Things to do at home

We hope you’ve enjoyed your visit to RAMM. Why not try one of these free activities inspired by the objects in the collections?

Frame of Mind

Get inspired by the detail in museum objects to look slowly at the world outdoors with mindful photography ideas on @RAMMFrameofMind on Instagram.

Woman taking a photograph of stuffed tiger behind glass

Guided mindfulness videos

Take a moment to breathe, relax and enjoy the art and culture of RAMM with a series of guided mindfulness videos by mindfulness teacher Joanna Gosling. Explore six different artefacts in the museum collection through mindfulness, learn to look at objects in a different way and explore how to cultivate awareness of your senses and breathing.

RAMM guided mindfulness – Ways of Seeing – YouTube

Minecraft

Discover what life was like in Roman, Tudor and 18th century Exeter in Minecraft. Go inside a museum object, discover archaeological objects where they were used and explore historic buildings! Bedrock and Education editions of the maps are available. The RAMM maps are free to download, but you need to make a one-off payment to play Minecraft.

RAMM Minecraft

Draw a giraffe

Gerald the giraffe is RAMM’s iconic mascot and best-loved object. Follow the steps in the video below to learn how to draw your own Gerald!

‘How to draw a giraffe’ from the RAMM at Home series of 12 art challenges.

Create your own collection

Create your very own RAMM collection based on various objects from the museum’s amazing collections, and then make a mini-museum to hold them all.

Make a mosaic

Find out more about Roman mosaics in Exeter and Devon, then create your own, with Time Trail’s mosaic maker!

Mosaic – Exeter Time Trail

a close up detail of a Roman mosaic, showing small blue/grey, white and brown tiles forming the shape of an X

Collections Explorer

RAMM’s collections database has a growing curated selection of objects for you to explore, or find out more about your favourites:

RAMM Collections Explorer

Google Street View

Or if you can’t get into RAMM for a visit, you can explore the museum online using Google Street View’s 360 tour

Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery – Google Maps

A screenshot of RAMM courtyard as it can be seen on Google Streetview. The image shows the courtyard wall at RAMM, full of different objects, plus the screen of Google street viewer
RAMM’s Courtyard as viewed on the Google Street View tour