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Find out more about the benefits of becoming a member of The Devon and Exeter Institution
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The Library

Discover our unique library and reading rooms
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Junior members and families

Our programme for families and Junior Members
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"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"

Our Founding Aim, 1813

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AGM information 2018

The AGM will be held in the Guildhall on Wednesday 21 November at 2.30pm. The DEI will close at 1pm and reopen following the AGM.

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17th November – Exeter Literature Festival

We are proud to support the first Exeter Literature Festival

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University of Exeter Global Lives Module 2018

All you need to know about using the DEI this term

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Did You Know?

The Library, by gift and purchase, has reached a size of some 40,000 volumes. These include long runs of nineteenth century journals, many early scientific books, the works of local authors, and a great deal of printed historical source material.

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15 November 2018

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01 November 2018

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11 October 2018