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QUEER CONSTELLATIONS
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 […]
Find out more »EDIBLE ENGLAND GALLERY TRAIL
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 […]
Find out more »THE COMMONS: RE-ENCHANTING THE WORLD
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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WHOSE LANDSCAPES? OPEN SPACES SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM
This half-day online symposium will explore themes and sources from the Open Spaces Society collection at The MERL. The Open Spaces Society (OSS) is Britain’s oldest national conservation body, founded in 1865 as the Commons Preservation Society. Join us online for short talks, discussion, poetry, and artistic responses. There will be a ‘find the location’ […]
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