The Power to Tell It for Ourselves
Last summer, The MERL celebrated Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month (GRTHM) with ‘Roots and Routes’, a special reading and talk by award-winning poet Jo Clement. In this guest blog, they tell us about their recent panel at the Museums Association Conference in Gateshead, a workshop with local school children and some exciting collaborative changes […]
Community Gardening: Sow What?
Sow What? has been a community programme at The MERL in partnership with 135 Launchpad Reading to explore how men’s mental health can be supported through gardening and working in groups to accomplish tasks
The MERL is going Further Afield
Collections Researcher Tim Jerrome introduces our newest project at The MERL, Further Afield, which trials new approaches to community driven museum outputs, working with groups who have been historically underrepresented in the countryside.
Launching the Youth Manifesto
As museums across the country celebrate Kids in Museums’ Takeover Day, we are taking the opportunity to share Museum Partnership Reading’s Youth Manifesto, a short film made by young people expressing their views on our museums and how they could be more relevant to them in future.
Green Stories from The MERL Garden: Summer
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Learning Outdoors at The MERL
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Earth Day is keeping us grounded
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Green Stories from The MERL Garden: Spring
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Green Explorers: discovering the great outdoors at The MERL
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Our Green Stories: the next chapter
Read about the next steps for Our Green Stories, a Museums Partnership Reading campaign exploring environmental sustainability.