In this guest blog, Dr Andrew Jackson compares Robert Polhill Bevan’s two version of ‘A Devonshire Valley’ at RAMM and Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.
Holly Morgenroth
RAMM’s collection includes a hoof possibly from a Quagga. Is this really a Quagga hoof and is it really extinct? Simon Tonge explains.
A new book by Martyn Rix includes a chapter of research on RAMM’s collection of Indian botanical art and can be purchased from the RAMM shop.
University of Exeter researcher Emmanuelle Briolat explains how RAMM’s historic moth collections are helping understand hawkmoth vision
On the 26th February 2021 builders discovered a huge unexploded Second World War bomb in Glenthorne Road, Exeter. It caused mass disruption and evacuations of local residents.
In preparation for two exciting upcoming shows (A Language of Seeds and Seedscapes: Future-Proofing Nature) I have spent time with RAMM’s botany collections. Some plant specimens are local – collected within a few miles of RAMM. Others originate thousands of miles away.
This blog follows on from my discovery of a bird collected by the great naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. This time I’m taking a look at some shells.
Research while working from home forges links between William Keble Martin’s best selling book and the drawings and specimens in RAMM’s collection.
The moment I discovered a specimen from the collection of one of the greatest naturalists of all time – Alfred Russel Wallace.
The Montagu collection of molluscs receives Designation award from Arts Council England in recognition of its international importance to science.