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Snow Update – Saturday 19th Jan

Author
Alison Hilton
Published Date
January 19, 2013

We’re open as usual, despite the weather, so please do come and see us! We’ll be here from 2-4:30pm.

The MERL car park is still very snowy, but you can park down the side of the museum in Acacias Road, which has been gritted. The buses are also running, the 9, 20, 20a and 21 will bring you closest to us. (See the Reading Buses website for more details.)

We’re intending to be open as normal on Sunday as well, but please check before you travel in case more snow keeps us away.

Friday Fledglings brand logo – a cartoon bird jumps through autumnal leaves
Author
Joe
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Published Date
September 17, 2026

A new Friday Fledglings brand has hatched

An iconic under-5s group deserves iconic design.

Author
Joe
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Published Date
September 15, 2026

Digitising the Fowler archives

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Robert Davey
Author
Joe
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Published Date
September 1, 2026

Remembering Robert Davey

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Merle the bat, asleep in a glove
Author
Joe
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Published Date
August 19, 2026

So we found a live bat in our galleries (again)

Seven years after we gave a bat a library card, another bat has visited The Museum of English Rural Life.

three glass pint milk bottles
Author
Madeleine
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Published Date
June 15, 2026

Milking time: Bacteriology and pasteurisation

Explore the University of Reading’s role in dairying research into milk pasteurisation.

Richard Watts film archive
Author
Joe
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Published Date
May 12, 2026

Watts in the Country: Inclusive approaches to rural film (with the BFI)

We’re collaborating with film NGO Real Time, volunteers, and focus groups to bring the Richard Watts archival film collection to rural communities across Britain.