NEW C21 ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSES TO RURAL LIFE
The MERL Autumn Speaker Series This series of lunchtime talks is part of ‘Showing, Doing, Telling’, a season of events exploring craft and making at The MERL. Specialists in craft and the arts examine different ways of responding to rural life, exploring how best to nurture old skills, contemporary creative responses and traditional practice. For […]
MAKE IT! A MERL LATE FOR MUSEUMS AT NIGHT
Join us for a lively evening of drinks, live music, activities and talks on the theme of craft and making! Part of Showing, Doing, Telling a season of events exploring craft and making at The MERL Book in advance via Eventbrite or buy on the door (subject to availability) £4 in advance (£3 students and concessions) […]
SHOWING, DOING, TELLING: CRAFT AND MAKING
THE MERL AUTUMN SPEAKER SERIES Weekday lunchtimes, 10 October to 14 November 12.00 – 1.00pm Free, booking recommended. Specialists in craft and the arts examine different ways of responding to rural life, exploring how best to nurture old skills, contemporary creative responses and traditional practice. 10 October – Piers Taylor – New C21 architectural responses […]
MAKING AND THE CREATIVE ECONOMY
This panel debate, chaired by Dr Paddy Bullard, will bring together influential thinkers connected to “craft and making” to explore pressing issues facing the creative economy. Dr Nicola Thomas: Associate Professor in Cultural Historical Geography, University of Exeter. Charlie Gladstone: Author and Co-Founder of ‘The Good Life Experience’. Professor Roger Kneebone: Professor of Surgical Education […]
EXTENDED HOURS: CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EVENING
Not enough hours in the day? We’re open late on the last Thursday of every month, so you can visit the reading room, museum galleries, shop, cafe and garden until 9pm. There are usually additional activities taking place on the evening to add to your visit. 29 November 2018: Christmas Shopping Evening It’s the most wonderful […]
BOOK LAUNCH: THE DARWIN FARMS BY PETER WORSLEY
The MERL is proud to support this special free event to launch The Darwin Farms by Peter Worsley, a revealing glimpse into the lesser-known farming lives of eighteenth century polymath Erasmus Darwin and his notable grandson Charles. This account of the family’s Lincolnshire estates is based on letters, photographs, maps and accounts from the time […]
THE HOGARTH PRESS AT 100
2017 marks the centenary of the founding of the Hogarth Press. This exhibition is a celebration of Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press as a key intervention in modernist and women’s writing, and marks its importance to independent publishing and bookselling. The exhibition features contemporary artwork responding to the centenary and original artwork, woodblocks, archival […]
EXTENDED HOURS NIGHT: MEET THE ARTIST
Not enough hours in the day? We’re open late on the last Thursday of every month, so you can visit the reading room, museum galleries, shop and cafe until 9pm. During the summer months, why not bring a picnic and enjoy the peaceful, sunny garden? You can pick up a sandwich, snack and hot or […]