Exhibitions
2024: Heritage Open Days - 'Who does the museum really belong to?'
A co-curated exhibition - can you to contribute to a community collection and help us create a network of knowledge? Find out more about the collection, Exeter's asylums, and representation of women in healthcare as we ask - whose stories are told?
LOCATION: The Phoenix, Exeter.
This exhibition is now closed, if you would like to know more about it, please contact our Coordinator. We will be updating the exhibition information with a list of objects that were used and some interpretation.
ONLINE: "My life", written by LUER the hypodermic syringe
Read through our first online exhibition. Luer is one example of the numerous small, unattractive, medical instruments produced since the 1850s. In this autobiography, Luer the lowly syringe takes us through past and present uncertainties in medicine for physicians, patients, writers, artists, and policy makers.
2023-4: Treasures and Thought-provokers!
Chosen by voluteers and trustees, several items were chosen to show the range of items in our collection. Specially curated by our intern, Lucy.
LOCATION: St Nicholas Priory, Exeter.
This exhibition is now closed, if you would like to know more about it, please contact our Coordinator. We will be updating the exhibition information with a list of objects that were used and some interpretation.
2023: Heritage Open Days - 'The Art of Seeing'
It all starts with light... electrical signals, nerves, the hard work of your brain to figure out what is in front of you. Art and artefaces can bring us face to face with the unexpected or forgotten, opening new ways of seeing and being in the world.
LOCATION: Positive Lights Project, Exeter.
This exhibition is now closed, if you would like to know more about it, please contact our Coordinator. We will be updating the exhibition information with a list of objects that were used and some interpretation.
ONLINE: Amusing Advice: Postcards & Wellness
The second part to Wellness & Wellbeing: a small selection of postcards. Can history teach us about wellness? Leave your thoughts with us at the end!
2023: Wellness & Wellbeing
St Nicholas Priory hosted our exhibition introducing the idea of 'wellbeing' and 'wellness'. This was the first of a two-part exhibition - a second part consisting of events and photographic exhibitions is available above.
LOCATION: St Nicholas Priory, Exeter.
This exhibition is now closed, if you would like to know more about it, please contact our Coordinator. We will be updating the exhibition information with a list of objects that were used and some interpretation.
2022: Heritage Open Days - 'Art & Surgery'
Explore how art and surgery influence one another - from plastic surgery to poetry and dissection to music, delve into the rich history of the two disciplines through the ages...
Location: St Nicholas Priory, Exeter.
This exhibition is now closed, if you would like to know more about it, please contact our Coordinator. We will be updating the exhibition information with a list of objects that were used and some interpretation.
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The nearest car park is Mary Arches Street, which is a five-minute walk.
Exeter Central train station is a ten-minute walk.
The bus station is a 15-minute walk with many buses stopping on the High Street which is ten minutes away