Presenting Philip Reeve: competition at RAMM

Fans of the children’s author Philip Reeve are competing for the chance to help host the Q&A session after his 20 October talk at RAMM. Philip Reeve is famed as the creator of the fantasy fiction quartet Mortal Engines. Since it was published in 2001, he has won many literary prizes. 

13 Feb

RAMM’s Turner Flying High

RAMM has flown the Turner watercolour, Buckfastleigh Abbey, to Japan for the touring exhibition: Turner and the Poetics of the Landscape.

3 July

World Cultures Introductory Tours

Tue 17 Jul, 11am and 2pm, £2.50 

Available for a limited time, join one of our tour guides for a 30-minute introduction to our newly refurbished World Culture galleries. 

Meet in the Courtyard on the first and third Tue of each month.

Dementia-friendly object handling

Thu 19 Jul, 10.30am to 12.30pm, £15 (includes a companion)

Touch and talk about objects reflecting summertime, from paintings to insects and clothing to photographs.

Lighting up RAMM

Sat 21 July, 10am to 12.30pm and 1.30 to 4pm, free

Come and meet scientists from the University of Exeter Optics and Photonics Society. Discover what the science of light and materials reveals about different museum objects. Take part in hands-on experiments and demonstrations. Learn how butterflies get their colours, why emeralds are green but rubies are red and many more natural marvels.

Little Explorers

Tue 31 Jul and 7, 14, 21, 28 Aug, 10.30 to 11.30am, £6 (siblings £4)

Art and craft activities inspired by RAMM's collections. Parents, grandparents and carers can enjoy quality time with their little ones in a friendly environment. For under 5s and their families.

Pop Art in Print

12 May to 26 Aug

£4.50, £3.50, Art Fund £2.50, under 19s free

Vibrant, sexy and very much of the moment, Pop Art reflected a fascination with the iconic status of celebrities and brands. See works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Patrick Caulfield and Richard Hamilton, as well as contemporary artists whose work is strongly influenced by the Pop Art phenomenon, such as Gavin Turk, Julian Opie and Damien Hirst.

Organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Exeter's Fine Art: Childhood

8 May to 25 Nov

Child iconography from the 17th to the 20th Century. Before the Enlightenment, children in art appeared as miniature adults. Includes Age of Innocence by Joshua Reynolds, on loan from Plymouth City Museum.

Alfie's Night Out

20 Apr to 2 Sep

Children’s book illustrator Victoria Byron has created a new book especially for RAMM’s 150th anniversary. Alfie is a sparrow who sits amongst the other birds in the gallery. One night, when the visitors have all left, something magical happens: the museum comes alive and Alfie goes exploring.

Bedwyr Williams at RAMM

Tue 17 July to April 2019

Internationally-acclaimed artist, sculptor, writer and film-maker Bedwyr Williams brings his surreal sense of humour to bear on RAMM's Queen Street foyer. After decades of being examined in glass showcases, the objects will have a chance to get their own back by studying the visitors.

What do you collect? For the record

10 Jul to 30 Sep

Sharing the passions of local collectors: Selected from 3,500 vinyl records to accompany the Pop Art in Print exhibition, the collector is showcasing some record sleeve artworks inspired by the Pop Art movement.

Display your collection: E ramm@exeter.gov.uk.

Behind the scenes at the museum

3 July to 7 October

Cafe display - see the museum from a different. Press and portrait photographer Jim Wileman has taken a look behind the scenes to capture some of the museum moments that members of the public don’t normally see.

Exhibitions and Events

April to June 2018

Many events sell out quickly. View the full programme of exhibitions and events in RAMM's latest quarterly leaflet and ensure that you get tickets you want.