Monday 15th February 2016 (10.00-11.00 or 14.00-15.00) Tuesday 16th February 2016 (10.00-11.00 or 14.00-15.00)
Come and explore the Cathedral as a family this half-term. Join our child-friendly tour full of stories, amazing facts, and spooky tales.
Find out more about this wonderful building, and discover how and why it was built. Along the way, see if you can spot: a mermaid, a green man, an elephant, a boy sticking his tongue out, and a clock that may have inspired the nursery rhyme ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’.
Afterwards, why not get dressed up and take a Medieval...
From a 13th century missal constraining chant music to a 21st century composition based n the 10th century Exeter Book, via a letter written by Henry Purcell and records of payments to members of the choir, Exeter Cathedral Library and Archives has a wealth of information about music over the centuries.
Visiting information
The exhibition is open during normal Cathedral opening hours.
Admission to this exhibition is included in the Cathedral's admission charge. Find out why we charge tourists to visit the...
Wednesday 2nd September 2015, 13.00-15.30 (Library and Archives, Palace Gate)
Your opportunity to experience the oldest book of English literature in existence – right here in Exeter!
Written in about 970AD, the Exeter Book is the oldest of only four surviving books of Anglo-Saxon literature anywhere in the world. Much admired for its beautiful writing and the quality of its verse, this unique book of poetry has been at Exeter Cathedral since Leofric, the first Bishop of Exeter, gave it to his church in around 1072. Within its 246 pages are some 40 poems and nearly 100...
NRG (Tilted Vision) are the film company who have been commissioned to make a film capturing the most important and interesting facts and anecdotes about Exeter Cathedral. It is hoped the film will inspire and excite visitors, predominantly school groups, before they tour the Cathedral itself.
Discover the process that the production company followed in the making of the film and be one of the first to see their work at this exclusive screening.
