Blog Join us in exploring Reading's history, our community and our objects. All Posts Collections Community Get involved Reading Abbey Reading’s history Things to do Apply Routes to Reading 7 May 2024 We explore how people have been coming to Reading to live and work for centuries. Unearthing 'The Gentlemen Danes' in St. Laurence Churchyard 15 Nov 2023 Join John Nixon, author of The Gentlemen Danes, as he shares his latest exciting discovery in the story of the near 600 Danish and Norwegian prisoners of war who lived Reading Bridge 1923- 2023 3 Oct 2023 Guest Blog from Helen Lambert, Chair of Caversham and District Residents Association Celebrating 300 years of the Kennet Navigation 6 Jun 2023 Read on to learn about the beginnings of Kennet Navigation in this guest blog by Matthew Girling for the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust. Coronation Reading – a look back at 1953 14 Apr 2023 We look back 70 years to see what Reading was like at the time of the last coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 Flooding history in the Thames Valley 31 Jan 2023 Our Green Stories. Learn about the long history of flooding in the Thames Valley region. How do animals survive the winter? 15 Dec 2022 Our Green Stories. Discover how animals survive the cold winter months. Disability histories in Reading and at Reading Museum 13 Dec 2022 Explore objects in our collection that shed a light on aspects of disability history. A short history of Reading: From market town to Silicon city 28 Nov 2022 The third part of our Short History series. Explore the modern history of our town. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Routes to Reading 7 May 2024 We explore how people have been coming to Reading to live and work for centuries.
Unearthing 'The Gentlemen Danes' in St. Laurence Churchyard 15 Nov 2023 Join John Nixon, author of The Gentlemen Danes, as he shares his latest exciting discovery in the story of the near 600 Danish and Norwegian prisoners of war who lived
Reading Bridge 1923- 2023 3 Oct 2023 Guest Blog from Helen Lambert, Chair of Caversham and District Residents Association
Celebrating 300 years of the Kennet Navigation 6 Jun 2023 Read on to learn about the beginnings of Kennet Navigation in this guest blog by Matthew Girling for the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust.
Coronation Reading – a look back at 1953 14 Apr 2023 We look back 70 years to see what Reading was like at the time of the last coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953
Flooding history in the Thames Valley 31 Jan 2023 Our Green Stories. Learn about the long history of flooding in the Thames Valley region.
How do animals survive the winter? 15 Dec 2022 Our Green Stories. Discover how animals survive the cold winter months.
Disability histories in Reading and at Reading Museum 13 Dec 2022 Explore objects in our collection that shed a light on aspects of disability history.
A short history of Reading: From market town to Silicon city 28 Nov 2022 The third part of our Short History series. Explore the modern history of our town.