Museum galleries, garden, café and shop

Our galleries, garden, shop, and café are open:

Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 5pm

Closed on Mondays (including Bank Holidays)

Easter 2024

Please note that the museum (including the café, shop and garden) will be closed from Thursday 28th March to Monday 1st April, opening again as normal from Tuesday 2nd April. Our Easter holiday activities run from April 2nd to 14th. Find out more.

Reading room

The reading room is open Tuesday to Friday, from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Booking is required.

Find further information and book your visit on the reading room page.

Easter 2024

Please note that the Reading Room will be closed from Thursday 28th March to Tuesday 2nd April, opening again as normal from Wednesday 3rd April.

University closure days

The MERL (including, shop, café, garden and reading room) is closed on bank holidays and on some University of Reading closures days at Christmas and Easter.

Please contact us if you have any queries about closure dates. For all the latest updates, follow us on social media.

COVID-19

For updates on our response to COVID-19, please check The MERL’s COVID updates blog.