After four years in refurbishment, Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery reopened to the public on Thursday, December 15th 2011.
RAMM's news release, The wait is finally over, announced the reopening by Council Leader Pete Edwards and special guests Maisy Arthur and Frank Potter.
The project, which required the construction of an off-site storage facility, the Ark, for storage of the collections during renovation, ran two years over schedule, and considerably over-budget, due to the discovery of a badly-filled Norman ditch threatening the stability of part of the building.
Fully refurbished, the Museum has new displays showcasing the collections and collectors that have helped RAMM to become one of Britain’s finest regional museums. They tell the story of Exeter and Devon from the prehistoric to the present but, more than a local museum, its internationally important world cultures and natural history collections also tell a story of global exploration and collecting in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The splendid Victorian building has been repaired, refurbished and extended preparing it for the 21st century. RAMM is open 10am to 5pm every day except Mondays and bank holidays and entry is still free!
See the official RAMM website: rammuseum.org.uk.
- RG
RAMM reopens
