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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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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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CLOSED: LADYBIRD IN FOCUS: ONE GIANT LEAP

September 3, 2019 - March 29, 2020
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing, One Giant Leap looks at how Ladybird Books has illustrated our fascination with space and the inventions that helped us reach it. Beginning with books about the night sky and constellations, Ladybird Books has covered humanity’s interest in the sky since the 1960s.   Showcased in the Ladybird Gallery, this […]

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NATURE ARTS AWARD

September 8, 2019 - October 21, 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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£78
Autumnal leaves with overlaid text Nature Arts Award

See the world around you in a new way when you join us on the Discover Arts Award Adventure. Nature has inspired artists throughout history. In this not-to-be-missed Discover Arts Award series you will be inspired by some of those artists, exploring and investigating art and the natural environment. You will work with a professional […]

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THE MERL SEMINAR SERIES: FARM ANIMALS

September 24, 2019 - November 26, 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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The MERL Seminars, Autumn 2019: Farm Animals For the majority of us, our image of farming would be incomplete without working animals or livestock. The role of farm animals as part of our future food systems, environmental lives, or global health often plays a part in the headlines. However, our ideas about those animals are […]

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DRAW AT THE MERL

October 1, 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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Close up of a hand holding a pencil to colour in a line drawing of the face of the MERL King Alfred

Draw with us this October and celebrate the power of creativity on our well-being! Every week day, sit back and relax in our café or garden with some MERL-inspired colouring-in. Or explore the galleries and draw your way through the English countryside. On Tuesday 15 October, join students from the University’s Institute of Education in […]

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