MERL Village Fete: MERL Toddlers take the biscuit!
This is the first of a series of posts from the Village Fete team on the run-up to this year’s event, by Alison Hilton, MERL Marketing Officer. Preparations for the 2014 MERL Village Fete are well underway and it’s exciting to be able to start sharing some of the new features of the event, which […]
Weekly What's On: 24 to 30th March
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available from the Museum or to download from our website You can also see all events on our online calendar #MuseumWeek Join us this week for a virtual event over on Twitter. MERL is joining museums across Europe in […]
Weekly What's On: 17th to 23rd March, 2014
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available from the Museum or to download from our website You can also see all events on our online calendar Seminar series: Untouchable England MERL and the BBC: Rural re-enactment and gestural reconstruction in the 1950s Dr Ollie Douglas, […]
Press release: Science Week is a riot at Uni Museum
Volunteers at the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) will present a Reading Science Week event with a difference on Saturday 22nd March. Reading Science Week is part of National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW), a ten-day national programme of science, technology, engineering and maths events and activities across the UK aimed at people of […]
Weekly What's On: 10th – 16th March
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available from the Museum or to download from our website You can also see all events on our online calendar MERL Seminar series: Untouchable England The Dark Monarch: magic and modernity in British art Professor Alun Rowlands, Department of […]
Weekly What's On: 3rd to 9th March, 2014
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available from the Museum or to download from our website You can also see all events on our online calendar MERL Seminar series: Untouchable England The Museum of British Folklore: a new cultural venture Simon Costin (1-2pm) and Obby […]
Weekly What's On: 24th Feb to 2nd March
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available from the Museum or to download from our website You can also see all events on our online calendar MERL Seminar series: Untouchable England Sounds familiar? Exploring British accents and dialects Jonnie Robinson, Lead Curator of Sociolinguistics, British […]
Weekly What's On: 17th to 23rd February
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available from the Museum or to download from our website You can also see all events on our online calendar This week we have lots of half term activities as well as a seminar, guided tours and exhibitions… Half term […]
Weekly What's On: 10th to 16th February
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available from the Museum or to download from our website You can also see all events on our online calendar MERL Seminar series: Untouchable England Ghosts and belief: religion and folklore Dr Paul Cowdell, University of Hertfordshire/The Folklore Society […]
Weekly What's On: 3rd to 9th February
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available from the Museum or to download from our website You can also see all events on our online calendar MERL Seminar series: Untouchable England Basketry skills as intangible cultural heritage Greta Bertram, Project Officer, Museum of English Rural […]