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Discover stories from our collections, work, research, and events. Warning: may contain absolute units.

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

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 25, 2015

Sew Engaging: Jane visits the Aman Group in Slough

Aman Group is a women’s only community group who meet at Manor Park Community Centre in Slough to learn from…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 9, 2015

Research post: X marks the spot

We’ve all been very busy researching nine new galleries for the Our Country Lives redevelopment, covering everything from wagon construction…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 8, 2015

International Women's Day: The Women's Land Army

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 6, 2015

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