News and Views
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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.
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Author
- Joe
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Published Date
- June 16, 2021
People and Places: why The MERL is taking part in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month
This June we commemorate GRT History Month. In this blog, learn why we are taking part in the month, and discover our plans for the future.
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Author
- Joe
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Published Date
- June 14, 2021
51 Voices: Be Nice, Say Hello, Share the Space
The new entries in our anniversary exhibition, 51 Voices, explore land, place, and people, and how their relationship changed throughout the 20th century.
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Author
- Susanna Ivy
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Published Date
- June 10, 2021
Mapping the lantern slides
Learn about the work undertaken by Katrina Navickas (MERL Fellow) to identify the landscapes depicted by over a thousand lantern slides in our collection.
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Author
- Joe
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Published Date
- May 10, 2021
From chalk to cheese: the new display in the Our Country Lives gallery
As we get ready to welcome visitors back to The MERL, discover the new artwork that will be displayed in the Our Country Lives gallery after our reopening.
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Author
- Alison Hilton
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Published Date
- May 6, 2021
51 Voices: Pleasure and Pain
Discover the latest installment of 51 Voices, our anniversary project celebrating 70 years of collecting rural heritage at The MERL.
