Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

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Exeter's museum & art gallery, home to Gerald the giraffe. Entry is free. RAMM is an Exeter City Council service 🦒🏺🦋🦴🖼️

an Italian fan showing mt vesuvius on a blue background with the text 'cool off in culture at ramm'

A close up of a page showing a swatch of mummy brown paint alongside other brown swatches. From 'A Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists', Robert Ridgway, 1886

a pencil sketch of a woman in regency dress, standing head on but looking away from the viewer

a woman with short hair and glasses smiling at the camera, and the quote 'It's a really great opportunity for us to celebrate the cultural life of the city, the creativity and community spirit that makes Exeter such a wonderful and special place' - Helen Hartstein, Manager, RAMM

a tall medieval puzzle jug, the base and spout in the shape of a long-necked animal (described as a 'donkey' but with an exaggeratedly long neck). The neck of the jug itself is in the shape of a building with figures of people emerging from windows. There are carvings and holes throughout the jug neck. It is decorated with green and yellow patterns.

a children's illustration of Galileo looking through a telescope while drawing the moon

a colourful tapestry showing a man and woman surrounded by people and buildings

white gloved hands holding a glass sea anemone model in front of a large sea anemone drawing

A photo of two women doing crafts in the library above a teal-coloured graphic that says 'Our next chapter starts with you. Help shape the future of Devon's libraries. Your voice matters. devon.cc/devon-libraries
There is also a QR code to the survey.

a person in a bird headdress and tracksuit dancing on a dancefloor - another be-birded dancer can be seen out of focus in the foreground

a monochrome print taken from a painting of an enormous smoking bonfire in front of Exeter cathedral. In the foreground a large group of people surround the fire. To the bottom is the caption 'From a Painting, Guy Fawkes Night in Exeter, by Mr FF White

a woman in a white coat, mask and gloves dusting a fossil box with a brush; beneath the glass of the box some kind of fossilised skeleton is just visible

Senior conservator Ginny Jassal (on stepladder) and conservation intern Jasmine Pike (with pincer tool) hanging a red and white crochet scarf on a taxidermy giraffe in RAMM's Case Histories gallery

a circular plant fibre mat with zigzag pattern and a dyed green circle in the centre. The edges of the mat are curling up.

a woman wearing white gloves holding a syringe style tube, behind a large clay pot with crumbling rim

a man kneeling next to a heron taxidermy on a plinth while a woman in a blue lab coat holds its neck. They are both wearing gloves.

a penguin taxidermy on a piece of Styrofoam inside a reinforced cardboard box

a conservator in white coat and mask on a stepladder, using a vacuum cleaner and brush on a taxidermy giraffe - a taxidermy elephant is also visible

a conservator in white coat and gloves cleaning a Chinoiserie vase.

a teenage girl and older woman in a museum gallery. the teen is wearing blue ear defenders

Landscape photo of Sharpham estate and the River Dart at sunset

A graphic showing a hand holding a magnifying glass and the text: We're looking for a trustee treasurer. A rewarding opportunity to get involved with the RAMM Development Trust, supporting Exeter's prestigious and much loved museum. rammuseum.org.uk/jobs

an etching of a steam locomotor with text 'S&D.R. no 1 1825'

a print of an illustration showing people watching a steam train from a countryside hill, with Exeter city in the background, circa 1845

Sheila Hoey Middleton's SEALS, FINGER RINGS, ENGRAVED GEMS AND AMULETS IN THE ROYAL ALBERT MEMORIAL MUSEUM EXETER opened to a page showing Egyptian seals. The book is positioned in front of a case in RAMM where the seals themselves can be seen

due to unforeseen circumstances RAMM will be closed today (wed 10 Sep)

Alex's Hartley's The Summoning Stones (2024) against a black background

three women standing in front of a taxidermy giraffe wearing a red and white crochet scarf

the front cover of a document titled 'board recruitment pack, Trustee treasurer
There is a photo of a mother and child pointing at objects in the museum

the word 'wild' projected on a white wall. behind there are paintings mounted in a gallery visible

a young girl seated at a table in the museum's courtyard, with two adults showing her a piece of paper

colourful bird feathers in gold, turquoise and purple

red and white crochet bunting and red crochet roses on a table

a man standing outside on a sunny day wearing a white glove and holding a small, tarnished penny up to the camera

a red robin - close up of head and upper body

Study of a girl with a bouquet of flowers in a garden by Robert Fowler, c.1900
A watercolour drawing of a young woman wearing pastel colours, holding a bunch of roses. Her clothes are draped artfully and she wears a coral necklace. her dark hair contrasts with a pale yellow headscarf. The background is light and sketchy, with more flowers in the background and foreground

a woman holding a flower-patterned dish and a man holding a slipware jug. They are standing in the RAMM store, smiling at the camera

dark cliffs towering over red sand

three young volunteers in primary colours at RAMM's lego exhibition. They are smiling. In the middle of the photo is an interpretation board that reads 'time to shine'

a small white slightly elongated skull with eye and nose holes. Below the nose hole the bone peaks to form an upper beak, but the lower jaw is missing

a close up of a black cauldron, being held by someone wearing white gloves