News and Views
Discover stories from our collections, work, research, and events. Warning: may contain absolute units.
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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.
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Author
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Published Date
- April 22, 2021
Working (the land) 9 to 5
Dolly Parton has never been to The MERL, but that’s not to say our collection isn’t filled with objects related to Dolly and her songs.
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Author
- Joe
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Published Date
- April 16, 2021
Is there (rural) life on Mars?
Join University of Reading researcher Tamisan Latherow as she discusses her ongoing research exploring how potatoes could be grown on Mars.
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Author
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Published Date
- April 1, 2021
The Tractor Whisperers (an April Fool’s)
Its members were known as the tractor whisperers, achieving feats of tractor mastery well beyond the human ken. But what was the Order of Credulum?
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Author
- Joe
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Published Date
- March 31, 2021
51 Voices: Digging Deeper
Discover the five latest entries in 51 Voices, a year-long anniversary project celebrating seventy years since The MERL’s foundation in 1951.
