New images released after burglary at Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Detectives have released new images as part of their investigation into a burglary at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) and Art Gallery on Queen Street.

Police were called around 5am on Wednesday 10 September after reports that two suspects forced entry into the museum and stole a number of valuable items. In total, 17 antique pocket watches were taken along with a flint lock blunderbuss attached to a bayonet.

Earlier this week, officers issued images of two men they would like to identify. Both suspects were seen wearing dark clothing, face coverings, and riding bicycles. A second set of images has now been released, showing one of the men wearing a different pair of shoes.

While their faces are covered, police hope the new images (available on the Devon & Cornwall Police website) may help someone recognise them. It is also believed that one of the men may speak with a Liverpool accent and the other with a Birmingham or Wolverhampton accent.

Senior Collections Officer Holly Morgenroth has shared further details about some of the missing pieces.

The blunderbuss, inscribed The Quicksilver, was once used to defend mail coaches from robbery and may have been aboard the historic Quicksilver coach involved in a 1816 incident with an escaped lion.

Among the stolen items were three early 19th-century chronometers and a chronograph with a stopwatch function, made by William John McMaster, Charles Cope, and Victor Kullberg. Police continue to appeal for information, and anyone who recognises the men in the released images or has details about the stolen items is urged to come forward.

Police are appealing for anyone with information or relevant footage to come forward by calling 101 or visiting the Devon & Cornwall Police website, quoting log 64 of 10/09/25.