Session Leader Favourites: Victorian Child at Work 21 May 2018 As the still (relatively) new Abbey Learning Officer at Reading Museum, I have been following around the Session Leaders to find out more about our Sessions and why they love
Roman Life – ‘What have the Romans ever done for us?’ 8 Jun 2018 Carolyn Morton delivers a range of school sessions in the museum but one of her favourites is ‘Roman Life’. She has worked for Reading Museum for a long time and
Making a Medieval Garden 14 Jun 2018 As part of our project Reading Abbey Revealed, we are bringing history to life by making a medieval herb garden at the Abbey Gateway.
Victorian Schoolroom Launch 3 Jul 2018 Sandra Gough is a fantastic Session Leader who has worked at Reading Museum for a long time. She loves delivering many of Reading Museum’s Sessions but her particular favourite is
Remembering a King 5 Jul 2018 Reading Abbey is perhaps best known as being the burial place of King Henry I. On the 800th anniversary of the foundation of Reading Abbey in 1921, local philanthropist Dr
Our first curator: Dr Joseph Stevens 12 Jul 2018 Discover the story of Reading Museum's first curator. After 35 years as a medical doctor he started a second career as an antiquarian.
A place strongly fortified: Reading in the English Civil War 26 Jul 2018 It is difficult to imagine Reading today being in the midst of conflict, but it was during the English Civil War
Rolling around Reading: Abbey on Wheels 2 Aug 2018 Find out about our latest intern's adventures taking 'Abbey on Wheels' across Reading.
Art in the Abbey 20 Jul 2018 Lots of groups are being inspired to explore the abbey and its past in creative ways since the Ruins opened on 16 June 2018.
