The imposing red-brick exterior looks every inch the Victorian museum, but a £24-million revamp has brought the exhibits bang up to date.
Interactive displays focus on Exeter's heritage from prehistory to the present, as well as global exploration and the concept of collecting.
Look out for Exeter's Roman-era artefacts, local Tudor carvings and the striking ethnographic displays, which include African masks, samurai armour and the mummy of Shep en-Mut.
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