The World Reimagined Global Trail

A ground-breaking national art education project designed to transform how we understand the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and its impact, is being turned into a new Public Art Trail […]

Floating Garden: Public Art Pages

The University Art Collection website has a series of new pages dedicated to public art projects across the University. Over the summer, artist-duo Ben Cain and Tina Gverović installed the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Update on Coronavirus

Update: 11th August 2020 We are delighted to announce that on Tuesday the 8th of September, the Art Collections Study Room will reopen for visitors! This also includes the Museum […]