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A warm hello from us all! We are a Libraries Unlimited library in the cathedral city of Exeter, Devon, UK. A cultural and community hub in the city. Events at http://linktr.ee/exeterlibrary. RTs not endorsements.
Join Emma from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and special guest Ian (a retired Exeter University professor with a passion for instrument making,) for a creative, hands-on music workshop.
🥁 Make an Instrument & Make Some Noise!📯
Build your own harp zither — a beautiful stringed instrument — and learn how to play it as part of a group. Everything you need will be provided. For ages 8-12 and their grown-ups.
📅 Wed 20 Aug
🎟️ Free - must book in advance:
www.eventbrite.com/e...
Including microscopy safaris, biodiversity monitoring, and tracking ocean currents in infrared.
🌊 Ocean Science Drop-in with Exeter Science Centre 🌊
@exescicentre.bsky.social is back at Exeter Library with an ocean-themed entertaining family drop-in that's sure to make a splash!
📅 MON 18 AUG - 10:00 - 16:00
Free drop-in - library foyer
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Illustration of an 80 blade penknife.
The front page of the catalogue.
🗡️ This 80 blade penknife was a real invention displayed at the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park.
We found this striking illustration in the official exhibition catalogue held in our stacks. I hope the inventor had big pockets 👀
#TreasuresOfTheStacks
#ExeterLibraryStacks
Ready...steady...GET MOVING: a free, fun-filled storytelling adventure with author, illustrator and current Bard of Exeter Kev Payne! Join us at Exeter Library on Fri 15 Aug at 11am for an exciting event filled with creativity and inspiration.
📣 Ready...steady...GET MOVING: a free, fun-filled storytelling adventure with author, illustrator and current Bard of Exeter Kev Payne! Kev shows that anything is possible with poems.🗣️
FRI 15 AUG
11:00 - 12:00
Exeter library
Aimed at ages 4-8
FREE, booking needed: www.eventbrite.com/e...
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🐟 Clay Creatures – Under the Sea Sculpture Fun! 🐙
Make your own aquatic animals from air-dry clay! 🐠🦑 This hands-on craft is perfect for ages 5+, with plenty of time to sculpt your favourite sea creatures to take home.
📅 SAT 30 AUG
⌚ 11–12.30
📍 Exeter Library
🎫 Free Drop-in
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Kids building a Lego robot.
🤖 Lego Robot Club! 🧱
Build, code, & bring LEGO creations to life in our hands-on Robotic LEGO SPIKE coding workshop! Open to kids of all ages, but they must be accompanied by an adult to assist.
📅 Thurs 14 & 28 Aug
📍 Exeter Library
£5 per kit (shared by up to 3 kids): www.eventbrite.co.uk...
🔪 The Thursday Murder Club from page to screen 🎬
Join us at Exeter Library for this live streamed event from the British Library. Step into the world of Richard Osman’s bestselling novel.
🗓️ Tues 19 AUG
🎫 Tickets are free, but book in advance to secure your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
Three well dressed men from the 1800s sat around a table with glasses of wine.
👨 Cuthbert: *sigh* Fancy being hidden in a library for 100 years.
👨🦰 Benedict: Yes, well, it beats being thrown around by all the little whippersnappers.
👨👦👦Cuthbert, Benedict & Peter: *chortle* *chortle*
Happy Wednesday 🥂 - picture book by F.E. Weatherly from 1883.
#ExeterLibraryStacks
The newly transformed and fully refurbished Children’s Library at Exeter Central Library reopens Saturday 16 August!
While we get settled, you can still borrow, browse & reserve children's books from the Main Library. There may be some limited stock during this week, so thank you for bearing with us. Don't forget - you can sign up for our exciting Summer Book Quest at any time. Please note: There will be no Bounce & Rhyme sessions on Tue 12 or Thu 14 Aug.
The newly transformed and fully refurbished Children’s Library at Exeter Library reopens Saturday 16 August! 🧒📚✨
To get ready, our Pop-Up Library at Princesshay will close from Monday 11 August. A huge THANK YOU to Princesshay Exeter for having us, it's been a magical few months 💙
Summer Fun at the Pop-up
Children playing seaside games.
Children playing seaside games.
📣 NEXT WEEK!
🎪 Dive Into Our Summer Book Quest! 🌊
Roll up, roll up, celebrate the #SummerBookQuest at the Exeter Children's Library Pop-up in Princesshay!
SAT 9 AUG | FREE | 11:00–16:00
It's a Deep Sea Adventure with:
✅ Seaside games
✅ Giant dancing fish
✅ Aquatic crafts
You can find all our events & links for booking here: https://linktr.ee/exeterlibraryevents
☀️ If you're looking for summer holiday activities for the kids in Exeter then we have you sorted!
📅 Here is a handy little timetable to help navigate our megaton of events at Exeter Library this August...
🔗 You can see more details about our events here: linktr.ee/exeterlibr...
Monday and Wednesday starting 21st November FREE basic tech support to help improve confidence using your devices. Book a 30min slot with a member of library staff at the library help point, or by phone or email.
Tech Buddy service at Exeter Library.
If you or someone you know needs a little help getting to grips with a phone, laptop, or tablet, book a 30 minute sit down session with our dedicated staff. Available on Mondays and Wednesdays.
#LoveLibraries
The Mushroom Show
🍄 The Mushroom Show is coming to Exeter Library! 🍄
Join Augustine Fogwoode & her puppet sidekick Goldie for a fun, interactive adventure into the weird and wonderful world of fungi! 🌱🎶
🗓 Wed 13 Aug
🕦 11:30am or 2:30pm | Rougemont Room
🎟 £4 per child | Adults go free!
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
Summer Book Quest.
✨NEXT WED!
Pantomime dame & Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist, Mama G, is coming back to Exeter Library!
Sharing original stories, songs, & some excellent picture books, in an uplifting story time for the whole family.
📅 WED 30 JULY, 4pm
🎟️ £5 adults / £3 under 16: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
An old picture book depicting two children hugging each other, sitting by a tree in the woods in the night. There are two robins and a hare circling the children menacingly.
🌲 Found in our stacks - "The Babes in the Wood" by R.Caldecott, 1881.
Brief summary: cursed children are terrorised by woodland creatures, while a giant robin drops the fattest beat of the 1800s.
Happy Wednesday 🐇
#TreasuresOfTheStacks
#ExeterLibraryStacks
The Over 60s Disco
💃 The Over 60’s Disco is back for another round! 🕺
Stuffed full of fun & eclectic tunes! Join us for an unforgettable night of music and dancing at Exeter Library.
Shh... Shake It! Over 60s Disco - August
WED 20 AUG - 7.15PM - 9.15PM
Tickets from £3: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
Morning Drop-In (No booking needed) ⏰ 10:00–12:30 | Foyer Add your artwork to a big group display! Fun, creative, messy – all ages welcome (with an adult). Afternoon Workshop (Booking essential) ⏰ 14:00–16:00 | Rougemont Room Hands-on mixed-media session for ages 7+ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/get-creating-our-freedom-then-and-now-tickets-1443492969329
🎨 Get Creating: Our Freedom, Then and Now
Artist Athena Jane Churchill leads a fun family workshop & drop-in exploring what freedom means to us today after 80 years since WW2.
🖌️Get creative and help build a large collaborative artwork that will be exhibited in the library.
📅 Tues 12 August
Perfect for children aged 6+ and their grown-ups. Tickets are £3 per person. Limited spaces available so booking is very much recommended The event will take place in the Rougemont Room at Exeter Library and last for just over an hour.
🐟 Coming up in August...
It's a big fin-tastic family quiz! Compete in teams of up to 5 and try your luck at our tremendous trivia with some fabulous prizes up for grabs!! Part of the Summer Book Quest at Exeter Library.
📆 Fri 15 Aug, 2pm, Rougemont Room.
🎟️ £3: www.eventbrite.com/e...
Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e...
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✨The Imagination Station- Story Making Workshops for ages 6-11✨
Across 4 weeks at Exeter Library, Above Bounds Theatre will work with children to invent their own stories, through games, drama exercises & creative tasks.
Mon: 28 July, 4 August, 11 August, 18 August
11am-12pm
Free. Booking needed
A little treasure from our stacks. May your gentle frog hearts be ever successful. Happy Wednesday! 🐸
#TreasuresOfTheStacks
#ExeterLibraryStacks
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🎮 Nintendo Switch competitions at the library! 🎮
Come and have a bash on our Nintendo Switch with two fun, friendly competitions. Perfect for ages 6-12, free drop-in, at Exeter Library.
⚡ Super Smash Bros
📅 Tue 12 Aug |🕒 11am–12.30pm
🏁 Mario Kart Team Races
📅 Tue 26 Aug | 🕒 11am–12.30pm
Poster with same info
🐟 The Girl With the Gills: Author Talk & Storytelling Workshop
A magical event with Becca Rogers, where young readers can invent their own underwater creatures & worlds! Ages 8–12 (with colouring for young siblings).
📍 Exeter Library
📅 Mon 11 AUG
🕧 12:30–1:30pm
🎫 Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
Opened page of a work showing three illustrations of sharks in side profile. At the top is a 'White Shark', underneath is a 'Hammer headed Shark' and at the bottom is a 'Long tailed Shark'.
Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the sharks, for today is their special day!
To celebrate Shark Awareness Day, here are three illustrations of sharks from the book 'Animated Nature Vol. 2' (1821) by Georges-Louis Leclerc.
📷 Reserve 590 BUF
#SharkAwarenessDay #SharkDay #RareBooks
Over the next couple of weeks we'll be shouting about our HUGE programme of Summer Holiday events! 🌞🌞🌞 From LEGO coding to turtle crafting, making mermaids, to Mama G, mushroom based theatre to live music, puppetry to poetry!
Full programme of events here: linktr.ee/exeterlibr...
🐢 SUN 10 AUG
12.30–2: Drop-in
2.30–3.45: Relaxed session (booking only)
🐢 SAT 23 AUG
11–12.30: Drop-in
2–3.30: Relaxed session (booking only)
Relaxed sessions can be booked here: www.eventbrite.co.uk...
A beautifully crafted turtle with it's cheerful creator (a little boy).
🐢 Turtley Awesome – Recycled Craft Fun!
Make your very own turtle using recycled materials — decorate it with colour, patterns and plenty of personality. A fun, eco-friendly activity for all ages!
📅 10th & 23rd AUG - Exeter Library Rougemont Room
Let’s shell-ebrate creativity! 👀
You can find all our events & links for booking here: https://linktr.ee/exeterlibraryevents
✨ A new update to our event calendar covering July and some of August.
🚨 We have over 40 children's events for the summer holidays so they have their own category! You can pick up a brochure in the library or see them all here: linktr.ee/exeterlibr...
a man standing outside on a sunny day wearing a white glove and holding a small, tarnished penny up to the camera
a tarnished penny bearing the lettering E X A arranged vertically
the rear of the penny, bearing the lettering 'AELFREDREXSAXONVM' arranged horizontally
This Alfred the Great penny is the earliest known use of the name 'Exeter'! 😲
It has just entered the collection at RAMM, over 1,100 years after being minted, and 185 years after its discovery in a Viking horde in Lancashire.
📸 Simon Tutty
Read more: rammuseum.org.uk/news/ramm-ac...
