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MARIA MCKINNEY: SIRE.

February 5, 2019 - October 27, 2019
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Photograph of large bull with a colourful sculpture on its back from Sire an exhibition by Maria McKinney

Sire. by Maria McKinney is an innovative exploration of the themes of selective breeding and genetics in contemporary cattle farming, directly informed by The MERL’s collections of livestock portraiture and straw craft. The exhibition consists of nine largescale photographic portraits, taken at an Irish stud farm, that depict bulls wearing eccentric, multi-coloured sculptures mounted on […]

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SUMMER HOLIDAYS AT THE MERL

July 25, 2019 - September 3, 2019
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Children playing on the tractor in the MERL garden for innovations science workshop

VISIT THE MUSEUM DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS FOR TRAILS, OBJECT HANDLING AND ACTIVITIES - INDOORS & OUTSIDE Visit our galleries during your holidays and discover the exciting displays and interactive games Try out our Rat and Rodent Trail Drop in and enjoy our new Virtual vs. Reality sessions  every Tuesday morning in the holidays, 11am to 1pm Free Make […]

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EMBELLISH’D WITH GOLD

August 5, 2019 - October 31, 2019
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Detail of illustration and text from a leaf from a French Book of Hours, c. 1300 (MS 5650/89).

Last year the University was fortunate to make an important new acquisition, the European Manuscripts Collection. This display will feature highlights dating from the twelfth to the seventeenth century, including illuminated leaves from the Books of Hours, breviaries and graduals. The collection has been generously presented to the University by a private collector with the […]

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THE MERL FAMILY WORKSHOP: CANNY CONSERVATION

August 29, 2019
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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£5
plants planted in boots on the raised beds in the

Join us in the MERL garden to as we explore how to reduce, reuse and recycle. Sessions are suitable for families with children aged 5 – 12* and will include: - Getting hands on with real objects from the museum - Helping to create a community rag rug - Using your creative skills to create […]

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