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Category: Museum

Posted on May 7, 2025April 30, 2025

Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock, Reading

I have for some time now been attempting to visit every museum in the Reading area of which there are eight by my reckoning. The last of these that I had to do was a tiny place just on the outskirts of town, just 15 minute from the centre. I have to admit I had …

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Posted on February 17, 2025April 30, 2025

Museums in the Reading Berkshire Area

If you are a regular follower of the blog then you will know that I have been trying to visit all the museums in the Reading area. Now that is pretty much completed I thought it would be useful to highlight where these all are. If I have missed any please let me know in …

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Posted on February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

Thames Valley Police Museum, Sulhamstead, Berkshire

I’d been planning to visit the Thames Valley Police Museum for quite a while, but it is only open from 10 a.m. to midday on a Wednesday, and that always seemed to clash with something else. In the end, I blocked out the time in my diary so I could go and today was the …

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Posted on February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

Royal Berkshire Hospital Medical Museum, Reading, Berkshire

As I continue to tick off the museums of Reading today I visited one that is only open a couple of times a month – The Royal Berkshire Medical Museum and Archive. I’ve known of its existance for quite a while but have only just got around to visiting and they make it challenging for …

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Posted on December 7, 2023December 7, 2023

Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, Reading University

I fancied a trip out this morning but didn’t want to go too far so a museum at the local university, within walking distance, seemed to be an ideal choice. I’d done the Cole Museum of Zoology at the university last year and so today I thought I would try out the Ure Museum of …

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Posted on November 15, 2023November 16, 2023

In the Company of Monsters, Reading Museum

I was in town with some time to kill so I thought that I would visit the new exhibition at the Reading Museum – In the Company of Monsters. Reading Museum is a lovely place both inside and out. Housed within the Waterhouse designed Town Hall the museum has an interesting and diverse collection of …

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Posted on October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

British Museum – Hieroglyphs unlocking ancient Egypt Exhibition

I was supposed to be visiting the Science Museum today to see their science fiction exhibition. I’d deliberately left the booking of my ticket for this and the train until yesterday as I didn’t want to be going up if it was bucketing it down as I was intending to walk from the station to …

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