Going Global: A Student Exhibition
Our outgoing placement student, Laura May Bailey, describes her experience at the Art Collection, and curation of a new Ladybird Gallery exhibition. Somehow, I find myself in the eighth and […]
Elemental: Realism in the Art Collections
Museum Studies Placement Student, Laura May Bailey, explores Realism in the Art Collection, comparing the work of Walter Richard Sickert and Diane Ibbotson. Walter Richard Sickert’s frank drawings of urban life in the early twentieth […]
Introducing Rubens to Sickert: The Study of Drawing
Originally published by Reading Museum on 14 April 2021 The newest exhibition to arrive at Reading Museum, in partnership with the University of Reading Art Collections, is Rubens to Sickert: The Study […]
Art, Artists and Mental Health
3rd Year Museum Studies Student and volunteer, Freya, has been investigating the University Art Collection for links between art and mental health. There is a connection between the rise in […]
Job Opportunity
Are you a University of Reading student? Do you thrive in a busy, customer-focused and creative environment? Are you interested in a job in heritage and the arts? We are […]
Researching from Home
Following the latest Government restrictions, we have been thinking about how we can be as useful as we can to our researchers. While we will be continuing to provide access […]
Update: November Opening
Following the latest Government regulations in response to the coronavirus pandemic, The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) will close to the public at 5pm on Wednesday 4 November 2020 […]
Teaching with Collections
We are publishing details of the many options available for University of Reading staff who wish to teach with collections. There is a new guide here. Options include: – Using […]
From Sea Creatures to Slogans: Game-playing with Bob and Roberta Smith RA
Written by Dr Naomi Lebens, Curator of the University of Reading’s Art Collection. Originally posted on Reading Museum‘s blog on 8th June 2020. ANIMAL: World Art Journeys is not an exhibition in […]
Digital Access to Art Collections
Today, we are publishing our plans to increase digital access to our collections. There is a new digital access guide here. During the lockdown, we have continued to make available […]