Saturday 12 & Wednesday 16 September – 1.15pm, 2.15pm and 3.15pm.

Tours of the Institution 

Free, drop in and sign up on the day

This guided tour explores the building, its remarkable collections and the people who have brought them to life – from its former residents and founding proprietors to today’s members, volunteers and researchers.

Discover how an institution founded to share knowledge has remained at the heart of Exeter’s intellectual and cultural life for more than 200 years, one everyday story at a time.

 

Tuesday 15 & Thursday 17 September – 2.00pm

Meet the Researcher 

Free, drop in and sign up on the day

Join us for a special opportunity to hear from researchers uncovering the hidden stories within the Devon and Exeter Institution’s collections.

Tuesday 15 September – Amber Flood explores the everyday histories revealed through the Institution’s nineteenth-century Members’ Suggestion Book, offering a fascinating insight into the interests, curiosities and complaints of its early members!

Thursday 17 September – Fiona Schroeder shares her research into the Institution’s arsenic-bound books, revealing the surprising history of Victorian bookbindings coloured with poisonous pigments and how these remarkable volumes are identified, handled and cared for today.