News and Views
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Author
- Alison Hilton
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Published Date
- November 21, 2023
Full Steam Ahead!
Learn about the 100,000+ agricultural engineering drawings held at The Museum of English Rural Life and the University Special Collections.
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Author
- Alison Hilton
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Published Date
- November 16, 2023
Launching the Youth Manifesto
As museums across the country celebrate Kids in Museums’ Takeover Day, we are taking the opportunity to share Museum Partnership Reading’s Youth Manifesto, a short film made by young people expressing their views on our museums and how they could be more relevant to them in future.
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Author
- Alison Hilton
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Published Date
- November 15, 2023
From Britain to South Africa (and back again)
Discover fascinating details from a recently digitised series of extraordinary mid-century photographs that provide evidence to fill gaps in the history of some of the most iconic items now held in the collection of The MERL.
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Author
- Tim Jerrome
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Published Date
- November 7, 2023
The campaigns of the Women’s Institute
Work experience student, Amelie Roome, delves into the archives of the Women’s Institute to examine the Institute’s role in the historical and contemporary English countryside.
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Author
- Alison Hilton
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Published Date
- October 12, 2023
New Model Farming
Find our what Henry Ford, Barbie, the prolific farm toy collector Peter Wade-Martins, and a little girl called Pippa Hughes all have in common…
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Author
- Alison Hilton
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Published Date
- October 9, 2023
Tales From Beyond the White Door: Written Heritage Conservation – 2
The second in The MERL’s blog series exploring written heritage conservation focuses on collaboration and conservation of the Wellington Estate map
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Author
- Tim Jerrome
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Published Date
- October 9, 2023
From rats to laps: cat domestication and the role of the farm
What role did the farm play in the domestication of cats? And why are cats stereotyped as enjoying milk? Find out in our latest blog.
