A group practices yoga in The MERL garden.

Community Projects

We welcome groups and individuals, locally and nationally, to collaborate with us on different projects inspired by our extensive object and archive collections. Here are just some of the exciting projects past and present.

Present

People taking part in an activity in The MERL garden.

Thriving Communities

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Past

A series of colourful paper puppet figures showing farm animals, vehicles, and rural features

51 Voices Creative Communities

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plants growing in the foreground with a wooden sign behind saying woad

The Commons: Re-enchanting the World

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Reading College researchers at The MERL as part of the sensory objects inclusive museum project

Creating an Inclusive Museum

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An image of a drawing of a display on animal health at the Museum of English Rural Life.

Nutrition, Health and Rural England

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An image of a hen house.

Residencies

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Conservation of the John Fowler and Co (Leeds) Ltd archive

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Transforming Poultry Heritage

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Picnic basket (MERL 2009/42)

Collecting 20th Century Rural Cultures

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Past Projects

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