Huntley & Palmers

This gallery tells the story of Huntley & Palmers, Reading's world famous biscuit makers. You can discover how Huntley & Palmers pioneered the mass production of biscuits and why Reading became known as the 'Biscuit Town'.

The gallery includes almost 300 decorative biscuit tins as well as advertising and artefacts, including a biscuit supplied to Captain Scott's ill-fated Antarctic expedition. You can see what factory life was like for Huntley & Palmers' thousands of workers, through oral history, photographs, and historic film including the earliest surviving film of a British factory.