The Courtenay Room – Saturday lunch dates, January and February 2022
We are delighted to offer lunches on Saturdays in the Courtenay Room, with our catering partner Lottiecakes.
Explore our Book of the Month
The South West Collection includes many rare items that shed light on the history of our region. We recently rediscovered a lovely pocket sketchbook, bound in leather with a brass clasp, containing pencil sketches and notes by the landscape artist, etcher and drawing master, Francis Stevens (1781-1823).
Current covid guidelines at the DEI – from Wednesday 5th January 2022
Having considered the current guidance and the local and national picture of Covid-19 cases, we have decided not to make any major changes to our current working practices for the time being.
Press Release December 2021 – The Devon and Exeter Institution secures a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant for The Next Chapter project.
The Devon and Exeter Institution, an independent library and educational charity in the heart of Exeter, has received a £814,000 National Lottery Heritage Fund grant for the second stage of its project, following a development grant of £186,000 awarded in March 2020; a total grant of one million pounds.
Endangered Books - will you rescue a book?
This year’s list of Endangered Books includes important works by Victorian female authors, an early 19th century account of slavery in the West Indies, a magnificent first collected edition of Euclid’s Elements, early scientific and natural history works and descriptions of voyages and travels, notably Johann Burckhardt’s ‘rediscovery’ (by Europeans) of the ancient city of Petra.
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