RAMM holds a small but interesting collection of archaeological objects collected in Cyprus in the late 19th century.
Dr Thomas Kiely, Curator of Cyprus Collections at the BritishMuseum, will reveal the history of archaeological exploration in Cyprus, and explore how these objects came to Exeter. This research and lecture are funded by the AG Leventis Foundation.
Tickets: £6 (£4).
Book your tickets here online or from the museum reception in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours.
Tudor England was a dangerous place. There were wars and plagues and childbirth was perilous. But what risks did people run in their daily lives? Dr Steven Gunn, Fellow and tutor in History, MertonCollege, Oxford shows us the accidents they had at work and play, from tin-mines and cider-presses to wrestling and throwing the hammer.
Wood engraver Hilary Paynter provides an account of her response to the changing world that is deeply rooted in the landscape – accompanying the exhibition Awake Through Years: Four Southwest Wood Engravers.
£6/£4
Book your tickets here 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.
RAMM Meeting Room A Collections inspired art and craft sessions for under fives with Creation Station. A chance for under fives to take a journey of discovery and make collections inspired creations. Parents, grandparents and carers can enjoy quality time with their little ones in a friendly, social environment.
Contact Erin Blake in advance: Tel 0844 824 4534, mobile:07925 653942 or email erinblake@thecreationstation.co.uk
RAMM Meeting Room A Collections inspired art and craft sessions for under fives with Creation Station. A chance for under fives to take a journey of discovery and make collections inspired creations. Parents, grandparents and carers can enjoy quality time with their little ones in a friendly, social environment.
Contact Erin Blake in advance: Tel 0844 824 4534, mobile:07925 653942 or email erinblake@thecreationstation.co.uk
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.
11am-4pm, free, drop in. Wildlife tours 11am and 2pm.
Exeter is an especially rewarding place for the study of the early modern house and its contents: not only does it preserve a splendid series of Elizabethan inventories, but excavation and study of historic buildings by archaeologists have accumulated a mass of physical evidence relating to this subject. John Allen, Exeter Cathedral Archaeologist and RAMM’s former Curator of Antiquities will illustrate how these different sources build up to a picture of the city’s Elizabethan homes. Tickets available above or from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception in person...
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...
Andrew McRae, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Exeter University, examines the special role the South West played in the late 16th-century movement to describe the nation, considering major works alongside lesser-known local descriptions.
Tickets: £6 (£4)
Tickets available above or from the Royal Albert Memorial 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.
Start your evening viewing the exhibition, then join Professor Sam Smiles for his lecture at 7.30pm.
Sam Smiles is Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Plymouth, and Programme Director, Art History and Visual Culture, University of Exeter. He specialises in the history of British art and has a particular interest in the contribution of Devon and Cornwall to the national picture. He will focus on Tudor works of art and architecture, new ideas about education, church and state and the development of historical scholarship.
