Reading Museum

@readingmuseum is offering plenty of activities during May Half Term. Enjoy a range of arts and crafts sessions, a rhymetime event, explore the Forbury Gardens, and even get the chance to visit the Victorian schoolroom! Find out more at rdguk.info/iQTbo

♥️ Do you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm to reinterpret and enhance the visitor experience of Reading Museum’s Roman Gallery, connecting a wider range of people to Reading’s Roman heritage? 📆 This is an exciting opportunity to join Reading Museum’s major heritage project, Roman Britain Reimagined in Reading, which will transform the current Roman Silchester Gallery into a vibrant new Calleva Gallery opening in early 2028. 💼 Working as Collection Interpretation Officer, you’ll help shape how visitors experience and engage with the story of Calleva — the important Roman town at Silchester — using the latest archaeological research from the University of Reading. The new gallery will: 🏺 Redisplay nationally significant collections in exciting and accessible ways 🏺 Share new discoveries from 30 years of excavations 🏺 Explore stories of Iron Age and Roman Calleva, including diet, trade, religion and everyday life 🏺 Highlight the cultural and ethnic diversity of Calleva and its parallels with modern-day Reading 🏺 Support community engagement activities and schools’ programmes We’re looking for someone who can: ✔ Create engaging, inclusive and audience-focused interpretation ✔ Bring complex historical and archaeological stories to life ✔ Work collaboratively with museum colleagues, academics, schools and communities ✔ Develop interpretation that connects with diverse audiences ✔ Help deliver a transformative visitor experience This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a high-profile cultural project that will reshape how Reading’s Roman heritage is understood and shared for future generations. 💻 To apply: rdguk.info/J716R

@readingmuseum has just published a delightful little book on this, with @TwoRiversPress Written by Phillipa Hardman & Barbara Morris, woodcuts by Sally Castle. Price? A mere £7.00

@ClerkofOxford And it's on display @readingmuseum until this Saturday (9th May 2026), thanks to a loan from the @britishlibrary readingmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sumer…

Essential music for May Day: 'Sumer is icumen in' youtu.be/sMCA9nYnLWo This much-loved medieval song heralding the coming of summer survives only in one manuscript (British Library, Harley MS. 978), which belonged to Reading Abbey in the 13th century.

It's May Day, the opening of the month which in medieval literature is the most magical time of the year - a season for love, fairies, and marvellous dreams aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-may-… 'When merry and hot is the day, And away be winter showers, And every field is full of flowers...'

"It contains the earliest example of written down music." Medieval music manuscript 'Sumer Is Icumen' has returned home to Reading for the first time in nearly 500 years. Reading Libraries and Museum Manager Simon Smith spoke to That's TV. @readingmuseum

We are carrying out planned maintenance to our phone lines today, Thurs 19 March Our phone lines may be temporarily unavailable, most likely 10am to midday. You can still contact us on our website contact forms or try calling us again later ☎️ Thank you for your patience

Very excited to hear that the manuscript copy of Summer is Icumen In is back in Reading for the first time since Reading Abbey closed. On display in @readingmuseum until 9 May. #Cluny @WhatsonReading

Pop over to @readingmuseum on Tuesday for some half term fun! We will be running a FREE art extravaganza for all the family, so join in if you are in Town! rdguk.info/The_BigArtwork… #TheBigArtwork #FamilyFun #CommunityArts #HalfTerm #NewDirectionsCollege

February Half-Term is nearly here! Enjoy free & low‑cost activities across Reading: sessions at children’s and leisure centres, family activities at @readingmuseum and @TheMERL, creative spaces with @thejellyReading & more: rdguk.info/CKr6F

Reading Museum and Reading Council announce a redisplay of their Silchester Gallery. The new accessible space will transform how the town’s significant Iron Age and Roman heritage is shared with the public. More: heritagefund.org.uk/projects/roman… #NationalLottery

Do you recognise any of these views of Reading? They were taken from the top of a water tower in Mill Lane over 100 years ago and show a few identifiable landmarks 📷 Photography by Mr Lewis taken c. 1900-1903 #FridayFinds

#HolocaustMemorialDay - 2 weeks to go 🕯️ An evening of remembrance featuring keynote speakers, a candle lighting & memorial ceremony, and performances by the Maidenhead Synagogue Choir. 📆 Wednesday 28 January, 6.30pm ℹ️ Find out more and register at rdguk.info/LF7fH

📢 We may be closed but our online shop is still open! 👑 We are offering 10% off selected items in our Kings and Queens Collection ⭐ rdguk.info/Kings_and_Quee… 💌 Please note that we will be posting all orders out on Monday 19 Jan #RDG #RDGUK #JanuarySale #ReadingMuseumShop

🏛️ We’re Hiring: Historic Environment Record (HER) Officer 📜 Are you passionate about heritage, archaeology, and preserving our historic environment? We’re looking for a dedicated Historic Environment Record (HER) Officer to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in managing and developing our Historic Environment Record — ensuring information on archaeology, listed buildings, and heritage assets is accurate, accessible, and used to support planning, conservation, and research. ✨ In this role, you will: 🔹 Maintain and update the Historic Environment Record, ensuring data integrity and compliance with professional standards 🔹 Assess and record archaeological and historic environment information 🔹 Support planning and development teams by providing HER data and advice 🔹 Collaborate with archaeologists, planners, historians, and external partners 🔹 Contribute to heritage projects, public engagement, and reporting 💻 To apply: rdguk.info/cKAVj

📢 We may be closed but our online shop is still open! 🎄 We are offering an extra 10% off everything in our Christmas collection ⭐ rdguk.info/Christmas_Coll… 💌 Please note that we will be posting all orders out on Monday 19 Jan #RDG #RDGUK #JanuarySale #ReadingMuseumShop

📢 We may be closed but our online shop is still open! 🥶 Wrap up warm with our exclusive Bayeux Tapestry scarf ⭐ Now on Special Offer ⭐ rdguk.info/mvAh8 💌 Please note that we will be posting all orders out on Monday 19 Jan #RDG #RDGUK #BritainsBayeuxTapestry

Our blog pages have a huge amount of interesting content. Here is a blog aobut our loan box curiosities. Seach loan on our website. rdguk.info/w32Lp

@LauraBlumenthal Thanks Laura, of course we totally agree with you!

One of the best things about Reading is the replica Bayeux Tapestry at @readingmuseum. Made by a lot of determined ladies in Staffordshire in the 1880s, it is a masterpiece in its own right. An important part of our history 👑

Reading Museum is currently closed for essential maintenance.. We look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday 20 January: rdguk.info/xEoUD Search our website for interesting blogs, online exhibitions and gallery highlights: rdguk.info/XzMEg #RDG #RDGUK