MERL Fellowship scheme for 2012-13
Applications are now being invited for the Gwyn E. Jones MERL Fellowship scheme for 2012-13, tenable for up to twelve months, to support research in subject areas associated with the Museum of English...
View ArticleGuest post #3 – Collections-Based Research at Reading
Prof. Alison Donnell In this month’s guest post, Professor Alison Donnell kindly provides us with details of an exciting new development at Reading. We have a new collections-based research programme!...
View ArticleCoopering in the MERL collections
Since May I’ve been working on the Reading Engaged project to research content for the new galleries which will form part of MERL’s redevelopment project, Our Country Lives. True to my passions as...
View ArticleDog Carts: Travel in style
Written by Adam Koszary, Project Officer. In my mind the idea of a dog cart is fairly funny. The idea of, say, a Pug or a French Bulldog pulling along bespoke, miniature carts is absurd, endearing and...
View ArticleDemocracy Day: Parliamentary Firsts
Project Officer, Felicity McWilliams, spotted an opportunity to share some of the research she’s been doing for the new galleries… Today is BBC Democracy Day, the 750th anniversary of the first ever...
View Article“I read an interesting book about…”
In this post Project Officer Felicity Williams explains how she has amassed huge amounts of specialist knowledge by reading some very obscure books in the name of research. My work on the Our Country...
View ArticleResearch post: X marks the spot
We’ve all been very busy researching nine new galleries for the Our Country Lives redevelopment, covering everything from wagon construction to rural fashion. What caught our eye recently, however,...
View ArticleDiscovering the Landscape #13: From garden space to masterplan
Seminar series round up: Written by Claire Wooldridge, Project Senior Library Assistant: Landscape Institute Dicovering the Landscape: seminar series poster Our captivating landscape inspired seminar...
View ArticleFocus on Collections: Dragons
To celebrate St George’s Day we decided to delve into the object collection for dragons. Dragons are normally something you would keep well away from Museum stores. Messy eaters, far too large and...
View ArticleThe Cheese Curry Experiment
It is difficult to know quite how to categorise this post by Project Officer, Felicity McWilliams, but it’s all in the name of research for one of our new galleries…promise! Given that it is,...
View ArticleFocus on collections: Bikes & Cycling
Our Social Media and Collections intern, Lisa, has been researching bike-related materials in our collection to coincide with Bike Week… This week it’s Bike Week which aims to promote cycling,...
View ArticleDiscovering an unknown opera
With such vast and varied collections, we sometimes come across hidden treasures. Adam Lines, Reading Room Supervisor, tells us about a discovery he made recently. One of the most invigorating aspects...
View ArticleRip Roaring Reading Room News: Full opening from Monday 28 September 2015
Our Reading Room Great news everyone! We have extended our Reading Room opening hours. Up until now, although you have been able to visit our wonderful Reading Room Monday-Friday, 9-5, we have operated...
View ArticleDiscovering the Landscape: how to use our collections in your research
Are you an undergraduate, postgraduate, independent researcher or at school? Are you studying history, geography, architecture, environmental science, ecology or design? Then come and use our landscape...
View ArticleDiscovering the Landscape: Post-War Landscape Architecture project awarded...
We are delighted to announce that Amber Roberts has been awarded our Landscape Academic Engagement Bursary. Great West House, Michael Brown Collection (AR BRO) Amber will be using our Michael Brown...
View ArticleStudents: apply for a landscape research bursary before the end of February
Why should I apply? Our landscape collections are pretty special. Read this overview of our landscape collections or search our combined library, archive and object catalogue. Take a look at reasons to...
View ArticleDiscovering the landscape: cut it out!
Written by Claire Wooldridge, Project Librarian Over the past few years, my colleague Jen (Landscape Institute Archivist) and I have been working to integrate the library and archive of the Landscape...
View ArticleResearch bursaries available: Land Settlement Association and Landscape...
This year, thanks to the generous funding from an anonymous donor and the Landscape Institute we are pleased to offer bursaries to encourage use and engagement with our Land Settlement or Landscape...
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