Art Our art collection consists of 8000 works of art and craft ranging from oil paintings to sculpture, with a particular strength in twentieth century British art and tin-glazed pottery. You can see highlights in the Museum’s permanent galleries.
Atrium Huge mosaics from Roman Silchester and twentieth century Caiger-Smith ceramics are displayed in this naturally lit space.
Abbey Gateway The Abbey Gate divided the monks’ private living quarters from the more public areas of the abbey. It's also where novelist Jane Austen went to school.
The Arctic Replies, After Julian Grater's Arctic Mirage, Basil Meyer Paint for them, sketch for them, take photographs if you must, but they'll not understand. Try as you may to capture this place, you know the cold will get in
An absence of shadow, after Julian Grater - Arctic Mirage Exhibition, Reading Museum, Spring 2024, Hilary Hares We’re already lost, here where the blue god of the ice will make you believe that sea is sky, that sky is sea. It’s too cold to think, to bring
How to get here We are located in central Reading. You can find directions here to Reading Museum, Riverside Museum and the Abbey Quarter.
Museum of Sanctuary Museums Partnership Reading is working towards becoming a Museum of Sanctuary so that both our museums become places of welcome for Asylum Seekers and Refugees.
A story for all generations Reading Museum is looking for locally based ICT companies of every shape and size to feature in our major retrospective exhibition, Reading’s Digital Revolution, set to open in the Sir
Gallery Trails These trails are designed to support learning in each of the galleries in Reading Museum.
