WHOSE LANDSCAPES? OPEN SPACES SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM
This half-day online symposium will explore themes and sources from the Open Spaces Society collection at The MERL. The Open Spaces Society (OSS) is Britain’s oldest national conservation body, founded in 1865 as the Commons Preservation Society. Join us online for short talks, discussion, poetry, and artistic responses. There will be a ‘find the location’ […]
LAUNCHING THE COMMONS
Join us virtually for the launch of The Commons: Re-Enchanting the World by artists Catherine Morland, Amanda Couch, Sigrid Holmwood, and Kelechi Anucha and Carl Gent This free event will introduce the project themes and ideas of The Commons: Re-Enchanting the World through live talks, pre-recorded videos and performances. There will also be live walk-throughs […]
SPACE TO THINK: RURAL WELLBEING
Created by 3rd year Museum Studies Students: Katherine Barnes, Madeleine Bousfield, Jack Chandler, Jemma Jarman, and Freya Pook. Discussing and raising awareness of mental health has increased in recent years, particularly through the COVID-19 pandemic. This exhibition explores the topic of mental health and the countryside in relation to art, gardening, music, literature, and farming. The exhitbion […]
QUEER CONSTELLATIONS
Queer Constellations is an exhibition that poses the question as to whether there is queerness in rural life. It brings together artists from around the UK and Ireland, including Epha J Roe, James Aldridge, Emma Plover, Gemma Dagger, Eimear Walshe, Claye Bowler and Daniel Baker, to delight in the strangeness of rural life and to […]
BECOMING WITH WHEAT COMPANIONS: MONTHLY MEET-UPS
Would you like to be a ‘Becoming with Wheat Companion’ (BwW)? As part of ‘The Commons: Re-Enchanting the World’ project, artist Amanda Couch has been hosting monthly meet-ups. BwW Companions will work with, advise, care for, and learn from each other, the wheat and any other entities and phenomena in The MERL Garden. Everyone is […]
BECOMING WITH WHEAT COMPANIONS: MONTHLY MEET-UPS
Would you like to be a ‘Becoming with Wheat Companion’ (BwW)? As part of ‘The Commons: Re-Enchanting the World’ project, artist Amanda Couch with be hosting monthly meet-ups. BwW Companions will work with, advise, care for, and learn from each other, the wheat and any other entities and phenomena in The MERL Garden. Everyone is […]
BECOMING WITH WHEAT COMPANIONS: MONTHLY MEET-UPS
Would you like to be a ‘Becoming with Wheat Companion’ (BwW)? As part of ‘The Commons: Re-Enchanting the World’ project (March 2021 – April 2022), artist and co-curator of the project, Amanda Couch has been cultivating wheat in these raised beds with the Becoming with Wheat Companions, a group of volunteer growers from local allotments, community […]
BECOMING WITH WHEAT COMPANIONS: MONTHLY MEET-UPS
Would you like to be a ‘Becoming with Wheat Companion’ (BwW)? As part of ‘The Commons: Re-Enchanting the World’ project, artist Amanda Couch with be hosting monthly meet-ups. BwW Companions will work with, advise, care for, and learn from each other, the wheat and any other entities and phenomena in The MERL Garden. Everyone is […]
AIMA 2021 – PAST AND FUTURE AGRICULTURES
Involved in museums of farming life? Then this event is for you… This international congress brings together agricultural and rural museum and heritage professionals from around the world to explore and share their work. It is a rare opportunity for agricultural museum professionals and others interested in farming heritage to discuss engagement, research, collections practice, […]
HALF TERM HOLIDAYS AT THE MERL
VISIT THE MUSEUM DURING THE HOLIDAYS FOR TRAILS, ACTIVITIES AND MORE Discover our new half term family activity pack (£4 per pack) Try out our Rat and Rodent Trail in the galleries (print out your trail at home) Have a go at a variety of garden trails including our woodland brass rubbing trail Have fun […]