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SPACE TO THINK: RURAL WELLBEING

June 22, 2021 - August 31, 2021
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Free
Ploughing field with a tractor

Created by 3rd year Museum Studies Students: Katherine Barnes, Madeleine Bousfield, Jack Chandler, Jemma Jarman, and Freya Pook. Discussing and raising awareness of mental health has increased in recent years, particularly through the COVID-19 pandemic. This exhibition explores the topic of mental health and the countryside in relation to art, gardening, music, literature, and farming. The exhitbion […]

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QUEER CONSTELLATIONS

July 6, 2021 - September 23, 2021
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Black and white photograph of two men looking at each other in a landscape setting, by Gemma Dagger.

Queer Constellations is an exhibition that poses the question as to whether there is queerness in rural life. It brings together artists from around the UK and Ireland, including Epha J Roe, James Aldridge, Emma Plover, Gemma Dagger, Eimear Walshe, Claye Bowler and Daniel Baker, to delight in the strangeness of rural life and to […]

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SUMMER ACTIVITY PACKS

July 22, 2021 - September 1, 2021
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

This pack includes everything you need for a MERL-tastic summer! These packs are suitable for families with children aged 5+. £5 per pack. Inside the fabric bag, you will find a booklet which includes: spotter sheets for the galleries and outdoors recipes from our archive for you to have a go at colouring sheets wordsearch […]

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EDIBLE ENGLAND GALLERY TRAIL

July 22, 2021 - October 2, 2021
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Two children looking into a display case in the MERL galleries

This new trail introduces 13 objects from our collections which illustrate the theme ‘Edible England’. An illustrated booklet provides more details about the selected objects and can be used alongside or independently of the ‘Edible England’ trail sheet for children. On this trail sheet, children can have fun spotting all 13 objects and the knitted […]

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THE COMMONS: RE-ENCHANTING THE WORLD

July 27, 2021 - April 3, 2022
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Free

A new installation in The MERL galleries... The commons defines the natural capital that we all share: land, air, and water. It is a reciprocal social system that cares for and preserves these resources. It relies on relationships of shared knowledge and creativity, which bind us together with more-than-human processes, forces, and resources. When the […]

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6:00 pm

LAUNCHING THE COMMONS

July 30, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Online
Free

Join us virtually for the launch of The Commons: Re-Enchanting the World by artists Catherine Morland, Amanda Couch, Sigrid Holmwood, and Kelechi Anucha and Carl Gent This free event will introduce the project themes and ideas of The Commons: Re-Enchanting the World through live talks, pre-recorded videos and performances. There will also be live walk-throughs […]

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