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Welcome to The MERL. The Museum of English Rural Life explores the history of the English countryside and its people. The museum is free to visit and is one of the best things to do in Reading. Whether on your own or with friends and family, discover our galleries, research our collections, refresh in our café, browse our shop, or relax in our ...
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The Museum of English Rural Life is owned and managed by the University of Reading. We use our diverse and surprising collection to explore how the skills and experiences of farmers and craftspeople, past and present, can help shape our lives now and into the future. We work alongside rural people, local communities and specialist researchers ...
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The Museum of English Rural Life, also known as The MERL, is a museum, library and archive dedicated to recording the changing face of farming and the countryside in England. The museum is run by the University of Reading, and is situated in Redlands Road to the rear of the institution's London Road Campus near to the centre of Reading in ...
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- Reading, Berkshire, England
- Agricultural museum
About. The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) isowned and managed by the University of Reading and is England’s first and most extensive museum dedicated to farming, food, craft, rural life and countryside issues. The MERL contains an astonishing array of items which tell an important part of the history of England.
The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) is England’s most extensive museum dedicated to farming, food, craft, rural life and countryside issues. The MERL contains an astonishing array of items which tell an important part of the history of England. The museum brings this extraordinary collection of objects*, archives, photographs and ...
We use our diverse and surprising collection to explore how the skills and experiences of farmers and craftspeople, past and present, can help shape our live...
