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LADYBIRD IN FOCUS: MAKING AND CRAFT

February 27, 2018 - August 26, 2018
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Do you enjoy making and crafting? Do you Knit, Sew or Upcycle regular household items into new things? Making and craft was a popular theme for Ladybird, appearing across multiple series and allowing the creation of a subsection of the Hobbies and Interests series entitled ‘How to make’. The crafts within these series focus primarily […]

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THE PIG PARK AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS

March 1, 2018 - June 3, 2018
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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A black and white image of a small, felt pig with a strip of fabric pluming from its mouth, resembling smoke. It is for a display about pigs.

What makes a good life...for a pig? Andrea Roe's recent artworks focus on pigs and their behaviour. They are the result of working at Scotland's Rural College, where she explored the nature of animal consciousness. In CARNEVALE: Objects Designed for Pigs, Andrea collaborated with artist Cath Keay to create play objects which might appeal to both humans […]

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A CELEBRATION OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS

April 24, 2018 - July 31, 2018
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Row of books on a shelf seen from an angle

  The Children’s Book Award presented by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups is the only national award of its type voted for solely by children. Drawing on collections held by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups, the Children’s Collection held by University of Reading Special Collections Service and the Museum of English Rural Life, […]

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THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY FARMING

April 27, 2018 - June 10, 2018
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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A white man in a beige jacket hands money over to a person out of shot. They are standing in an agricultural barn with sheep in pens. This image featured in the exhibition on Contemporary Farming.

Visit the Museum’s open access stores and find an innovative exploration of contemporary art and farming! The Museum of Contemporary Farming is an artwork made on Twitter with the help of the public. Artist Georgina Barney has worked with farmer and artist Kate Genever to record aspects of farming that are hard to capture, with a selection of proposals on display. Also […]

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