"To promote the general diffusion of Science, Literature and the Arts, and for illustrating the Natural and Civil History of the County of Devon, and the History of the City of Exeter"

Step into Exeter’s past through the eyes of its photographers. This exhibition showcases the city’s changing streetscapes, its people, and pivotal moments in history.

In April 2026 we were very pleased to take part in the inaugural South West Shakespeare Festival. Our library volunteer Romilly Spaul researched and curated a pop-up display ‘Illustrated Shakespeare’, exploring Victorian visual representations of the Bard’s works in our book collections. May’s Book of the Month blog showcases her research.

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