Museum of English Rural Life
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Overview
Please note: The Museum of English Rural Life galleries and garden are closed until early 2016 for work on "Our Country Lives" HLF-funded redevelopment. The gift shop and reading room remain open as usual. For updates on progress of work on the project, visit blogs.reading.ac.uk/merl. The museum houses a national collection of agricultural, domestic and crafts exhibits, including wagons, tools and a wide range of other equipment used in the English countryside over the last 150 years. Special facilities are available for school parties. The museum also contains extensive documentary and photographic archives, which can be studied by appointment. There is a regular programme of events and activities, please see website for details.
Features
- Opening Times
- Open all year
- Opening Times: Open all year, Tue-Fri, 9-5, Sat & Sun 2-4.30. Closed Mons, BHs, Xmas-New Year & during university holidays
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
About the area
Berkshire consists of two distinct parts: the western half, which is predominantly rural, with the Lambourn Downs spilling down to the River Lambourn and the Berkshire Downs to the majestic Thames, and the eastern half of Berkshire, which offers plenty of opportunity to get out and savour open spaces. Reading and Newbury are the county’s major towns, and the River Kennet flows through them both.
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