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 […]

Weekly What's On: 12th to 18th May

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 Pop-up lunchtime concert: Albert Ball’s Flying Aces Tuesday 13th May, 1.10-1.50pm Free. Drop-in Refreshments available. This term the University […]

Weekly What's On: 6th to 11th May

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 The origins of the First World War: an historical perspective […]

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