Berkshire
Museums and Galleries

Cole Museum of Zoology
Over 4000 zoological specimens are contained in this fascinating museum. Specimens are drawn from all across the globe, and include an extensive marine collection. Much attention is made at the museum to dissected specimens, showing visitors at first hand the diverse biology of our planet and its diverse inhabitants.

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Cole Museum of Zoology
AMS Building
University of Reading
Reading
Berkshire
England
RG6 6AJ
Location: on the Whiteknights campus, off Shinfield Road
Website: Cole Museum of Zoology
Email: colemuseum@reading.ac.uk
Phone: 0118 378 6355
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Museum of Berkshire Aviation
Located at the historic Woodley Airfield air base near Reading, the museum showcases Berkshire's contributions to the history of aviation through rebuilt aircraft (featuring locally built Miles and Handley Page planes), displays of archival photographs, and hands-on chances to experience the development of aviation techniques. School groups welcome.

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Museum of Berkshire Aviation
Mohawk Way
off The Bader Way
Woodley
Reading
Berkshire
England
RG5 4UE
Location: off Woodley Junction of the A329(M)
Website: Museum of Berkshire Aviation
Email: MuseumBerksAv@gmail.com
Phone: 0118 944 8089
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Museum of English Rural Life
Part of the University of Reading's Rural History Centre, this museum was the first in Britain devoted to preserving a record of rural life ands agricultural practice, and as a result, it has been able to amass an unrivaled collection of rare tools, equipment and examples craft and indistry. The main focus of the collection covers the period from 1850 to 1950. There is a regular program of temporary exhibits.

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Museum of English Rural Life
Redlands Road
Reading
Berkshire
England

Location: opposite the Royal Berkshire Hospital, just off A4
Website: Museum of English Rural Life
Email: merl@reading.ac.uk
Phone: 0118 931 8660
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Reading Museum
One of the premier museums in Britain, devoted to archaeology, art, history and natural history from prehistory to the present day. There is an extensive collection of artefacts relating to local history, but the museum also features a recreation of the Bayeux Tapestry, extensive exhibits on the Roman settlement of Silchester, local art and multi-media exhibitions of Roman artefacts and the archaeology of the Thames Valley.

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Reading Museum
The Town Hall
Blagrave Street
Reading
Berkshire
England
RG1 1QH
Website: Reading Museum
Phone: 0118 939 9800
Fax: 0118 939 9881
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REME Museum of Technology
This museum is dedicated to showcasing the heritage of the Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (CREME) and their contribution to enduring engineering excellence and society. Displays cover the history of the Corps, REME vehicles from 1942 to the 1990s, a history of electronic training and its uses in the military, and historical tableaux comparing barracks in use in the 1950s and today. Full wheelchair access.

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REME Museum of Technology
Isaac Newton Road
off Biggs Lane, Arborfield Garrison
Arborfield
Berkshire
England
RG2 9NJ
Location: 4 miles SW of Wokingham, off the A327
Website: REME Museum of Technology
Email: enquiries@rememuseum.org.uk
Phone: 0118 976 3375
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Riverside Museum
Reading's museum of industrial heritage features reconstructions of a Victorian printing shop, a bakery, barber's shop, gypsy caravan. and turbines dating from the 1920's.

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Riverside Museum
Blake's Lock
off Kenavon Drive
Reading
Berkshire
England
RG1 3DH
Location: next to the Bel & Dragon Pub
Website: Riverside Museum
Phone: 0118 939 0918
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Stanley Spencer Gallery
Located in the village where Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) was born and lived most of his life, this small museum is devoted to the life and works of Spencer, and also has regular exhibits of contemporary art.

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Stanley Spencer Gallery
The Kings Hall
High Street
Cookham-on-Thames
Berkshire
England
SL6 9SJ
Location: 3 miles N of Maidenhead, on the A4094
Website: Stanley Spencer Gallery
Email: info@stanleyspencer.org.uk
Phone: 01628 471 885
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Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
Part of the University of Reading Classics Department, the museum houses one of the largest collections of Greek and Roman artefacts in Britain, with an emphasis on Greek and Etruscan ceramics and terracottas. As well, there is a collection of Egyptian antiquities dating from Pre-dynastic to the Roman period. Displays are rotated regularly.

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Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
Department of Classics, University of Reading
Whiteknights
Reading
Berkshire
England
RG6 6AA
Location: on the ground floor of the Humanities and Social Sciences building, off Queen's Drive
Website: Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
Phone: 0118 378 6990
Fax: 0118 378 8919
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West Berkshire Museum
Housed in two historic buildings, the Jacobean Cloth Hall and the Granary, which dates to the early 18th century. There are a fascinating mix of local and worldwide exhibits, divided into 10 galleries. Among the galleries are those devoted to the locally produced Newbury Coat, Hot Air Ballooning, the English Civil War, and the Kennet and Avon Canal.

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West Berkshire Museum
Wharf Street
Newbury
Berkshire
England
RG14 5AS
Location: just off the A339
Email: museum@westberks.gov.uk
Phone: 01635 30511
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