Meet local bird experts from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
Discover underwater wonders around Devon’s shores, learn how bees are saving the UK millions of pounds a year, which piece of clothing inspired the RSPB’s origins and how everything from tigers to sparrows are being protected by local conservationists.
Wildlife Tours - 11am and 2pm
Join them for a 20 to 30 minute walk around the museum to see the wildlife on display.
Come along and discover how to help us save this important archaeological discovery Come along and discover how to help us save this important archaeological discovery
Tom Cadbury, RAMM’s Curator of Antiquities. Over 22,000 coins and three iron ingots were found by a metal-detectorist near Seaton. The coins mostly date between AD 310 and AD 348 and are associated with Emperor Constantine I (the Great) (AD 306-37). This was a turbulent period, when settled periods of affluence were interrupted by civil wars, rebellions and invasions. It may have been these troubles that led to the...
Find out about the 5th largest Roman coin hoard found in Britain Find out about the 5th largest Roman coin hoard found in Britain
Bill Horner, Historic Environment Manager and County Archaeologist, Devon County Council. Over 22,000 coins and three iron ingots were found by a metal-detectorist near Seaton. The coins mostly date between AD 310 and AD 348 and are associated with Emperor Constantine I (the Great) (AD 306-37). This was a turbulent period, when settled periods of affluence were interrupted by civil wars, rebellions and invasions. It may have been these troubles that led...
What a difference 100 years can make. A massive explosive shell that contributed to death and destruction in 1914 Hartlepool has returned in a piano removal van and welcomed with a civic reception.
The shell is one of the 1,150 that were fired by German battle cruisers during the bombardment of Hartlepool on 16 December 1914. It failed to explode and was sent to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum for display. The shell has been returned to Hartlepool to be the centerpiece of the displays during their centenary commemorations.
DNA from a rare specimen of an extinct mammal will be sampled, Jurassic Park style at the Ark, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery’s archive.
Although, unlike in the film, the technology doesn't yet exist to bring the animal back to life, the DNA will be important for a research project into the species. Until the two Swan Island hutia were brought to light at RAMM, researcher Roseina Woods had just 12 specimens in the UK to work on. The collection at the Natural History Museum in London, was thought to contain the only remaining examples in the country. The animals...
It was a mammoth occasion when Wool-I–Am met Gerald the Giraffe at Exeter's museum.
Wool-I-Am is the icon of Ipswich Museum and was named this autumn when hundreds of Radio 2 fans of the Chris Evans show took part in an impromptu competition.
Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) is one of the UK museums most admired by Ipswich Borough Council's culture chief Bryony Rudkin, so when she attended a management conference in the city she took Wool-I-Am along.
"I am quite a frequent visitor to RAMM," Councillor Rudkin said. "I am eager to learn more from our...
Enjoy festive fun and games at St Nicholas Priory, a hidden jewel just a short walk from the city centre: The splendid Grade 1 listed building was originally part of Exeter’s first medieval monastery.
It is now presented as a richly furnished Tudor home in 1602 style based on evidence from inventories and archaeology.
From 11am to 1pm, herb women Elinor and Christina will be in the kitchen showing visitors how to prepare sweetmeats, decorations and delicacies for the Hursts’ Christmas celebrations.
Internationally acclaimed harpist, Elizabeth Jane Baldry, performs her own haunting score live to a screening of the 1922 horror film, Nosferatu.
This iconic film of German expressionist cinema was the first ever screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula – the original and landmark entry into the entire global genre of the horror film. More than eighty years since its release, it remains one of the most potent and disturbing horror films ever made. The sight of the hollow-eyed, cadaverous vampire rising creakily from his coffin still retains the ability to chill the blood....
