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Reading Museum

Berkshire

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Reading Museum and Town Hall is well known for its landmark building in the centre of Reading.

The museum provides award-winning opportunities for learning, inspiration and enjoyment and hands-on learning services with a national reputation for innovation and excellence. It tells stories of the local historic and natural environment and displays and cares for objects from around the world. Collections of national significance include examples of 20th-century British art.


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Reading Museum

Free to all

Blagrave Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1QH

01189 373400

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Opening times

Tue – Sat, 10am – 4pm

Closed between Christmas and New Year

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National treasures from UK’s greatest collections will travel to local museums in 2021

Exhibitions nearby

Stained glass window at All Saints Church, Farnborough, West Berkshire, featuring symbols of The Resurrection: fishes; tree of life; butterflies. Designed by John Piper and made by Joseph Nuttgens.

Painted in Coloured Light: The modern stained glass designs of John Piper

  • River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-thames
  • Until 30 November 2021
Free entry

Lines of Beauty: Master Drawings from Chatsworth

  • The Lightbox, Woking
  • Until 5 December 2021
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Kristina Chan, b. 1991, Banksia Seeds (3 States), 2020, bronze, 8 x 6 x 6 cm © Kristina Chan. Image courtesy of The Ingram Collection

The Ingram Collection: Art For Your World

  • The Lightbox, Woking
  • Until 9 January 2022
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Hubert Arthur Finney (1905-1991), Theatre Royal Haymarket by Night, signed, titled to reverse, Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 30

Hubert Arthur Finney: Out of the Shadows

  • The Lightbox, Woking
  • 15 January – 27 March 2022
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Art we’ve helped buy at Reading Museum

Ricketts Collection
 Acquired 1932
Du Maurier Bequest
 Acquired 1934
Landscape
 Acquired 1936
Sportsmen Regaling
 Acquired 1936
In Windsor Park
 Acquired 1946
Side Canal, Venice
 Acquired 1955
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