Another chance to take part in the popular mystery to discover what the crusaders brought back from the East. The activities form the clues that lead to the discovery of hidden treasure.
10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
All children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Some activities are messy so do wear clothes that can get dirty. If an activity is busy there may be a short wait.
Admission charged: adults £4, children £1.50, families £10, concessions available. Free tickets for the activity are available from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum reception...
Video+sound installation creates a contemporary portrait of the city through the eyes of its residents.
A new video+sound installation composed of views from the homes of 40 Exeter residents will spend the summer at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM). This City’s Centre 1: Window, sited in the central courtyard until 22 September, offers a unique audio-visual portrait of Exeter, and encourages us to look at the city anew. Produced by Devon-based art collective Blind Ditch, This City’s Centre 1: Window offers a progressive image generated...
Exeter Chamber of Commerce welcomed guest speaker, local Labour MP Ben Bradshaw to its monthly Networking Lunch, which this month was held at The Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) on Tuesday 23 July with over 100 members and guests attending.
Ben updated members on his work for Exeter and Westminster and took questions from attendees. Ben highlighted the increased resilience Exeter has shown during the last few years considering the economic climate and said he remains optimistic about Exeter’s sustainable growth with some big retailers like John Lewis and IKEA coming to the city...
“This species is almost certainly new to science” Palaeontologist Bob Coram
A new acquisition to the museum’s collection is a fossil footprint called a Cheirothere. It was found near Sidmouth in the Otter Sandstone (Triassic about 240 million years ago) and precedes the dinosaurs.The print and some less well preserved examples were discovered by Bob Coram of Swanage who made the donation to the RAMM.
Cheirotheres have been known from the Triassic rocks of the Midlands but this is the first recorded occurrence in the Triassic rocks of southern England.
Shortlisted from 105 entries, an artwork developed for an exhibition at RAMM has won an international linocut prize.
Exeter-based artist Volkhardt Müller adapted 12 little plastic TVs with musical clockwork to play finely carved miniature lino cuts on a perpetual roll for the Witness Box display in the exhibition, Any High Street. More of Volkhardt’s work can be seen in the current display at RAMM by Devon-based artist collective Blind Ditch: This City’s Centre.
Volkhardt is thrilled that the 12 scenes of contemporary Exeter have gained international recognition “I was...
Dr Sally Flint and Dr Ginny Baily, the editors of Riptide short story journal and Canto poetry journal, based at the University of Exeter, will run and facilitate this creative writing workshop.
Artwork on display from RAMM’s permanent collection will be used as inspiration to develop and discuss a piece of writing.
Participants need to bring along pens, paper, a willingness to write and their imaginations.
10am-4pm.
Tickets cost £35 and are available from Riptide: www.riptidejournal.co.uk or email: editors@riptidejournal.co.uk
