From Saturday 28 February
Venue: Sir John Madejski Art Gallery Reading Museum
Ever looked up and wondered what used to be above the shopfronts, or why there’s an old building in the middle of today’s high-rise offices, a strange road layout or a gap in the landscape? The art collection at Reading Museum may hold the answer.
We have simply chosen paintings, drawings and prints from the last 250 years of Reading scenes and photographed the same areas today. So that you can easily go out to explore for yourselves we have concentrated on familiar parts of the town centre and the two rivers that define the town
Sometimes, with the many trees, buildings and cars in the ‘Now’ scenes you need a vivid imagination to find traces of the ‘Then’ scenes. But, if you put on your detective’s hat and look closely, you can spot landmarks like old church towers, bridges or roof tops to get your bearings.
This is a smaller version of the 2009 Reading Then & Now exhibition made with Reading Civic Society and volunteer photographers. It is remarkable how the town has continued to change since then.
