Highlights
Our 2019 successes would not have been possible without you. Check out our Christmas opening times on Visit us. We look forward to seeing you.
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RAMM has commissioned a work by acclaimed contemporary artist Joy Gregory. The piece will be displayed as part of an exhibition, opening in October 2020, which will explore how the transatlantic slave trade and its legacy permeates Devon and Exeter’s social infrastructure to this day.
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Sat 18 Jan, 3pm Tour, 3.30pm Farm Trip. £5
"Here's to thee Old Apple Tree," we declaim to the apple tree, every year on Old Twelfth Night, as part of traditional wassail celebrations. But who else takes part in cider-making? Join us for a new type of wassail that celebrates microbial ecology.
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Thu 16 Jan, 2 to 3pm. £8 (Friends £6)
From Toulouse-Lautrec to today’s computer-generated images, posters promote ideas and brands to the public. Join Aylwyn Bowen, illustrator and designer, whose work can be seen around Exeter, for this colourful talk.
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Sat 18 Jan, 1.30 to 4.30pm. Tickets £30
Explore RAMM’s collection of 1820s’ fashion including original dress from George IV’s reign. Take a look at clothing for men, women and children, and discover a little about the tradespeople who made it, through period objects and fashion magazines.
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Tue 25 Jan to Sun 23 Feb, 10am to 5pm. Free.
It's the Year of the Rat. Celebrate Chinese New Year with our interactive trail to find Chinese and Chinese-inspired objects including ceramics, textiles and natural history.
Collect trails from Queen Street and Garden Receptions.
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Sat 25 Jan, 10.15am to 12.45pm. Tickets £5.
Let your imagination run wild exploring the museum's objects, collecting ideas and using these to inspire your own animations, moving images and gifs. Suitable for young creatives aged 8-12.
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Wed 29 Jan, 12.15 to 1.15pm, £8
New for 2020! Take time out of a busy day to balance your mind and body, within the beautiful and inspiring surroundings of the museum. These sessions take place once a month and offer a different style of yoga each time. Jan: Hatha yoga with Jax Vessey.
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Fri 31 Jan to Fri 27 Mar (break for half term on Fri 21 Feb), 10am to 1pm, £195
Use RAMM’s collections as source material and inspiration for developing a variety of pattern designs. Each week we will research a particular theme using reference points from art history, contemporary makers and artists to inspire new, unique designs.
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Sat 1 Feb, 1.30 to 4.30pm. Tickets £30.
Explore RAMM’s fabulous decorative arts collection. Uncover some of the glittering secrets behind RAMM’s decorative arts collection which has many beautiful objects to suit a range of tastes and interests. With Decorative Arts Curator, Sally Ayres.
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Sats 1 Feb to 28 Mar, 2 to 5pm, £195
Drawing and painting inspired by RAMM’s collections - use RAMM’s collections as source material and inspiration for developing your drawing and painting skills. Each week we will explore an area of interest, including natural history, ceramics, costume and archaeology.
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Every day, £5, drop in
Achieve your Discover Arts Award with museum guide Alfie the Sparrow. Take part in different arts activities, learn about artists and their work and share your discoveries with others.Price includes an activity booklet, certificate and badge. Suitable for 5 to 11 year olds.
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24 Jan to 3 May
A celebration of the abstract work of the distinguished West Country artist Brian Rice. His paintings and prints have been featured in almost 200 group exhibitions and 35 solo exhibitions.
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16 Nov to 26 Jan
This vibrant and intriguing contemporary art exhibition explores the female-gendered relationship with the sea and seaweed. 'Sea Garden' brings together RAMM's first South West Commission, a moving-image work by Bryony Gillard, alongside works by internationally-renowned contemporary artists.
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19 Oct to 12 Jan £6, (£4), <16 free, Art Fund £3
The Lost Words is a unique collaborative project between writer Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris. Taking the form of both an exhibition and a book published by Hamish Hamilton, The Lost Words celebrates the relationship between language and the living world, and of nature’s power to spark the imagination.
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Tue 18 Jun to Sun 15 Mar 2020
Be transported to lands both near and far in this evocative exhibition which explores the theme of place. It features important works from RAMM’s fine art collection from the 18th century to the late 20th century.
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11 Feb to 17 May
John Paul Evans’s photographs of himself and his partner Peter offer a wry take on traditional family portraiture and gender relations, while paying an affectionate tribute to their enduring relationship.
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15 Feb to 29 March
Focused on Exeter’s historic wool trade, Preston Street Union have been investigating the flow of people, artefacts and ideas that have enabled the city to prosper.
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17 Dec to 22 Mar - Finders Keepers? gallery
What Do You Collect? After 20 years together, a husband and wife arrived home separately one day with unexpected presents for each other. Unknowingly, each had chosen to buy the other a set of salt and pepper pots. These quirky gifts were the start of a collection that has now grown to include more sets than they have years together.
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20 Oct to 27 Jan
Seaweed pressings and prints by Jo Crook - A seemingly endless variety of shape, size, form, texture and colour can be seen in her seaweed pressings and prints. Individual specimens are carefully arranged and pressed on to fine art watercolour paper, or digitally preserved as giclée prints. Displayed in the Cafe at RAMM. On sale in the Shop at RAMM.
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16 Nov to 26 Jan
The Cafe at RAMM: Totnes-based artist Rachael Allain’s film Epipelagic Drifters (16:35min) reveals planktonic life in the surface layer of Plymouth Sound through microscopic imaging techniques.
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January to March 2020
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.
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