Blog Join us in exploring Reading's history, our community and our objects. All Posts Collections Community Get involved Reading’s history Reading Abbey Things to do Apply Blood and Bones: the Veneration of Relics at Reading Abbey 21 Dec 2017 Read about the prized relic collection of Reading Abbey and how it became a magnet for pilgrims! All You’ve Ever Wanted to Know about Father Christmas 14 Dec 2017 Recently Reading Museum has been visited by someone rather special. Father Christmas took the time out of his busy schedule to speak with us! Garden Party to Prison Cell: Oscar Wilde in Reading 20 Nov 2017 Professor Peter Stoneley explores Oscar Wilde's more positive relationship with Reading before his infamous incarceration at Reading Gaol. The Feast of All Souls: Halloween, Hallowmas, and Reading Abbey 31 Oct 2017 Find out about the medieval origins of Halloween, and Reading's role in bringing the festival to England. Why did Jane Austen go to school in Reading? 19 Oct 2017 Did you know that Jane Austen went to school in Reading? Read more to find out why! An American Intern in Reading 5 Oct 2017 Discover how intern Diana, fell in love with her adopted home town of Reading while working 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. How to Fix an Abbey 21 Sep 2017 How do we conserve the Abbey ruins without creating more damaging problems? Find out how in our latest blog! Why do people volunteer at Reading Museum? 14 Sep 2017 Volunteers are part of the life and soul of Reading Museum. Learn how we work with them and what they get out of volunteering. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Current page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Blood and Bones: the Veneration of Relics at Reading Abbey 21 Dec 2017 Read about the prized relic collection of Reading Abbey and how it became a magnet for pilgrims!
All You’ve Ever Wanted to Know about Father Christmas 14 Dec 2017 Recently Reading Museum has been visited by someone rather special. Father Christmas took the time out of his busy schedule to speak with us!
Garden Party to Prison Cell: Oscar Wilde in Reading 20 Nov 2017 Professor Peter Stoneley explores Oscar Wilde's more positive relationship with Reading before his infamous incarceration at Reading Gaol.
The Feast of All Souls: Halloween, Hallowmas, and Reading Abbey 31 Oct 2017 Find out about the medieval origins of Halloween, and Reading's role in bringing the festival to England.
Why did Jane Austen go to school in Reading? 19 Oct 2017 Did you know that Jane Austen went to school in Reading? Read more to find out why!
An American Intern in Reading 5 Oct 2017 Discover how intern Diana, fell in love with her adopted home town of Reading while working 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.
How to Fix an Abbey 21 Sep 2017 How do we conserve the Abbey ruins without creating more damaging problems? Find out how in our latest blog!
Why do people volunteer at Reading Museum? 14 Sep 2017 Volunteers are part of the life and soul of Reading Museum. Learn how we work with them and what they get out of volunteering.
