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Main for Reading Museum

  • Your Visit
    • Opening times
    • How to get here
    • What to see
    • Café
    • Donate
    • Access
    • Museums, My Way
    • Families
    • Group Visits
    • Abbey Quarter
    • St James' Way
    • The Great West Way
    • Your views
    • Our building history
  • Collections
    • Archaeology
    • Art
    • Britain's Bayeux Tapestry
    • Natural History
    • Reading's History
    • World
    • Online Collections
    • Collections Enquiries
    • Image Enquiries
  • What's on
  • Shop
  • Blog
  • Online exhibitions
    • Reading's DIGITAL Revolution
    • Windrush Day
    • Where Do We Go From Here? - Audio Trail
    • Arctic Mirage: Words and Music
    • Oxford Road Stories
    • Oxford Road: Lifespring Stories
    • Reading's 'Little Italy'
    • Huntley & Palmers history
    • Reading Festival 1971
    • Roman Silchester: A Virtual Exhibition
    • Reading Abbey's most famous manuscript
    • VE Day
    • Oh Beautiful World
    • Animal World Art
  • Schools
    • Looking for free sessions?
    • Sessions in Museum
    • Virtual Sessions
    • School Loan Boxes
    • Information for teachers
    • Offers for Home Educated Children
    • Resources
  • Get involved
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    • Volunteer
    • Memory Boxes
    • Sponsor and venue hire
    • Adopt an Object
    • Friends of Reading Museum
    • Museum on Wheels
    • Youth Panel
    • Museum projects
    • Our Green Stories
    • Museum of Sanctuary
    • Roman Britain Reimagined in Reading
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Join us in exploring Reading's history, our community and our objects.

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A year in the life of a Museum Diversity Trainee

28 Dec 2017

Read about my career journey as a Museum Diversity Trainee at Reading Museum.

Five Fascinating Facts about Reading’s River Thames.

29 Sep 2017

Reading’s life-giving waterways have been absolutely vital to the development of the town over the centuries.

Cheerleading for Reading's heritage

24 Aug 2017

Reading has often been dismissed as being a modern place with little history, but Reading Museum shows this just isn't true!

What links Reading Abbey with show jumping and Reading Festival?

21 Aug 2017

As out town prepares to host the annual Reading Festival, we explore how it all came about in 1971.

Abbey Panels – You told us, we listened!

17 Aug 2017

Our visitor's feedback is helping to shape 27 new interpretation panels around the Abbey Quarter.

From Quern to Computer

7 Aug 2017

Flour milling evolved from hand-powered querns in 6,000 BC, to massive computer-driven roller mills of the present day.

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