Our Green Stories Gallery Tours – July

Curator of MERL Collections, Dr Ollie Douglas, will be joined by a different specialist for each of these tours. Together they will take visitors on a short conversational trip through the galleries, exploring our collections, and sharing Green Stories about environment, climate action, social justice, and the life and future of the planet. 

Each tour will last about 45 minutes and will culminate in a pop-up display or an opportunity to peek behind the scenes. At the end of the session there’ll be a chance to ask questions and to chat with Ollie and his guest.

This month Ollie will be joined by the curator, writer, poet, artist and anthropologist JC Niala. Their tour will explore various creative and intellectual connections with rural life and collections. This includes the history of allotments and the increasing demand for growing spaces, JC’s unique approach to writing about humanity and nature, and a shared interest in the legacies of colonial land rights and livestock histories. These themes are relevant to current global conversations about the environment.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES

These events are convened as part of the Our Green Stories environmental campaign by Museums Partnership Reading.