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All the rats in the Rat Trail, posing for the camera in our galleries

Rat Trail

Can you spot the 12 rats hiding in our galleries?

Each rat wears a unique costume representing a different experience of countryside childhood: from farmhands, to chimney climbers, to a countryside evacuee.

Pick up your rat spotter sheet at the entrance to the galleries. Once you’ve found as many rats as you can, bring it to the front desk for a sticker of your choice.

We’re refreshing the rats’ hiding places every couple of months, so be sure to come back and find them all over again!

A rat wearing dungarees, holding fruit and veg

The Rat Trail has been made possible through the generous support of Museums Partnership Reading and Arts Council England.