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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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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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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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3:30 pm

BECOMING WITH WHEAT COMPANIONS: MONTHLY MEET-UPS

September 15, 2021 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Planting in th MERL garden, part of Commons

Would you like to be a ‘Becoming with Wheat Companion' (BwW)? As part of ‘The Commons: Re-Enchanting the World’ project, artist Amanda Couch has been hosting monthly meet-ups. BwW Companions will work with, advise, care for, and learn from each other, the wheat and any other entities and phenomena in The MERL Garden. Everyone is […]

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