Friday 29th July, Thursday 11th August, Monday 22nd August. Tours available each day 10.00-11.00 and 14.00-15.00 Come and explore the Cathedral as a family this half-term. Join our child-friendly tour full of stories, amazing facts, and spooky tales. Find out more about this wonderful building, and discover how and why it was built. Along the way, see if you can spot: a mermaid, a green man, an elephant, a boy sticking his tongue out, and a clock that may have inspired the nursery rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’. Afterwards, why not get dressed up and take a Medieval family ‘selfie’ to...
Thursday 28th July, 10.00-12.00 or 13.30-15.30 (Pearson Education Centre) Become an archaeologist for a day! Find out what real archaeologists do and learn the techniques you need by taking part in our mini-digs. Then use your skills outside to take part in our set-up excavation. Finally, create your own dig to take home using artefacts and plaster. Booking information Suitable for ages 6-13, £6 per child. Children may be dropped off and left for the whole session. Booking essential – please book online or telephone 01392 285983 . No booking charges apply for this event. Book online
Tuesday 26th July, 10.00-12.30 or 13.30-15.30 (Pearson Education Centre) Travel back to a time in which dinosaurs roamed the earth. Do you like scary dinosaurs or friendly dinosaurs? Create a scary T-Rex or a friendly Stegosaurus. Watch out for those flying Pterodactyls! Finally, make your own dinosaur excavation in plaster to take home. Booking information Suitable for ages 6-12, £6 per child. Children may be dropped off and left for the whole session. Booking essential – please book online or telephone 01392 285983 . No booking charges apply for this event. Book online
Monday 25th July, 11.00-15.00 (Cathedral Green) Find out about what an archaeologist does and get the chance to meet a real one. Become an archaeologist yourself and take part in our mini-digs. What can you find? How old do you think it is? Plus have a go at our archaeology-themed crafts and create something to take home with you. (This event may move inside due to weather conditions on the day. Please keep an eye on the website) Suitable for ages 5-12. £1 charge for some craft activities. Part of the Festival of Archaeology
Saturday 23rd July, 10.30-15.30 (Cathedral Green ) Visit the Cathedral's Roman activities stall on Cathedral Green (in partnership with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum) and find out more about the Roman archaeology beneath your feet. Can you solve the roof tile puzzle, make a mosaic with real Roman pieces and sort out your ‘mortaria’; from your ‘samian’? Why not try your hand at our mini-dig excavations, make a Roman serpent bracelet, or create a brooch? (This event may move inside due to weather conditions on the day. Please keep an eye on the website) Suitable for all ages. Drop-in...
Saturday 23rd July – Saturday 27th August during normal visitor hours What does the Cathedral look like to you? Put your sketching skills to the test and send us your picture of the West Front of the Cathedral. You can use pencils, pens, paints, charcoal or anything you like to create your drawing. Please submit your entry to the Front Desk at the Cathedral. Prizes will be available for categories in the following age ranges: 4 – 7, 7-11, 11-16, 16 – 18. All work will be exhibited once the competition comes to a close. Prizes for each category TBA. FREE.
Saturday 23rd July – Saturday 27th August during normal visitor hours Become a knight and join a quest to spot the shields hidden around the Cathedral. Follow the clues that will lead you to each one, and find out who each shield belongs to. Once you have finished, take your completed sheet to the shop, where you will receive your prize. £1 per child which includes a small prize at the end. Suitable for all ages. Admission applies for accompanying adults.
Thursday 21st July 2016 at 13.00 An informal lunchtime concert by Dutch Choir Schola Davidica Utrecht including music from the English Choral tradition. Rejoice in the Lord alway - Anonymous Ave Maria - Robert Parsons Ave verum - William Byrd If ye love me - Thomas Tallis Organ: Jan Hage Exultate Deo - Willem Andriesen Ir tikai nats - Romualds Jermaks Abendlied - Josef Rheinberger Organ: Jan Hage Hail gladdening light - Charles Wood Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace - Samuel Wesley I saw the Lord - John Stainer Booking information Included in the Cathedral admission
Friday 22nd July 2016 at 19.30 The Amadeus Orchestra Cello: Raphael Wallfisch Piano: Malcolm Forbes-Peckham Conductor: Philip Mackenzie Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Finzi Cello Concerto Stravinsky Petrouchka Back in Exeter Cathedral for their much anticipated annual concert, the Amadeus Orchestra and Raphael Wallfisch bring one of England’s finest cello concertos to Exeter; Finzi’s masterpiece from his final years. Wallfisch has long been a major proponent of his work and has made several recordings of it. Malcolm Forbes- Peckham last played a piano concerto with Amadeus back in 2014 when...
Thursday 21st July 2016 at 13.00 (Chapter House) The ancient houses of Cathedral Close form the most important group of medieval houses in Devon and Cornwall. Over the last generation archaeologists have been exploring these buildings, discovering hidden roofs and other concealed features. The lecture, given by John Allan - the Cathedral Archaeologist, will explain the new discoveries and give an account of the architecture of the Close. Ticket information
Tickets £5 (£4.50 for Friends of Exeter Cathedral, Residents' Cardholders and Cathedral Volunteers) from 01392 285983 and...
