RAMM’s Curator of Natural History, Holly Morgenroth, will give an insight into the biology and cultural significance of New Zealand’s birds and shed some light on how RAMM, a museum 12,000 miles away, came to have rare and extinct New Zealand birds in its collections.
Keep your eyes peeled for the collectors and fanatics of the Victorian past. Our steampunk enthusiasts – inspired by the Sladen Collection – will be roaming the galleries, keen to share their fascinating discoveries, fabulous creatures and incredible machines. Share your curiosity with these emerging young performance artists.
In partnership with the University of Exeter Drama department.
Encounter artist Hilary Paynter demonstrating the artistic and technical skills of wood-engraving. Examples of Hilary’s work and her monograph Full Circle will be available to buy landscape – accompanying the exhibition Awake Through Years: Four Southwest Wood Engravers.
Artists Jenny Brooks and Aza Adlam of the Hilliard Society will give talks and demonstrate miniature portrait painting techniques showing work in progress with opportunities for you to have a go.
With a romantic 1920s dress theme, this Electro Swing night includes dancing lessons and live band The Pookas. DJs Don Johnston and Mr Puckey will play Electro Swing – a fusion of house and hip-hop with classic jazz swing.
The fun continues next door at The Cavern Club for a special after party (over 18s only, ID required).
Tickets: £10
Tickets are available online here or www.undergroundtickets.net and www.wegottickets.com , and from the Cavern Club and from the museum reception in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours...
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.
We are all taught that Elizabeth I’s intrepid sea dogs defeated the Spanish Armada and saved her realm from invasion. Dr Robert Hutchinson, OBE believes the truth is different ....
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.
A comment in a donor file has begun an intriguing search involving international commerce during England’s Civil War, silk togs, and a fake letter that may have finished a career... Shelley Tobin, RAMM’s Curator for Costume, reports:
Family treasures
A silk robe and quilted velvet tarboush (hat) were presented to RAMM in 1965 by Miss Mollie Prideaux, who referred to herself as the only surviving member of her family who knew their origin. They had belonged to an ancestor, Edward Barnard, not to be confused with the famous seventeenth-century philosopher and astronomer....
Start your evening by dropping in to view West Country to World’s End between 5.30 and 6.30pm followed by author Alison Weir’s keynote lecture at 7.30 pm at the Thistle Rougemont Hotel where she will discuss the events and circumstances that shaped a great queen. Elizabeth I`s genius and statesmanship were, in no small measure, the product of her turbulent childhood and youth. Elizabeth was meant to be the son that Henry VIII urgently needed. Declared a bastard at only two years of age, after her mother, Anne Boleyn, had been beheaded, and disinherited, she was to face loss, scandal,...
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
