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Romany & Traveller Heritage Day 2025

A boy blacksmithing at MERL

About this event

  • Attend the opening of our newly-curated GRT gallery, The Long Road
  • Meet special guests and community experts. From the Romany and Traveller Family History Society, to award-winning poet Dr Jo Clement
  • Delve into the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller artefacts and archives in the Robert Dawson Romany Collection
  • Bring a picnic, enjoy live music in the garden, or pick up a treat from the café
  • Get hands-on with activities and crafts like blacksmithing
  • Browse a specialist GRT bookstall in our gift shop

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The Museum of English Rural Life
The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, Reading, United Kingdom, Berkshire, RG1 5EX