Museums
Exeter has four museums, two in the City Centre, one on the University of Exeter campus and one at Topsham.
Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM)
RAMM is taking its exhibitions and events out into venues throughout the City and the County while its fabulous Victorian building in the centre of the city is closed for redevelopment between 1 December 2007 and spring 2010.
Displaying a range of objects and hands-on gallery activities, RAMM in the library is a home for RAMM in the city centre while the Queen Street building is being refurbished. It is an ideal place for family visits and to catch up with news of the redevelopment and RAMM's wide ranging Out & About programme of events and exhibitions. Open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm, except bank holidays, at Exeter Central Library, Castle Street EX4 3PQ
More information can be found on the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) pages.
St Nicholas Priory
Experience Tudor life first hand in the heart of the City at St Nicholas Priory. Originally part of a medieval priory, the building was later lived in by the wealthy Hurst family. It is now presented as their furnished Elizabethan town house. Situated on The Mint, a pedestrian passage between Fore Street and Bartholomew Street West, the 900 year old guest wing of a former Benedictine priory is one of Exeter's hidden jewels.
Visit the St Nicholas Priory pages to find out more.
Topsham Museum
Topsham Museum is housed in one of a group of late 17th century buildings overlooking the Exe Estuary 5 miles Southeast of the City Centre. As well as the furnished period rooms of the house, visitors can also enjoy the displays of local history with a maritime background. For more information visit Topsham Museum - Devon Museums Net .
The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture
Situated on the main campus of the University of Exeter, the Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture contains both a public museum and an academic research centre, housing one of Britain's largest public collections of books, prints, artefacts and ephemera relating to the history and prehistory of cinema. For more information visit the Bill Douglas Centre website.
Open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm, except Bank Holidays. Admission free.
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