News and Views
Discover stories from our collections, work, research, and events. Warning: may contain absolute units.
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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.
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Author
- Joe
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Published Date
- July 15, 2021
Wild Being: supporting social prescribing in Reading
Learn how The MERL and Reading Museum are taking part in Wild Being, a new social prescribing project for the people of Reading.
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Author
- Alison Hilton
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Published Date
- July 8, 2021
Our agricultural museum goes intergalatic (or global, at least)
This year The MERL is hosting the nineteenth annual congress of AIMA. Find out what AIMA is and how you can get involved.
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Author
- Joe
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Published Date
- July 8, 2021
51 Voices: A growing understanding
In our latest 51 Voices roundup, discover the four new Voices added in June and the objects and archives they explore.
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Author
- Susanna Ivy
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Published Date
- June 30, 2021
Why travelling matters: engaging schools with our migration stories
Read about our work with a local school during Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month 2021, exploring GRT heritage in the classroom.
