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Posts from Reading Museum. We share stories from the history of the town of Reading, its people, and our collections.
Mar 15, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
'Beware the Ides of March!'

Today marks the date of Julius Caesar's assassination in 44BC.

This astonishing collection of coins, found by a metal detectorist at Warfield in 1998, were current at the time of Caesar's two invasions of Britain in 54 and 55BC. Iron Age gold coins from the Reading Museum collection. The discovery included 58 Iron Age gold coins (of over 80% pure gold). Which is the stuff of dreams for any detectorist.
Jun 19, 2020 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
The Greggs menu as objects from our archaeology collections: a thread Jaw fragments. A vegan sausage roll, and a tasty 12th century colonette from the ruins of Reading Abbey. Vegan sausage roll.Column from the ruins of Reading Abbey.
Apr 28, 2020 • 19 tweets • 2 min read
On Tuesdays, we have our weekly meetings. They're usually problem-free, but this week, technical issues struck, and everything changed.

What ensued was a drama for the ages, with suspense worthy of Jack Bauer, and a mood to give even Godot a run for his money.

[a thread/a play] 𝑾𝑨𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑴𝑬𝑬𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮

by Reading Museum
Apr 6, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Hello! Here's the prompt for day #1 of #MuseumOfHome🏠! Firstly: find an object in your house that you treasure. Look around! It could be anything: a photo bearing a special memory, a favourite toy, a book you've read over and over, or something you made, whether recently or long ago.

Take your time.
Jan 24, 2020 • 22 tweets • 5 min read
There is a little more to it but ok Thank you for the retweet @TheMERL! And a fun fact for people who don't know - we literally have a to-scale replica of the tapestry in its enormity, made by a Victorian embroidery group using the exact same techniques and materials as the original.
Nov 27, 2019 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
you've heard of Bear in the Big Blue House but what about Blue Bear in the Big Bayeux Tapestry Replica A photo of a blue bear in the Bayeux Tapestry. i am blue bear
my tail is gold
i'm really cute
and really old
Sep 27, 2019 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
in 1941, the College of Estate Management (then in London's Lincoln's Inn Fields, now in Reading) was devastated by incendiary bombing.

Into the ruins moved in ... pigs. Thanks to a local fire department, keen to supplement their rations.

Please join us on a very wild ride. 'Pigs In The Ruins' - the headline from coverage of the farm in the Picture Post, a photojournalistic magazine that ceased production in 1957.