hand made masks on a grass background
We are getting ready for the Easter Holidays here at Reading Museum!
From Saturday onwards you can enjoy our Easter Craft packs - available every day throughout the holidays during opening hours.
For more info see the Family Fun page on our website..
#RDG #RDGUK #EasterFun #ReadingMuseum
Poster image of path between trees, advertising Reading Museum Goes Green'
On Saturday 21 March Reading Museum Goes Green!
Come find out about visiting, exploring, enjoying and caring for local green spaces.
Visit the website to sign up for our free tree walk - led by Reading Tree Wardens.
www.readingmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/rea...
#RDG #ReadingMuseum
Reading Museum Goes Green, Saturday 21 March: tree lined path in McIlroy Park, Reading
On Saturday 21 March Reading Museum Goes Green!
Come find out about visiting, exploring, enjoying and caring for local green spaces 🍃
With Keep Reading Tidy, Wild About Reading, Jenny's Bees, Econet and Reading Tree Wardens 🌳🐝🐞
#RDG #ReadingMuseum
families enjoying the museum's half term activity cart, colouring and drawing dragons
We've been having a great time here at Reading Museum so far this half term - and we hope you have too!
For low cost, family fun take a look at what we have on for the rest of this week: rdguk.info/Family_Fun_a...
(and it may involve a dragon or two 🐉)
#RDG #RDGUK #FamilyFun #ReadingMuseum
Listings of February half term activities at Reading Museum in 2026
⭐ Don't miss our special Monday opening today! ⭐
Planning what to do this week? Here's a reminder of what we have on...
www.readingmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/family-fun-reading-museum
#RDG #RDGUK #FebruaryHalfTermFun #ReadingMuseum
Not sure why it need to come to the UK. You could just go to #ReadingMuseum #BeyeuxTapestry www.readingmuseum.org.uk/collections/...
I was a parent on a year3 school trip to #ReadingMuseum to see their tapestry made in the 19thc. The last part drew giggles all day because the Victorian ladies had stitched pants on their version of the naked man and the museum had a photo of the original, sans pants. A great way to excite them 😂
Say what you like about the Greeks.
I don’t know of many cultures which produce art where the woman is fully dressed and the man fully naked.
#readingmuseum
In 1885, thirty-five members of the Leek Embroidery Society set out to make an exact copy of the Bayeux Tapestry. It’s on display in the Reading Museum and well worth a visit!
#medievalsky #readingmuseum
#bayeuxtapestry
A stone head representing Seraphis, the Egyptian god of fertility and the afterlife. It was found in a garden in 1899 close to the site of the Roman town of Silchester and was once used as a cheese press. On display in Reading Museum #rome #ancientrome #readingmuseum #silchester #romans
A mosaic of impressive size, found in the Roman town of Silchester during excavations in the 1890s and on display in Reading Museum. This was located in a wealthy townhouse #silchester #romansilchester #ancientrome #readingmuseum #rome #mosaic
The Silchester Eagle, on display in Reading Museum. A remarkable find, it’s made of cast bronze and was founded in 1866 in the remains of the basilica at the Roman town of Silchester. It was probably once part of a statue #romaneagle #readingmuseum #rome #ancientrome #silchester
Elizabeth I painted in around 1575 and on display in Reading Museum. #readingmuseum #readingabbey #medieval #elizabethi #queenelizabeth
A 15thC depiction of the betrayal of Christ, found in the ruins of Reading Abbey and on display in Reading Museum. Note the medieval armour, with no attempt made to set the scene in the time of Christ #readingmuseum #readingabbey #sculpture #medievalart #medieval
A carved stone trefoil capital found in the ruins of Reading Abbey, which was founded in the early 12thC. On display in Reading Museum #readingabbey #readingmuseum #medievalart #medieval
Pieces of decorative stonework (some with traces of paint) from Reading Abbey, which was founded by Henry I in 1121 and was one of the wealthiest religious houses in England. On display in Reading Museum. #kinghenry #henryi #readingabbey #readingmuseum
Earliest known sculptural depiction of Coronation of the Virgin, from ruins of Reading Abbey and on display in museum there. 12thC. Interestingly, earliest depiction of Virgin’s Coronation is also English - in 10thC Benedictional of St Aethelwold #coronationofthevirgin #readingabbey #readingmuseum
Modern reproductions of Reading Abbey’s seal, on display in Reading Museum. On one side it depicts the Virgin Mary, St James and St John and on the other side the abbey’s founder, Henry I, who was buried there #readingabbey #readingmuseum #henryi #medieval #medievalking
An attempt to replace the missing end of the Bayeux Tapestry by Jan Messent, on display in Reading Museum, which holds the full scale replica. #readingmuseum #battleofhastings #readingtapestry
Victorian copy of Bayeux Tapestry held by Reading Museum. Created by Leek Embroidery Society, they began work 1885 never having seen the original. Not identical (they removed penises from humans and horses), it is a magnificent project #readingmuseum #bayeuxtapestry #readingbayeux
Only 3 women depicted in Bayeux Tapestry. Aelfgifu, who appears to be depicted scandalously, Edith wife of Edward the Confessor & a Sussex woman fleeing her burning house. Those shown below are from Victorian replica of tapestry displayed Reading Museum #readingmuseum #readingbayeux #readingtapestry
I love that the little naked figure underneath the unidentified Aelfgifu in the Bayeux Tapestry has been given a pair of stripy underpants by the Victorian embroiderers of the amazing Reading Museum copy of the tapestry #readingmuseum #readingbayeux #bayeuxtapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry. Reading, Berkshire style 😊 #readingmuseum #readingbayeux #bayeuxtapestry #readingtapestry
So went to fantastic exhibition last year at #readingmuseum.
#inthecompanyofmonsters
It was full of amazing Art based on mythological monsters by the Artists #eleanorcrook #Michealaryton and Paul Reid.
