Christmas Workshops at the Devon and Exeter Institution

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Join us for Christmas events, tours and workshops at the Institution!

 

1st – 23rd December

Wishmas Tree 

Add your special wish to our Christmas tree.

Send your wishes via our Facebook page comments or in person at one of our Christmas events (below) or public tours. 

Wishes will be written on luggage tags and attached to the tree in our magical Outer Library.

 

Saturday 5th December

Deck the Halls 

Members event  / 10am -3pm  / drop in

Members are invited to decorate the Institution for Christmas, with a glass of mulled wine and mince pies, as usual.

The show must go on!

 

Wednesday 9th December

Institution tours 1pm -3pm (no need to book) 

Please sign up on the day / 5 places per tour

Due to government guidelines we will need to take contact details for each individual participating.

Meet outside the Institution at 7 Cathedral Close.

Face coverings must be worn inside the building.

The group size will be restricted to five people per guide and we will maintain social distancing and throughout the tour.

 

Saturday 12th December 

Natural Christmas workshop

Children’s workshop /  ages 5-10 / free and open to all / 5 places per workshop / Booking essential

11am-12noon

Make Christmas magical and join Steph to make Natural Christmas Crafts.

Create your own decorations to take home using materials sourced from nature and the Institution’s garden.

 

Saturday 12th December

Botanical Christmas workshop

Adult Workshop / free and open to all / 5 places per workshop / Booking essential 

1pm-2pm

Join Steph in the reading room for our seasonal Botanical Christmas workshop.

Working with Watercolour and using a selection of our native fauna, be inspired by the collection to create your own Botanical Illustration.

 

Wednesday 16th December

Institution tours 1pm -3pm (no need to book) 

Please sign up on the day / 5 places per tour

Due to government guidelines we will need to take contact details for each individual participating.

Meet outside the Institution at 7 Cathedral Close.

Face coverings must be worn inside the building.

The group size will be restricted to five people per guide and we will maintain social distancing throughout the tour.

 

Friday 18th December 

‘Hidden Nature’ Library Lecture series – Christmas special 

Online event / free and open to all

 

Saturday 19th December

Join Beth to reflect on the year and to create a memory box to take home

Christmas Memory Box workshop 1

Children’s workshop /  ages 5-10 / free and open to all / Booking essential 

11am – 12 noon

Christmas Memory Box workshop 2

Adult Workshop / free and open to all / 5 places per workshop / Booking essential 

1pm-2pm

 

We will be observing enhanced hygiene procedures and maintaining social distancing.  

Children under 11 are exempt from wearing a mask.   Masks must be worm by those over 11, unless the event is taking place out of doors.

Indoor events will take place upstairs in the Upper Reading Room and windows will be kept open – so an extra layer may be required!

To ensure we are maintaining safe social distancing and number limits for events, we ask parent/carers to register their children and move to the parent/carer seating area in the Courtenay Room. 

We are Covid-secure venue and will retain your details for test and trace for 21 days.   

If you have an NHS QR code scanner our code is located at the front desk.