News and Views
Discover stories from our collections, work, research, and events. Warning: may contain absolute units.
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Author
- Ollie Douglas
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Published Date
- November 11, 2021
A week at The MERL: our reflections on COP26
As COP26 unfolded in Glasgow, a range of activity was underway at The MERL, bringing together many different approaches to the issue of the changing climate and its impact on rural livelihoods and wellbeing.
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Author
- Joe
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Published Date
- October 28, 2021
Night of the living rural history collection
For Halloween, discover four objects from our collection that would provide perfect utility and inspiration for any rural villain.
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Author
- Joe
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Published Date
- October 5, 2021
51 Voices: A very special collaboration
Learn about the creative collaborations produced with a range of different communities as part of 51 Voices, our 70th anniversary celebrations.
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Author
- Joe
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Published Date
- August 12, 2021
51 Voices: Work, work, work
Discover the Voices that featured throughout July in our anniversary online exhibition, 51 Voices, celebrating seventy years of The MERL.
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Author
- Joe
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Published Date
- July 27, 2021
Uncovering LGBTQ+ rural histories in archives
Find out the challenges we faced in researching the stories of queer rural people for our July 2021 exhibition, Queer Constellations.
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Author
- Adam Lines
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Published Date
- July 26, 2021
Temporary reading room move – September 2021
Between 31 August and 1 October, the reading room will be moving to the Conference Room to make way for essential maintenance work.
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Author
- Alison Hilton
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Published Date
- July 16, 2021
Introducing Space to Think: Rural Wellbeing, our latest student exhibition
Learn about the latest student exhibition at The MERL, created by third year Museum Studies students at the University of Reading.
