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

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 31, 2014

Rural Reads review #5: The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 31, 2014

Weekly What's On: 31st March to 6th April

You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available…

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 30, 2014

Guest post: Our Country Lives project goes global with a ‘Stitch in Time’

MERL Fellow, Dr Jane McCutchan has written a guest post about her project with ‘Permeate’ trainee, Genell Watson, to encourage…

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 27, 2014

My Favourite Object #5: ‘Four Hedges', a book by Clare Leighton

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 24, 2014

Weekly What's On: 24 to 30th March

You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available…

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 21, 2014

MERL on Twitter: from dabbling to #MuseumWeek

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 18, 2014

Collections Based Research opportunities

There are currently several opportunities to work and study with the University of Reading’s museums and collections: Collections Based Research…

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 17, 2014

Weekly What's On: 17th to 23rd March, 2014

You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
March 17, 2014

Press release: Science Week is a riot at Uni Museum

Volunteers at the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) will present a Reading Science Week event with a difference on…