Devon author and painter Ray Balkwill describes his passion for his native county as ‘running as deep as the red earth itself’. This illustrated talk provides a fascinating glimpse into the artist’s personal and physical relationship with the landscape, and in particular his ‘love affair’ with the Exe Estuary.
As an Academician of the South West Academy and member of the St Ives Society of Artists, his words and paintings have carried the grandeur of our region far and wide. The evening will appeal to all those who are equally passionate about art and the landscape. Drinks will be...
RAMM has thousands of objects on display which, with a little imagination, could inspire a monster mask. How about a creepy clock, an evil elephant, a terrifying tiger or a scary spider?
Come and join in the Halloween fun and make your own mask to take away. Music will accompany the monster masks activity. There’s also an opportunity to see Ten Pieces, a short BBC film about how classical music can inspire creativity in children, in RAMM’s Garden Meeting Room.
Adults are expected to stay with their children while they participate and must remain with them if they are under...
Art and craft activity for unaccompanied children to nurture and inspire each child’s imagination. Tried and tested materials and tools are used, giving parents the reassurance that safe, compliant and securely managed learning experiences are offered. Create Club is run by two members of Creation Station staff who run and manage the sessions. Staff are DBS checked, Safeguarding trained and one out of the two staff is also first aid trained. Full day includes lunchtime supervision.
Exeter College is part of a collaborative group staging Connected Exeter - a digital design weekend - across the city on 18 and 19 October.
Working with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Exeter, along with the Phoenix, the Met Office and the Fab Lab at Exeter Library, the college will stage a number of design-based challenges in its Centre for Creative Industries (CCI) building situated off Queen Street, across the weekend.
The event is open to the public and aimed at young people of secondary school age up to college age...
Take a 40-minute behind the scenes tour. See some of the reserve collections and find out more about the conservation, display and storage of objects.10.30am and noon
Tickets £7 (£5)
Tickets are available online 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.
When Geoff Stow displayed his collection of post-Second-World-War radios in RAMM’s What Do You Collect? cabinet he never imagined that it would help him find his dream object: a B&O FM Portable from the early seventies.
Collecting is central to museums, quite literally in RAMM’s case: the central Finders Keepers? gallery is dedicated to the collectors that made RAMM a world-class museum and to the ethics of collecting.
The What Do You Collect? cabinet sits alongside these displays showing how important collecting still is and giving an indication of the extraordinary...
Chris Watson, one of the world's leading wildlife recorders, is preparing to bring sounds from rural Devon into the heart of RAMM.
When using the stairway linking the garden entrance to the Down to Earth gallery, visitors in 2015 will be treated to soundscapes from nearby coast and countryside.
Chris is currently capturing sounds from rockpools and estuaries, farmland and meadow, pebblebed heathlands and oak woodlands. Four seasonal recordings from each location will be used to create a changing soundscape evocative of Devon’s diverse ecosystems.
From August to December 1914 Devon’s population witnessed the transformation from peacetime to wartime. The residents of Devon were encouraged to participate in the war effort which ranged from recruitment efforts to war charities.
Dr Richard Batten, who researched Devon and the First World War at the University of Exeter, explores how Devonians responded to the circumstances of wartime on the Home Front in 1914.
First World War Centenary 2014-18.
The First World War changed the way we live. RAMM’s four-year programme of exhibitions, displays, events and activities...
Join RAMM’s art curator John Madin for a gallery tour, 1pm-2pm.
The tour accompanies the exhibition Exeter’s Fine Art, running 29 August to 4 January 2015.
Tickets are available online 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.
