Helen Hartstein
@helenhartstein.bsky.social
Co-leader at RAMM museum, Exeter and Chair of Refugee Support Devon. I love museums, archaeology, moors, art, books, crochet, weaving, heritage, walking, Devon, Yorkshire, Cordoba. Views are my own. She/her.
We're looking for the next Youth Panel cohort! RAMM’s Youth Panel is a group of young people aged 18-25 with a passion for museums.
➪ The Youth Panel meet 4 times a year
➪ Their work informs RAMM's future plans
➪ Members are paid £25 per workshop
➪ Find out more and apply at rammuseum.org.uk/jobs/
➪ The Youth Panel meet 4 times a year
➪ Their work informs RAMM's future plans
➪ Members are paid £25 per workshop
➪ Find out more and apply at rammuseum.org.uk/jobs/
Meet the RAMM Youth Panel - RAMM
RAMM’s Youth Panel is a group of young people with a passion for museums. Get to know them and the work they do.
ramm.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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We know from personal experience how hard it is to balance the desire to speak out and have our voices heard - with the need to protect the privacy of our trans loved ones.
Which is why we are proud to mark today by introducing Transparent Action.
Which is why we are proud to mark today by introducing Transparent Action.
November 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We know from personal experience how hard it is to balance the desire to speak out and have our voices heard - with the need to protect the privacy of our trans loved ones.
Which is why we are proud to mark today by introducing Transparent Action.
Which is why we are proud to mark today by introducing Transparent Action.
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When in the woods, best beware of dead man's fingers lurking there.
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
When in the woods, best beware of dead man's fingers lurking there.
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
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Halloween Haunted House
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Halloween Haunted House
Great opportunity for someone with a finance background to join the Board of Trustees of a fantastic charity committed to supporting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. Please share #Exeter #Devon
We are seeking a Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees. 👀
🔗 Find out more here: www.refugeesupportdevon.org.uk/donate/worki... and help us spread the word!
#Treasurer #Trustee #Nonprofit #Charity #Devon #Exeter #SouthWest #RefugeeSupport #Refugee #RighttoRemain
🔗 Find out more here: www.refugeesupportdevon.org.uk/donate/worki... and help us spread the word!
#Treasurer #Trustee #Nonprofit #Charity #Devon #Exeter #SouthWest #RefugeeSupport #Refugee #RighttoRemain
October 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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This week is #HateCrimeAwarenessWeek 💛
Yesterday, staff and volunteers joined a Hate Crime Awareness session with officers from Devon & Cornwall Police.
We learned what a hate crime is, how to report one & how to support our clients in doing so - because everyone deserves to feel safe in Devon.
Yesterday, staff and volunteers joined a Hate Crime Awareness session with officers from Devon & Cornwall Police.
We learned what a hate crime is, how to report one & how to support our clients in doing so - because everyone deserves to feel safe in Devon.
October 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This week is #HateCrimeAwarenessWeek 💛
Yesterday, staff and volunteers joined a Hate Crime Awareness session with officers from Devon & Cornwall Police.
We learned what a hate crime is, how to report one & how to support our clients in doing so - because everyone deserves to feel safe in Devon.
Yesterday, staff and volunteers joined a Hate Crime Awareness session with officers from Devon & Cornwall Police.
We learned what a hate crime is, how to report one & how to support our clients in doing so - because everyone deserves to feel safe in Devon.
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Exeter is for everyone. Join us and groups for across Exeter and Devon to counter the hate and fill our high street with a celebration of diversity on Saturday 25th October. ❤
October 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Exeter is for everyone. Join us and groups for across Exeter and Devon to counter the hate and fill our high street with a celebration of diversity on Saturday 25th October. ❤
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Stealing our jobs or holding up our NHS?
We think the latter 💙
Right now, we’re proud to be supporting refugee medical professionals in Devon to retrain here in the UK through our RAMP project.
Find out more & make a donation today to help us continue this work: refugeesupportdevon.org.uk/donate/ 💸
We think the latter 💙
Right now, we’re proud to be supporting refugee medical professionals in Devon to retrain here in the UK through our RAMP project.
Find out more & make a donation today to help us continue this work: refugeesupportdevon.org.uk/donate/ 💸
October 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Stealing our jobs or holding up our NHS?
We think the latter 💙
Right now, we’re proud to be supporting refugee medical professionals in Devon to retrain here in the UK through our RAMP project.
Find out more & make a donation today to help us continue this work: refugeesupportdevon.org.uk/donate/ 💸
We think the latter 💙
Right now, we’re proud to be supporting refugee medical professionals in Devon to retrain here in the UK through our RAMP project.
Find out more & make a donation today to help us continue this work: refugeesupportdevon.org.uk/donate/ 💸
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We're hiring! We're looking for a Food and Beverage Manager for the Cafe at RAMM. If this sounds like you, follow the link below to find out more and apply by 31 Oct >> jobs.exeter.gov.uk/itliveecc_we...
October 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
We're hiring! We're looking for a Food and Beverage Manager for the Cafe at RAMM. If this sounds like you, follow the link below to find out more and apply by 31 Oct >> jobs.exeter.gov.uk/itliveecc_we...
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“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness… The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live…is…victory.” Howard Zinn
November 21, 2024 at 7:11 PM
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness… The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live…is…victory.” Howard Zinn
Sweet chestnut. I love the smoothness of the nut nestling inside the prickly shell. #nature #photography #Devon
October 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Sweet chestnut. I love the smoothness of the nut nestling inside the prickly shell. #nature #photography #Devon
Well said Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett! #autism
Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
While not without its challenges, autism isn’t a curse to be cured of, as the likes of the President and RFK Jr want us to believe, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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September 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Well said Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett! #autism
Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Autistic people could teach Donald Trump a thing or two about focus, facts and empathy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Today we celebrate #Railway200🚂, the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway, which changed Britain and the world forever 🧵
September 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Today we celebrate #Railway200🚂, the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway, which changed Britain and the world forever 🧵
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The Hove Amber Cup.
A beautiful and rare Bronze Age amber cup which glows when it catches the light! 🤩
Carved from a single block of Baltic amber some 3,500 years ago!
Found in 1856, inside Hove Barrow, a large burial mound in Sussex.
Brighton Museum 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A beautiful and rare Bronze Age amber cup which glows when it catches the light! 🤩
Carved from a single block of Baltic amber some 3,500 years ago!
Found in 1856, inside Hove Barrow, a large burial mound in Sussex.
Brighton Museum 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
September 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Hove Amber Cup.
A beautiful and rare Bronze Age amber cup which glows when it catches the light! 🤩
Carved from a single block of Baltic amber some 3,500 years ago!
Found in 1856, inside Hove Barrow, a large burial mound in Sussex.
Brighton Museum 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A beautiful and rare Bronze Age amber cup which glows when it catches the light! 🤩
Carved from a single block of Baltic amber some 3,500 years ago!
Found in 1856, inside Hove Barrow, a large burial mound in Sussex.
Brighton Museum 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A productive @exetercityoflit.bsky.social partnership meeting today. We were treated to a tour of the Treasures of @exetercathedral.bsky.social This is the 10th century Exeter Book, the oldest book of English literature in the world. Also foundation charter and a wonderful wax votive figure.
September 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A productive @exetercityoflit.bsky.social partnership meeting today. We were treated to a tour of the Treasures of @exetercathedral.bsky.social This is the 10th century Exeter Book, the oldest book of English literature in the world. Also foundation charter and a wonderful wax votive figure.
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RAMM’s Annual Review for 2024-25 is here! ❤️
The Annual Review reports on the museum’s activity each year, highlighting stories, exhibitions, acquisitions, events, volunteers, fundraising news & much more; all the hard work that keeps the museum going.
Read it at:
rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/u...
The Annual Review reports on the museum’s activity each year, highlighting stories, exhibitions, acquisitions, events, volunteers, fundraising news & much more; all the hard work that keeps the museum going.
Read it at:
rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/u...
September 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
RAMM’s Annual Review for 2024-25 is here! ❤️
The Annual Review reports on the museum’s activity each year, highlighting stories, exhibitions, acquisitions, events, volunteers, fundraising news & much more; all the hard work that keeps the museum going.
Read it at:
rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/u...
The Annual Review reports on the museum’s activity each year, highlighting stories, exhibitions, acquisitions, events, volunteers, fundraising news & much more; all the hard work that keeps the museum going.
Read it at:
rammuseum.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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for some reason i was absolutely *compelled* to give this NASA europa mission animation a freebird edit
September 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
for some reason i was absolutely *compelled* to give this NASA europa mission animation a freebird edit
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I swear I’m going to do this if I get the chance
September 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I swear I’m going to do this if I get the chance
I'm loving the stapler collection currently in RAMM's 'What do you collect?' case. Must be one of our best collections yet! If you think you can beat this, we'd love to hear from you. @rammuseum.bsky.social #museums #photography #staplers
August 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I'm loving the stapler collection currently in RAMM's 'What do you collect?' case. Must be one of our best collections yet! If you think you can beat this, we'd love to hear from you. @rammuseum.bsky.social #museums #photography #staplers
We were honoured to host a wonderful, colourful, joyful celebration of #GaneshChaturthi at RAMM on Wed night. It was lovely to welcome our friends from the Hindu Cultural centre to the museum. And a treat to see the statue of Ganesh out of his case. A fantastic example of community collaboration 🙏
August 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We were honoured to host a wonderful, colourful, joyful celebration of #GaneshChaturthi at RAMM on Wed night. It was lovely to welcome our friends from the Hindu Cultural centre to the museum. And a treat to see the statue of Ganesh out of his case. A fantastic example of community collaboration 🙏
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Great time celebrating 🪷✨Ganesh Chaturti✨🪷 @rammuseum.bsky.social yesterday! There is so much to learn and wisdom to be shared - thank you to the #ExeterHinduCulturalCentre for such a warm welcome and colourful evening 🪔 @helenhartstein.bluesky.social @lightbearlane.org #GaneshChaturti #hinduism
August 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Great time celebrating 🪷✨Ganesh Chaturti✨🪷 @rammuseum.bsky.social yesterday! There is so much to learn and wisdom to be shared - thank you to the #ExeterHinduCulturalCentre for such a warm welcome and colourful evening 🪔 @helenhartstein.bluesky.social @lightbearlane.org #GaneshChaturti #hinduism
Albert is looking splendid in his scarf to celebrate the Women's Rugby World Cup in Exeter's museum today. @rammuseum.bsky.social #yarnbomb #photography #museums #Devon
August 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Albert is looking splendid in his scarf to celebrate the Women's Rugby World Cup in Exeter's museum today. @rammuseum.bsky.social #yarnbomb #photography #museums #Devon
He didn’t set out to come to the UK, he says – he wanted to stay in Sudan and become a doctor – but that wasn’t possible, and he left to save his life. Making this journey is how he survived.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family
Mohanad was a medical student in Sudan, but he had to leave in secret, hiding in a vegetable truck, until he reached Libya, where he was kidnapped repeatedly. That was only the start of his perilous j...
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August 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
He didn’t set out to come to the UK, he says – he wanted to stay in Sudan and become a doctor – but that wasn’t possible, and he left to save his life. Making this journey is how he survived.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...