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Online exhibitions

Browse past displays from The MERL and exhibitions exclusive to our website.

We constantly add new exhibitions throughout the year, so check back regularly to discover more about English rural life and our collections!

The Groundnut Scheme: A colonial failure

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Two workers drive tractors and cultivate the soil with acacia tress on the horizon in the background

The Evolution of Rural Protest

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Reflections of Colonial India at The MERL

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Black and white photograph showing a group of Indian labourers standing in a field

Unlocking our Lockdown Stories: Alana House and The MERL

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Featured image for Alana House online exhibition, showing Caversham Bridge, Reading.

Lockdown Crafts

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Along the Road We Go

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three horses pulling a hay cart, farm wagons exhibition

The Land Girls

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Squash Court at Balcombe Place, Sussex, used as a Women's Land Army uniform store

A History of the Open Spaces Society

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The Country Show: Arnhel de Serra

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The curve of a horse's neck with decorated mane runs across the bottom-left-hand corner of the image and parachutes cross the sky above

#AniMERLCrossing: A Gallery of Smocks

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Computerised image of figure wearing smock-frock

Thinking Rationally?

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thinking rationally exhibition

Playing at Farming: A Display

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playing at farming exhibition farm toys