Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) has organised a free seminar for professionals working with clients of all ages addressing health and well being issues.
The event, on Wednesday 20 November, will showcase the power of cross-sector partnership working to change people’s lives for the better. It will show, through case studies from RAMM and its partners, the positive contribution that museums can make.
Running from 1pm to 4.30pm at the Rougemont Thistle Hotel, the scene will set by Lord Victor Adebowale speaking in his role as Chair of Collaborate at the London...
Members of Chudleigh Writers’ Circle will share extracts from their latest anthology, Rammblings, which was inspired by RAMM, and afterwards take participants to see the objects which sparked the book.
Tickets available online or from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception in person.
Dr Jane Eade, Associate Curator at the National Portrait Gallery, explores the diverse imagery of legendary adventurers such as Walter Raleigh and Francis Drake.
Tickets available online or from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception,Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm.
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.
Using RAMM’s exhibitions and displays as inspiration, this course encourages participants to think creatively about making a basic musical instrument from reclaimed materials using refuse or old clutter.
Course reference number CLEX4001X. Book your tickets from DACL: acl@devon.gov.uk , 0845 155 1014 or www.devon.gov.uk/adultlearning
Concessions available.
Organised in association with Devon Adult and Community Education (DACL).
In a triple bill of spoken word, Lemn Sissay MBE performs live at RAMM.
Author of five books of poetry spanning twenty five years, Lemn has read on stages throughout the world. He is an honorary Doctor of Letters and was awarded the 2010 travelling award scholarship from the Society of Authors. His play Something Dark is winner of a RIMA award and the story of his life was the subject of the BBC documentary Internal Flight.
Taking on politics, love and supermarkets with a sidelong smile, Dizraeli is the BBC Radio 4 Poetry Slam Champion and charismatic frontman of The Small...
Orlando Rutter, Senior Learning & Outreach Officer at Dartmoor National Park, will explore some of the natural and human influences that have shaped the landscape which provides inspiration for writers and artists. He will also describe some of the work of Dartmoor National Park Authority.
Tickets priced at £4.50 (£3) are available from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception from 9 July in person or by phone using a credit or debit card on 01392 265858 during opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm.
Join RAMM Patron Nick Baker for an informative, intimate, sometimes surreal and irreverent look into the world of skulls and a skull collector.
Nick has been a bone collector all his life, fascinated in particular with the many aspects of the skull. In this talk he gets down to the bare bones of the most important collection of bones in the body; on one hand the perfect example of form and function and on the other, a thing of great sculptural beauty.
He will explore the origins, purpose and mechanics of these bones and how they develop, and delve into the realm of...
Volkhardt Müller from Blind Ditch and John Wylie, Cultural Geographer from the University of Exeter, discuss the views and vistas of central Exeter as experienced through the lens of the public art project and courtyard video installation: This City’s Centre, www.thiscityscentre.net
1pm-2pm.
Tickets cost £4.50 (£3) and are available 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.
Meet Curator Tony Eccles to explore costume and personal adornment artefacts from RAMM’s world cultures handling collection. Accompanying the World Cultures display, Coded Clothes.
Tickets cost £6 (£5) and are available 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.
