What can portraiture teach us about self and identity? Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery and Chair of the judging panel for the BP Portrait Award, will talk about the portraits in this year’s exhibition.
Tickets are £7 (£5) and available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours. Early booking recommended. www.rammuseum.org.uk
These newly-developed holiday activity days offer children a great chance to immerse themselves in history surrounded by the museum collections. Each full day of challenging new activities for unaccompanied 8 to 12 year olds will fire their imaginations, cultivating curiosity and drawing out the hidden curator, story-teller, explorer and historian.
10 April: Them and Us
Try on the clothing of Britons and Romans. Explore their different foods and social lives. Make some British artefacts and some Roman ones using clay and other materials. Ask a Roman soldier what he thinks...
The Tannery: Contemporary Photographs Of An Ancient Tradition
A new exhibition of photographs at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum will appeal to Devonians, photographers, social historians and craftsmen and women alike.
The Tannery: Photos by Paul Glendell captures life and work at Hamlyn’s tannery in Colyton where the ancient industry of tanning leather using oak bark has been carried out for hundreds of years. The firm of J and FJ Baker and Sons Ltd, who now run the tannery, are the only company in Britain that still makes leather in this way. The work is hard,...
In the 19th century fern madness swept through Britain and Devon was at the centre of the craze. Sarah Whittingham will tell the story of pteridomania from tales of fern forays to the invention of the Wardian case; the creation of verdant ferneries to the ferns in the decorative arts. In partnership with Devon Gardens Trust.
Tickets: £4.50 (£3), available in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours.
An evening of traditional tales from oral cultures around the world, true stories of moving to Exeter and living here, as well as secrets uncovered from Exeter’s past. Hosted by local story-tellers Sandhya Dave and David Heathfield and stories told by members of Exeter’s communities.
Part of the Global Centre’s project Telling our Stories, Finding our Roots: Exeter’s Multi-Coloured History.
Tickets are free and available in person or by phone on 01392 265858 during opening hours.
Celebrate literature and art with a day of live storytelling, poetry, folklore and talks.
A display will show books by Devon authors and literature set in Devon, including illustrations, fine bindings and pop-up books. Bring a camera and take part in activities for all ages including mosaic-making. Sam Smiles, Emeritus Professor of Art History at Plymouth University, will give a talk on Devon’s painters. Simon Hall, BBC Correspondent and writer of detective novels will talk on Reporting Crime, Writing Crime. John Madin, RAMM’s Curator of Fine Art, will lead tours of the art gallery...
Mammoths, hippopotamuses and sabre-toothed cats in Devon? It must be the Ice Age.
Experts from RAMM spill the beans on Ice Age beasts in this fun activity session for families. Make mammoths and touch real Ice Age fossils and archaeology.
Students from the University of Exeter will be getting on their soap-box about artefacts that have caught their attention. This is your chance to listen, debate and heckle their take on the collections.
Free drop-in, 10.30am-3.30pm, in partnership with Community Action at the University of Exeter.
Catch up on their presentations at www.exeter.gov.uk/RAMM
Symposium Roman Exeter – revealing what lies beneath modern day Exeter
This symposium will reveal the Roman city that lies beneath the surface of modern-day Exeter. Speakers discuss the 1970s excavations that revealed the legionary fortress, the Roman bath-house and the remains of the basilica, plus recent discoveries at St Loyes and the west of Exeter.
The day includes a tour of RAMM’s Roman artefacts.
Organised by the Exeter Branch of the Devonshire Association, with RAMM, to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Devonshire Association.
