Weekly what's on: 22nd to 27th July
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events in our What’s On guides, which are now available from the Museum or to download from our website You can also see all events on our online calendar Guided tour Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays, 3-3.45pm Free, booking advisable Let our fully trained tour guides tell you the stories behind the […]
Weekly what's on: 7th to 13th July
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events in our What’s On guides, which are now available from the Museum or to download from our website You can also see all events on our online calendar Graduation parties notice Weds 9 to Fri 11th July As a University museum we are delighted to be able to host graduation […]
Weekly what's on: 30th June to 6th July
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events in our What’s On guide, 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: The Great War & the countryside Eggs Enlisted? Egg production and the impact of war by Dr Nicola Verdon, […]
Our Country Lives goes ahead with £1.7m HLF grant
We are all very pleased and excited to announce that we have been successful in securing a further £1.7m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, in order to redevelop MERL as part of the Our Country Lives project! You can see our press release here. That we have got to this stage is testament to […]
Weekly What's On: 23rd to 29th June
You can find full details of all our forthcoming events in our What’s On guide, 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: The Great War & the countryside Food, diet and consumption on the Home Front: standards of living amongst rural […]
Weekly what's on: 16th to 22nd June
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: The Great War & the countryside ‘Be you Berkshire?’ The Berkshire Yeomanry during the First World […]
Weekly What's On: June 9th to 15th
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 Universities Week 2014 Research in Action: Buckets , baskets and boots: Sensory Objects showcase Monday 9th June, 12.30-3pm, free, […]
Weekly What's On: May 27th to June 1st
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 Guided tour Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays, 3-3.45pm Free, booking advisable Let our fully trained tour guides tell you the […]
Weekly What's On: May 19th to 25th
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: The Great War & the countryside Food security in the Great War: the contribution of wartime […]
Please touch: Future handling collection at MERL
written by Adam Koszary, Project Officer. One of the biggest complaints levelled at museums is that visitors cannot touch anything. Objects are put tantalisingly out of reach behind thin Perspex and glass, or an arms-length behind a velvet rope. It is annoying because objects are almost always meant to be touched, and especially so in […]