Biscuit Weekend with Museums Partnership Reading
28th & 29th May 2022
Join Reading Museum and The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) as Museums Partnership Reading celebrates 200 years since the beginnings of Huntley & Palmers and Reading’s history as the Biscuit Town.
Celebrate National Biscuit Day this weekend with a range of hands-on activities for all the family, inspired by the amazing Huntley & Palmers collections across our town. The programme includes a hands-on introduction to biscuit art with design historian and artist Dr Ella Hawkins and we’ll also be launching our new Biscuit Town Family Activity Pack at both museums.
You can also visit the new Biscuit Town exhibition at The MERL and the Huntley & Palmers gallery at Reading Museum.
These events are part of The MERL and Reading Museum’s Arts Council funded programme, Museums Partnership Reading.
Biscuit Weekend Programme
Workshop: Paint your own biscuits
Saturday 28th May, 1pm or 2.30pm at Reading Museum
Sunday 29th May, 10.00am or 11.30am at The MERL
It’s National Biscuit Day on 29th May! To celebrate in style, join design historian and artist Dr Ella Hawkins for a hands-on introduction to biscuit art. Learn how to paint colourful designs onto iced biscuits, inspired by our Huntley & Palmers original collections, and take your edible art home to enjoy. Prior to the workshop, there will be a chance to look at our special exhibition (The MERL), the Huntley & Palmers gallery (Reading Museum) and some of our handling collections close-up.
£5, suitable for adults and children aged 8+ (all children must be accompanied by participating adult)
Workshop lasts 1.5 hours including 30 mins to look at collections first
Booking essential:
Biscuit Town Family Activity Pack
From 28th May until September
Available to purchase at both The MERL and Reading Museum
This pack is full of biscuit-related things to do at both museums and back at home including colouring sheets, gallery trails, crafts and recipes.
£3 per pack, suitable for children aged 5+
Fnid out more about the Biscuit Town activity pack
Bertie’s Brilliant Biscuit Design
Saturday 28th May, 10am-4pm
Reading Museum
Help Bertie our biscuit-loving Badger to come up with an amazing new biscuit design, inspired by the imaginative biscuits and biscuit tins in our Huntley & Palmers Gallery. We will showcase our favourites on the framed picture wall in our Welcome Gallery!
£1, suitable for all ages
Booking not required
