Displays, Exhibitions and Residencies
Find out what’s on in our vibrant new programme of displays, exhibitions and residencies.
Well-met by moonlight: Illuminating the astronomical treasures of the DEI collection
In the Age of Enlightenment, in which our own Institution was founded, various individuals turned to the skies. As a professional science, Astronomy was still relatively young in the early […]
Out of the woods
Though we are not quite out of the woods yet, we are delighted to welcome back our members and volunteers - and to meet new members. Our summer display in the Outer Library is a selection of poetry inspired by trees and spanning four centuries, from Robert Herrick’s ode to the willow to A. E. Housman’s celebration of the blossoming cherry – the loveliest of trees. Our display is organised in collaboration with Exeter Cathedral Library and Archives to celebrate Love Your Burial Ground Week, 5-13 June 2021.
Dr. Ingrid Pollard – Residency and Research Partner 2021-22
Display 6th August 2022 - 29th October 2022
German Dreams and Dreamers – Exhibition showing 19 May -31 July 2021.
This exhibition was inspired by a conference on the theme of Dreams, Visions, and Somnambulism in German Literature, Art, Medicine and Philosophy 1750-1835.
Press Release, Feb 2021: New Trade & Exchange project set to bring Exeter city centre alive
Trade & Exchange was launched in November 2020 and was commissioned as part of Exeter’s COVID-19 Recovery Plan Building Exeter Back Better.
Picturing the Jabberwock
An online gallery of creative responses from our Bookworms, created during Lockdown 2020
Archive Display Programme
Our archive collection of pop-up displays are now available as downloadable PDFs
