Jamie Wildman blogs about his work on the chequered skipper butterfly and the discovery of very significant specimens at RAMM.
Conservation
Exploring the unusual material of straw used in the embroidery of a late 1860’s dress.
In 1968 the first Honiton bypass was built. The Ministry of Transport found fossil hippo bones while digging the road. RAMM has reconstructed an almost complete lower jaw from the fragments of bone.
Recently, the museum has had to the remarkable privilege of restoring, conserving, and researching some extraordinary wax portraits. No, we’re not talking about candles here. These are full-sized portrait busts from the 16th and 17th century, ornately decorated, gilded, and painted to showcase their sitters’ remarkable features.
After securing the Seaton Down Hoard for the people of Devon and Exeter RAMM staff are now working on making the 23,000 coins accessible for research and interpretation by specialists and the public.
The Research Collection is part of the RAMM collections website
Visitors making their way through the first floor galleries in RAMM will have noticed a large section of the World Cultures gallery has been blocked off with tall blue-painted hoarding, this blog explains why.
In 2014, RAMM successfully received £89,900 from the Designation Development Fund for a project called Discovering Worlds. It is a wonderful opportunity to show the fine collection of objects from the Pacific Islands.
This guest blog is by freelance conservator Eddie Sinclair. Her work completely transformed a sculpture depicting The Annunciation. The Angel Gabriel is announcing to Mary that she would bear a son through a virgin birth and become the mother of Jesus Christ.
