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Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 21, 2015

Sew Engaging at the Rising Sun

Dr Jane McCutchan is back in Reading for the latest stage of  the Sew Engaging project… Drop in at Rising Sun…

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Claire Wooldridge
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Published Date
May 21, 2015

Discovering the Landscape #15: The Chelsea Flower Show

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 11, 2015

Rural Reads review: Far from the Madding Crowd

As the Rural Reads Plus book group is now taking inspiration from the University of Reading’s Special Collections as well…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 7, 2015

What have we been up to? Our Country Lives Top 10 #2

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 1, 2015

Wellcome news for Our Country Lives!

Assistant Curator, Ollie Douglas shares some exciting project news… It has been hard keeping the news under wraps for the…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
April 23, 2015

Focus on Collections: Dragons

To celebrate St George’s Day we decided to delve into the object collection for dragons. Dragons are normally something you…

Author
Claire Wooldridge
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Published Date
April 22, 2015

Discovering the Landscape #14: 1500 books now catalogued!

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
April 20, 2015

Volunteers' Voice: Object handling

Volunteer Coordinator, Rob Davies, explains how museum volunteers are learning how to deliver object handling sessions. For the past 6…

Author
Claire Wooldridge
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Published Date
March 26, 2015

Discovering the Landscape #13: From garden space to masterplan