Hotels near Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum is widely recognised as a museum of regional and national importance which has served the city and region for over 140 years. The Royal Albert Memorial Museum is one of the Council's award winning services and sits at the heart of the city's cultural life.
Initially proposed by Sir Stafford Northcote as a practical memorial to Prince Albert, an appeal fund was launched in 1861 and the first phases of the building were completed by 1868. The Devon and Exeter Albert Memorial, as it was originally known, provided an integrated museum, art gallery, library, reading room, school of art and school of science in the manner long advocated by Prince Albert.
In 1899 York Wing was opened by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George V and Queen Mary, and at the same time the title of Royal Albert Memorial was granted.
The building has changed little since then although the city library moved out of the Museum in 1930, the school of science ultimately developed into Exeter University and the school of art is now Plymouth University's Faculty of Art & Education. The Museum gradually expanded to fill the whole buidling.
The Royal Albert Memorial Museum has begun a £15million redevelopment project which will allow it to grow and develop to meet 21st-century needs. It includes a purpose-built off-site collections store, a complete redisplay of the collections, an extension and a new entrance from the gardens at the rear. This exciting project, which is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is due to be completed in 2010.
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Location: Exeter
Distance: 0.14 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £79.00
Location: Exeter
Distance: 0.16 miles
Rating: 2*
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Location: Exeter
Distance: 0.17 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £65.00
Location: Exeter
Distance: 0.20 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £75.00
Location: Exeter
Distance: 0.22 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £174.00
Location: Exeter
Distance: 0.25 miles
Rating: 4*
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Location: Exeter
Distance: 0.25 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £46.50
Location: Exeter
Distance: 0.26 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £85.00
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