The absolute unit sheep.

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!

Playing at Farming: A Journey

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playing at farming exhibition farm toys

Landscapes of State Industry

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Shoulder to the Wheel

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Artsmark Journeys Between The MERL and Reading Museum

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Close up of the doors into the Staircase Hall at the MERL

Farming: The First 12,000 Years

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Detail of textile wall-hanging of Kent, England, with dyed decoration showing a figure with a wheelbarrow, some chickens, and a water barrow in a traditional farmyard

Smocks, Smocking, Smocked

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Buckinghamshire Smock, 55/780

Welcome Case

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Sire.

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Design for play

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A playground of grass, children and playground furniture, for the Landscape Institute conference on play

Stakeholders

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online exhibition stakeholders featured basket

FOLK AND CUSTOMS

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Black and white photograph of men dressed as mummers drinking pints

Wellbeing and the Countryside

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floral bouquet from don't pick the flowers poster