pioneer of the study of popular and cultural imperialism, will discuss why this was the case, what form some of these extraordinary museums took, what they tell us about the global spread of European culture, and the role this played in the development of national identities.
Tickets £4.50 (£3) are available in person or by phone using a credit or debit...
Felt Making for beginners 3 week course on Thursday 9, 16, and 23 May
10am-noon at the Hub on The Green, Cathedral Green, Exeter.
May 9th : Exploring fibres, carding and wet felting. Take home a creative felt picture made using different fleece. May May 16th : Explaining templates and how to use them. Make a beautiful 3D flower. May 23rd : Needle felting; how to felt using a dry technique. Take home a wonderful 3D animal.
£55 for the whole 3 week course or £20 per session. Includes materials for specific project each session.
The Exeter Choral Society present their first concert in the new season featuring the music of Williams and Haydn.
Programme to include:
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs '17 Vaughan Williams Lord thou hast been our refuge (TBC) Haydn Nelson Mass 40'
Exeter Choral Society is a mixed voice choir and performs two concerts each year with professional soloists in St James Church, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter. The society was founded in 1943 as the Whipton Choral Society and has existed in its current form as the Exeter Choral Society since 2005. It has a membership of...
Find out more about our feathered friends in RAMM’s birds’ gallery. RSPB experts will be on hand to answer your questions on the collections and the work of the RSPB.
A unique craft fair held in our large events marquee full of local traders with their lovely handmade goods.
Why not come and treat yourself. This is a fundraising event.
No booking required for visitors. £2 entry, under 12s are free.
10am-4pm.
Traders must book, please call 01395 573156 for more information. The Donkey Sanctuary is set in acres of tranquil, unspoilt farmland and countryside in East Devon’s Area of Outstanding Beauty. ENTRY IS FREE and we are open 365 days a year from 9am until dusk.
Come and enjoy the Wardour Garrison's return to Poltimore House near Exeter and experience what it was like to live and fight during the English Civil War. Come and take a stroll in the Grounds or take a walk through time as you explore the House. In 1646 the end of Civil War in the south west was negotiated at Poltimore, and the Treaty of Exeter was signed in the Great Hall at Poltimore - in the fine east-facing room re-modelled in about 1740 as the Saloon.
Refreshments will be available in the Chapel.
Please note: Due to the nature of this event and noise, please leave...
Our community organisation is based in Bow and our main objective is to promote all the arts in Bow & surrounding area. As well as the couple of Villages in Action events we are allocated a year, we hold ten other events including a free entry festival in May or June.
The festival has been growing since we first started five years and it was estimated that we had over 800 people attend last year.
To start things off we have Torrington street dance crew The Streetz and we already have an amazing line up of live bands confirmed including the eight times BBC folk awards...
This event in Exeter Cathedral Chapter House is a recital by international cellist, Michael Kevin Jones, who will play ‘Mostly Bach...’, including his Cello Suite No 1 in G and also the UK premiere of Rodrigo’s ‘Como una fantasia’.
The concert will take place on Sunday 5 May at 7 pm, following a special 6 pm service in the Cathedral, during which the Exeter Bach Society, together with St Peter’s Singers, will sing Bach’s Cantata BWV 115.
Recital tickets are £10 and are available from the Exeter Phoenix Ticket Agency, Gandy Street (01392 667080) or online via www....
