Explore

Start your journey of discovery through the English countryside and explore our collections here.

Uncover a world of amazing facts, surprising stories, mystery objects and powerful images. Whatever your interest in the countryside, there is something for you in our Museum and we plan on adding more and more of it here.

The Discover pages are where you can find carefully selected items from our collection, organised by themes. You can also explore our rich image collections and surprise yourself in the ‘Did You know?’ section.

Collections

Find out about the range of collections held

Looking at images in Hooke's "Micrographia" held in the Cole Library (1665)

Online Exhibitions

Explore the past displays and new exclusive online exhibitions drawn from the University of Reading’s Special Collections.