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  • a mother and baby on the floor playing instruments, while a toddler to the left bangs on a drum
    12 September 2024 – 17 July 2025

    Musical moments around the world – Under 5s

    THURSDAYS DURING TERM TIME Explore a range of beautiful instruments from across the globe! Musical moments around the world will introduce under 5s to […]Read More from Musical moments around the world – Under 5s

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  • a beaded 1920s purse from the RAMM collection
    14 January 2025 – 27 July 2025

    Devon in the 1920s

    The 1920s, sandwiched between the two World Wars, are sometimes seen as a forgotten decade. For those who lived through it however, it was […]Read More from Devon in the 1920s

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  • a clay vase with a small spout opening decorated with a fish
    21 January 2025 – 27 July 2025

    What Do You Collect? – Mingei pottery

    ‘Mingei’ is a Japanese word meaning ‘folk art’ and these traditional crafts can include ceramics, textiles, wood, bamboo, paper, metal, toys and lacquer. In […]Read More from What Do You Collect? – Mingei pottery

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  • Plates arranged on a wooden surface, each superimposed with a food related artwork from the RAMM collection
    22 March 2025 – 29 June 2025

    FOOD: beyond the plate

    We all need food. It sustains human life on earth. It can bring us joy or cause us concern. It can evoke happy memories […]Read More from FOOD: beyond the plate

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  • the base of a cliff, with red sand
    25 March 2025 – 27 July 2025

    Simon Lee Dicker: Landslip

    Described as, ‘a love letter to a small stretch of Dorset coastline’, this collage of photography, film and animation captures an eroding landscape of […]Read More from Simon Lee Dicker: Landslip

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  • a cartoon illustration of a pigeon stepping through a window into a kitchen garden. Ribbons of text cover the image, with comments such as 'If you've been hungry you can't ignore other people's hunger' and 'I grew up on a farm so we ate everything.'
    25 March 2025 – 29 March 2026

    Tastes Like Home

    Large-scale hangings around the Cafe at RAMM evoke the smells of baking, sounds of cooking, tastes of holiday treats, the delight of childhood picnics, […]Read More from Tastes Like Home

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  • An oil painting of fruit, flowers and a glass of wine
    5 April 2025 – 22 March 2026

    Exeter’s fine art collection: a feast for the eyes

    Food is essential to our survival and can be one of our greatest pleasures. Since the earliest cave paintings of hunting scenes, some 43,000 […]Read More from Exeter’s fine art collection: a feast for the eyes

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  • An old black and white photo from the 1920s featuring a woman serving afternoon tea to two seated ladies at an outdoor table. They are seated in front of an old brick building.
    1 May 2025

    Tea for two: Afternoon tea in the 1920s

    Dr Paul Cleave will explore some of the traditions and etiquette of afternoon tea in the 1920s. Whether at home or in Deller’s Café […]Read More from Tea for two: Afternoon tea in the 1920s

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  • Guy, founder of Riverford, standing in a field holding a box of vegetables.
    7 May 2025

    Guy Singh-Watson – My relationship with food 

    Guy Singh-Watson, founder of Riverford, will talk about his personal relationship with food, from growing up around the kitchen table with a mother who loved to […]Read More from Guy Singh-Watson – My relationship with food 

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  • an older male volunteer at RAMM showing an artefact to a younger woman
    8 May 2025

    VE Day 80th Anniversary

    Join us at RAMM for a free drop-in gallery handling experience featuring a selection of second world war items you can touch and some […]Read More from VE Day 80th Anniversary

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  • Brightly coloured Scotty Gillepsie illustration showing a fantast wizard and fantasy fighter painted on to tins. the left image has the text 'I slay every day' and the right says 'I am full of wonder'
    11 May 2025

    Pocket Precious

    Unleash your imagination and embark on an exciting journey of self-discovery in this engaging workshop for all ages! Join local artist Scotty Gillespie as […]Read More from Pocket Precious

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  • close up of a man's hands, carving a spoon out of a branch of wood
    13 May 2025

    Spoon carving for home educators

    Join craftsman Alex Finberg for a day carving spoons from Dartmoor trees. We will be carving wind fallen and sustainable wood grown on Dartmoor […]Read More from Spoon carving for home educators

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  • Image of a bronze sculpture of an older man's head, with his cheek resting in his hand.
    13 May 2025

    Annual Drecki Lecture – Luke Shepherd

    Luke is a bronze portrait sculptor. His bronzes are in museums, libraries, universities, ships and private collections.  His worldwide encounters range from celebrities to political leaders to the wildly eccentric. Capturing […]Read More from Annual Drecki Lecture – Luke Shepherd

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  • Small boy standing in the museum smiling at the camera.
    21 May 2025

    Pancakes and Pierogi

    A storytelling adventure for families with children aged 3-5. This gentle storytelling session for pre-schoolers will take your little ones on a tour around […]Read More from Pancakes and Pierogi

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  • Photo of a young blond boy, about 7 years old, cutting out a shape from cardboard.
    27 May 2025

    Fedoras and Flappers

    Jazz up your style and swing into the golden age of glamour. Channel your inner gangster, sleuthing PI, or dashing adventurer and make your […]Read More from Fedoras and Flappers

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  • A pair of hands running a print roller covered with pink ink along a leaf shaped stencil
    28 May 2025

    Print an Art Deco tote bag

    Dance into the glamorous world of 1920’s era Art Deco to unleash your creativity and try your hand at creating your own outlandish design […]Read More from Print an Art Deco tote bag

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  • Photo of the upper body of a middle aged man wearing a black Tudor tunic with a frilly white collar and a black cap, playing a Tudor string instrument.
    29 May 2025

    Meet characters from the past

    Travel back in time this May half term and encounter characters from the past, alive at RAMM. Talk to a Tudor to learn about […]Read More from Meet characters from the past

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  • Photograph of three stone pillars set upon a rocky landscape with a few yellow and green plants dotted between them.
    13 June 2025

    Jacob van der Beugel: in conversation

    How can data—their compositions, movements, and journeys through human activities and nonhuman surroundings—be visualized? This is the central question explored in Data Shadows, a film […]Read More from Jacob van der Beugel: in conversation

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  • Small boy standing in the museum smiling at the camera.
    24 June 2025

    Pancakes and Pierogi

    A storytelling adventure for families with children aged 3-5. This gentle storytelling session for pre-schoolers will take your little ones on a tour around […]Read More from Pancakes and Pierogi

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  • Close up image of a robin with a red breast, superimposed on a sunset scene with shadowed tree branches and other birds in the background.
    5 July 2025

    one thousand birds symphony – GRICE – Drop in event

    ‘A harmonic and sometimes dissonant conversation between humans and the natural world. A study of feathered strength and Iridescence’ British art-rock rock musician, producer […]Read More from one thousand birds symphony – GRICE – Drop in event

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  • Image of a CD front cover to the album 'one thousand birds symphony' by GRICE, featuring three crowds on an artistic fiery red background.
    5 July 2025

    one thousand birds symphony – GRICE Evening Performance

    ‘a harmonic and sometimes dissonant conversation between humans and the natural world’ ‘A study of feathered strength and Iridescence’ A premier surround sound immersive […]Read More from one thousand birds symphony – GRICE Evening Performance

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  • Photo of people dressed as historical characters, wearing Victorian era dresses, tombola hats and top hats.
    19 July 2025

    Dartmoor History Hunters Family Fun Day

    Join the Dartmoor History Hunters here at RAMM, and travel through time to uncover the secrets of Dartmoor. There will be crafts, activities and […]Read More from Dartmoor History Hunters Family Fun Day

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  • Close up image of a wooden carving of an angel. Her head is slightly bowed, her hands are clasped together in prayer, and her wings are swept out behind her.
    16 September 2025

    The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters

    The Pinwill sisters, Mary, Ethel and Violet, learnt to carve as teenagers, during the restoration of their father’s church at Ermington, Devon. With the […]Read More from The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters

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  • A close-up image of data cables sticking out of a concrete surface. The ends have been roughly sliced off. The shadows of the cables create a hatched/crisscross pattern
    10 June 2025 – 15 June 2025

    Art Week Exeter: Jacob van der Beugel, Data Shadows

    Data Shadows is a collaboration between artist Jacob van der Beugel, philosopher Sabrina Leonelli and filmmaker Oliver page. It is an imaginative film that portrays data as tangible, material […]Read More from Art Week Exeter: Jacob van der Beugel, Data Shadows

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  • Photo of a large grey wolf walking towards the camera through a snowy forest
    26 July 2025 – 4 January 2026

    Wild

    This exhibition explores our relationship with the natural world and looks at how people across the globe are creating, rebuilding and repairing connections with nature.   […]Read More from Wild

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  • coloured hand illustrations of moth caterpillars labelled Deilephila Euphorbiae
    29 July 2025 – 25 January 2026

    Recording nature

    The natural science collections at RAMM include over 250,000 specimens. Some collectors recorded the data associated with them on labels attached to the specimens. […]Read More from Recording nature

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  • Three staplers lined up in a row
    29 July 2025 – 25 January 2026

    What Do You Collect? – Staplers 

    During the Covid-19 pandemic, many office-based staff had to start working from home, including our collector. Renny says ‘at pretty short notice we had […]Read More from What Do You Collect? – Staplers 

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  • A collection of pottery items - from left to right a flute shaped vase in a blue-green glaze, a small round lidded container, a jug with ochre markings, and a beautifully ornate bowl
    27 January 2026 – 23 August 2026

    Studio Ceramics

    Studio ceramics is loosely understood to mean pottery that has been made by a single potter who has had an overview of all the […]Read More from Studio Ceramics

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