Land and seascapes; antiquities and historic buildings; composite topographical townscapes; and monumental figures and book illustrations from four contemporary South West wood engravers: Harry Brockway, Hilary Paynter, Pam Pebworth and Howard Phipps.
Wood engraving is a simple relief printing process using close-grained woods such as cherry but principally box. Chosen to display quite different aspects of the medium’s capabilities, their work continues a 200-year tradition developed in its modern form by Thomas Bewick. His small jewel-like vignettes of genre scenes are not only...
This display includes works by major artists of both the 19th and 20th centuries.
Having recently returned from a major touring exhibition, RAMM’s pair of hospital drawings by Barbara Hepworth, Trio and Preparation, will be on display for the first time in several years.
The artist was an enthusiastic supporter of the NHS and was encouraged to visit the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in Exeter by Norman Capener, a surgeon and friend. Trio includes a portrait of Capener (centre), who was himself a painter and sculptor and maintained a long association with RAMM as a member of...
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.
Andrew McRae, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Exeter University, examines the special role the South West played in the late 16th-century movement to describe the nation, considering major works alongside lesser-known local descriptions.
Tickets: £6 (£4)
Tickets available above 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.
Start your evening viewing the exhibition, then join Professor Sam Smiles for his lecture at 7.30pm.
Sam Smiles is Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Plymouth, and Programme Director, Art History and Visual Culture, University of Exeter. He specialises in the history of British art and has a particular interest in the contribution of Devon and Cornwall to the national picture. He will focus on Tudor works of art and architecture, new ideas about education, church and state and the development of historical scholarship.
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.
Enjoy an exclusive evening viewing RAMM’s displays and a glass of prosecco. If you wish to dine afterwards you can treat yourselves to a two course meal at Côte Brasserie from 7.30pm.
RAMM ticket includes entry to RAMM and a glass of prosecco.
Combined ticket includes entry to RAMM, a glass of prosecco and a two course meal at Côte Brasserie, Cathedral Yard, Exeter.
Tickets 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....
Past Pleasures specialise in interpreting history through costumed character re-creation. Find out how they have researched and constructed a personality from the exhibition and meet them in the gallery for a short performance.
1pm-3pm, £6 (£4)
Tickets 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.
Official representatives of the Blackfoot Nation of Canada will be visiting RAMM to offer their knowledge about sacred regalia held by the museum. This is the first time it has been accessed by the Blackfoot Nation in 130 years. It is special because it was once owned by Isapo-muxika (Crow Indian’s Big Foot or Crowfoot) an important Blackfoot leader at a time when Canada was being created using their land. Through colonial hands the regalia was sold to the museum in 1904.
This lecture will present a Blackfoot history of Crowfoot and the effects this has on Blackfoot people today...
